Gravitational-wave astronomy: Observational results and their impact

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2010-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/1002.0895v1

Class.Quant.Grav.27:084017,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

Based on invited talk at the 8th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Columbia U, New York, June 2009); accepted by Class

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084017

The successful construction and operation of highly sensitive gravitational-wave detectors is an achievement to be proud of, but the detection of actual signals is still around the corner. Even so, null results from recent searches have told us some interesting things about the objects that live in our universe, so it can be argued that the era of gravitational-wave astronomy has already begun. In this article I review several of these results and discuss what we have learned from them. I then look into the not-so-distant future and predict some ways in which the detection of gravitational-wave signals will shape our knowledge of astrophysics and transform the field.

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