Category
page 1Gravitational-wave astronomy
Livingston
parish seat of Livingston Parish, Louisiana
GW150914
gravitational wave event
Hanford Site
decommissioned nuclear production complex in Washington, United States
gravitational-wave astronomy
type of astronomy involving observation of gravitational waves
gravitational-wave detector
device used to measure gravitational waves
Gravitational wave background
random gravitational-wave signal potentially detectable by gravitational wave experiments
matched filter
form of filter
Extreme mass ratio inspiral
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
organization
ZTF J153932.16+502738.8
double binary white dwarf star
pulsar timing array
set of pulsars which is analyzed to search for correlated signatures in the pulse arrival times
Chirp mass
effective mass of a binary system, determining the evolution of gravitational waves