Detectability of dynamical tidal effects and the detection of gravitational-wave transients with LIGO
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Author(s)
Essick, Reed Clasey
Advisor(s)
Erotokritos Katsavounidis and Nevin N. Weinberg.
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Dynamical tidal effects impact the orbital motion of extended bodies, imprinting themselves in several measurable ways. This thesis explores the saturation of weakly nonlinear dynamical tidal interactions within two very different systems: hot Jupiters orbiting main-sequence hosts with radiative cores and compact stellar remnants inspiraling due to gravitational radiation. In addition, it discusses general aspects of detecting Gravitational Waves with ground-based laser interferometers. Data quality and noise reduction along with source parameter estimation, with particular emphasis on localization, are discussed in great detail. Conclusions drawn from statistical ensembles of simulated signals are applied to the first three confirmed detections of Gravitational Waves, all from the coalescence of binary black hole systems.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201).
Subjects
Physics.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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