Conveners
The quest to detect gravitational waves
- Marek Szczepańczyk
The quest to detect gravitational waves
- Marek Szczepańczyk
The quest to detect gravitational waves
- Marek Szczepańczyk
The quest to detect gravitational waves
- Marek Szczepańczyk
Description
Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, a newly established field, is an exciting frontier for scientific discovery. It opens up possibilities to investigate phenomena that were previously inaccessible through time-domain astronomy. Notably, among the nearly hundred gravitational-wave detections, the first binary black hole merger and an intermediate-mass black hole have been remarkable observations that challenged our understanding of the Universe. The fourth observing run of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA presents great opportunities for discoveries. During the course, I will review a range of topics about the Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics. I will outline the gravitational-wave detectors, their operation, noise sources, and future designs. During the lectures, I will give a brief overview of the gravitational-wave data analysis and focus on the model-independent methods. I will discuss the compact binary sources detected centering around the exceptional events. Finally, I will talk about the current observing run of the gravitational-wave detectors.
