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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 2: Gravitationswellen I

GR 2.4: Talk

Monday, February 25, 2013, 17:15–17:30, HS 6

Measuring the spin of compact objects with advanced ground-based gravitational wave detectors — •Alex Nielsen — Max Planck Institut, Hannover

Inspirals of neutron stars and stellar sized black holes are a promising source of gravitational waves for ground-based laser interferometer detectors. The intrinsic spin of these objects is an important astrophysical observable and affects the gravitational wave signal due to general relativity. We discuss some of the issues involved in measuring these spins using the gravitational wave signal and the data analysis techniques that are needed to determine them.