Compact binary coalescences in the band of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

By Ilya Mandel, R. O’Shaughnessy. 2009

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As the ground-based gravitational-wave telescopes LIGO, Virgo and GEO 600 approach the era of first detections, we review the current knowledge of the coalescence rates and the mass and spin distributions of merging neutron-star and black-hole binaries. We emphasize the bi-directional connection between gravitational-wave astronomy and conventional astrophysics. Astrophysical input will make possible informed decisions about optimal detector configurations and search techniques. Meanwhile, rate upper limits, detected merger rates and the distribution of masses and spins measured by gravitational-wave searches will constrain astrophysical parameters through comparisons with astrophysical models. Future developments necessary to the success of gravitational-wave astronomy are discussed.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs (2018, background): “[163] Ilya Mandel and Richard O’Shaughnessy, “Compact binary coalescences in the band of ground-based gravitationalwave detectors,” Class.”
Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors (2010, background): “, [10, 18]), our knowledge of the mass distribution is not sufficient at present to warrant more detailed models, and the uncertainties in the coalescence rates dominate errors from the simplified assumptions about component masses.”