Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects

该奖项支持开发和实施对来自最年轻中子星的连续引力波的搜索。它还支持关于天体物理指导和解释连续波搜索的相关工作，因为它们与中子星微物理和引力波发射机制有关。这些搜索将是少数几个即使使用当前的LIGO数据也能达到天体物理学有趣的灵敏度的搜索之一，并将有助于推动LIGO从一个原型转变为先进探测器时代探索物理和天体物理的工具。探测任何引力波信号都将是基础物理学的革命性突破，并开启天文学和天体物理学的新纪元。尤其是连续波信号，可以直接观察到中子星的内部，以及物质在超核密度下的行为。该奖项支持研究生和本科生在引力物理、数据分析、天体物理和天文学之间的接口方面的培训；它还支持通过www.ligo.org网站进行公众宣传。

This award supports the development and implementation of searches for continuous gravitational waves from the youngest neutron stars. It also supports related work on astrophysical guidance and interpretation of continuous-wave searches as they relate to neutron-star microphysics and gravitational-wave emission mechanisms. These searches will be among the few to reach astrophysically interesting sensitivities even with current LIGO data, and will help propel the transformation of LIGO from a prototype into a tool for exploring physics and astrophysics in the era of advanced detectors.Detection of any gravitational wave signal will be a transformative breakthrough in fundamental physics and open up a new era of astronomy and astrophysics. A continuous-wave signal in particular will give a direct view into the otherwise inaccessible interior of a neutron star and the behavior of matter at supernuclear densities. This award supports the training of graduate and undergraduate students on the interfaces between gravitational physics, data analysis, astrophysics, and astronomy; and it supports public outreach through the www.ligo.org web site.