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I give a synthetic review of the physics involved in the direct detection of gravitational waves, both from the point of view of what can be learned and what is needed to obtain and interpret the measurements.
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Notes
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We absorbed terms independent from the observed s(t) in a redefinition of the threshold.
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This estimate of f ISCO is strictly valid only when one mass is much smaller than the other, and neglects spin effects.
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P(s) here play the role of a normalization constant.
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We will see later that exceptions are possible.
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Cella, G. (2019). The Physics of LIGO–Virgo. In: Cacciatori, S., Güneysu, B., Pigola, S. (eds) Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity. DOMOSCHOOL 2018. Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences . Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18061-4_4
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