Search for Scalar Polarization Gravitational Waves

dc.contributor.advisor	Shawhan, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Grant, Jacob
dc.contributor.department	Physics	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-16T16:14:05Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-16T16:14:05Z
dc.date.issued	2018-02-15
dc.description.abstract	The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) successfully discovered tensor polarization gravitational waves a few years ago; these waves are predicted by Einsteins General Theory of Relativity. My research was to determine if the sensitivity of the interferometers in use today is sufficient enough to detect another, weaker type of gravitational waves (not theorized by general relativity): scalar polarization. I determined, by running detection efficiencies for various simulated signals, that additional interferometers will be needed if a comprehensive search for scalar gravitational waves is to be conducted.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/M2JW86P7F
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/20507
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.title	Search for Scalar Polarization Gravitational Waves	en_US
dc.type	Research Paper	en_US

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