Now that detection of gravitational-wave signals from the coalescence of extra-galactic
compact binary star mergers has become nearly routine, it is intriguing to consider other …

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and
study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the …

We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves which can be
produced by spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis, using data …

Gravitational wave detectors are already operating at interesting sensitivity levels, and they
have an upgrade path that should result in secure detections by 2014. We review the …

We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves (CWs), which can
be produced by fast spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis …

We report on an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in the frequency band 20–
2000 Hz and with a frequency time derivative in the range of [− 1.0,+ 0.1]× 10− 8 Hz/s. Such …

Gravitational wave astronomy opened dramatically in September 2015 with the LIGO
discovery of a distant and massive binary black hole coalescence. The more recent …

Non-axisymmetrical deformations of the crust on rapidly rotating neutron stars are one of the
main targets of searches for continuous gravitational waves. The maximum ellipticity, or …

Rapidly spinning neutron stars are promising sources of continuous gravitational waves.
Detecting such a signal would allow probing of the physical properties of matter under …

One of the primary science goals of the next generation of hard x-ray timing instruments is to
determine the equation of state of matter at supranuclear densities inside neutron stars by …