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。它还支持天体物理学指导和连续波搜索解释方面的相关工作，因为它们与中子星微观物理学和引力波发射机制有关。这些搜索将是少数几个即使在现有LIGO数据下也能达到天体物理学有趣敏感度的搜索之一，并将有助于推动LIGO从原型转变为先进探测器时代探索物理学和天体物理学的工具。任何引力波信号的探测都将是基础物理学的变革性突破，并开辟天文学和天体物理学的新时代。特别是连续波信号将使人们直接看到中子星星内部的情况，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学，数据分析，天体物理学和天文学之间的接口的培训;它支持通过www.ligo.org网站的公共宣传。

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.