GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

By Y. HAERD

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION CHAPTER NEUTRON STARS AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS CHAPTER METHOD BUILDING STABLE MOUNTAINS WITH SINKING: MAGNETIC BURIAL CHAPTER SINKING MOUNTAIN ACCRETING NEUTRON STAR: SIMULATIONS MAGNETIC MOUNTAINS WITH SINKING CHAPTER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DATA ANALYSIS: SUMMARY GRAVITATIONAL WAVES SEARCHES CHAPTER PARAMETER ESTIMATION USING GENERALISED POWERFLUX: SEMI-COHERENT DATA ANALYSIS CHAPTER TEMPLATE BANK GENERATION USING OPTIMAL LATTICES: LATTICES AND SPHERE COVERINGS CHAPTER SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM CASSIOPEIA CHAPTER UPPER LIMITS GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM CASSIOPEIA: THE LIGO SCIENCE RUN