Advanced LIGO status and prospects to probe the strong gravity regime

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14110088,
            doi = {10.48660/14110088},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14110088},
            author = {Gonzalez, Gabriela},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Advanced LIGO status and prospects to probe the strong gravity regime},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:14110088 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Abstract

Gravitational waves will allow scientists to test Einstein?s theory of General Relativity in the previously unexplored strong-field regime. Einstein?s theory of general relativity, as the most accepted theory of gravity, has been greatly constrained in the quasi-linear, quasi-stationary regime, where gravity is weak and velocities are small. Gravitational waves may carry information about highly dynamical and strong-field gravity that is required to generate measurable waves. Coalescing compact binaries are the most promising sources of gravitational waves accessible to ground-based interferometers, such as Advanced LIGO. Made of neutron stars and/or black holes that orbit each other hundreds of times a second just before they collide, the resulting waves are imprinted with information about the individual objects and the dynamical coalescence process. After reviewing the basic properties of gravitational waves, I will present an overview of the detector design and provide an update on the current status of Advanced LIGO and its ability to probe the strong gravity regime.