Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

"This work focuses on the field of gravitational-wave astronomy by extending the scope of detectable sources beyond compact binary coalescences, All the gravitational-wave detections so far come from compact binary coalescences. Focusing on core-collapse supernovae as promising sources for short gravitational-wave transients, this work reports optically targeted searches for gravitational-wave emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the third observing run of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. It also predicts the search sensitivity for the ongoing fourth and forthcoming fifth observing runs. Moreover, the work introduces a novel computational framework for testing the spatial distribution of binary black hole sources, allowing for the exploration of their isotropic or potentially anisotropic distribution. This comprehensive study enhances the understanding of core-collapse supernovae as sources of gravitational-waves and offers new insights into the spatial distribution of gravitational wave events relative to the large-scale structure of the universe"-- Abstract, p. iii

Advisor(s)

Cavaglia, Marco

Committee Member(s)

Fischer, Daniel
Mukherjee, Soma
Saito, Shun
Vojta, Thomas

Department(s)

Physics

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Physics

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Pagination

xv, 142 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes_bibliographical_references_(pages 118-141)

Rights

© 2023 Yanyan Zheng, All rights reserved

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 12351

Electronic OCLC #

1427273873

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