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The 9th Edoardo Amaldi conference on gravitational waves (Amaldi 9) and the 2011 Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis meeting (NRDA 2011), Cardiff, 10–15 July 2011

2012; IOP Publishing; Volume: 29; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0264-9381/29/12/120301

1361-6382

M Hannam, S. Hild, P. J. Sutton, J. van den Brand,

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

The summer of 2011 marked the beginning of a crucial time for the field of gravitational-wave astronomy. After the successful completion of long-duration data taking, the initial LIGO and Virgo detectors were shut down and the era of first-generation laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors came to an end. With the analysis of the last set of first-generation data approaching completion (the results of several searches are summarized in these proceedings), the field now faces the challenge of preparing for the era of second-generation detectors, and, hopefully, the regular detection of gravitational waves.