ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES FOR GROUND-BASED GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS

Workshop on Astrophysical Sources for Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors

Joan M. Centrella, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Conference Location and Date: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 October - 1 November 2000

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published June 2001; ISBN 0-7354-0014-8, One Volume, Print; 320 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $130.00

Readership: Gravitational wave physicists: interferometer projects, bar detector communities; relativists: experimental, theoretical, numerical; astrophysicists: high energy astrophys; compact objects, cosmology, supernovae.

As the 21st century begins, gravitational wave astronomy is poised for unprecedented expansion and discovery. This workshop focused on ground-based gravitational wave detectors and the astrophysical sources they are expected to observe. The main purpose of the meeting was to bring together gravitational wave physicists, astronomers, astrophysicists, and numerical relativists to assess the current state of the field, and to provide a forum to generate future strategies and collaborations.

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