Searching for continuous gravitational wave signals using LIGO and Virgo detectors

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current status of LIGO and Virgo detectors and data analysis methods for detecting continuous gravitational waves, highlighting recent results and advancements in the field.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the detectors, data analysis techniques, and recent search results for continuous gravitational waves.

Findings

Summary of LIGO and Virgo detector capabilities

Overview of data analysis tools for continuous wave searches

Recent results from continuous gravitational wave searches

Abstract

Direct and unequivocal detection of gravitational waves represents a great challenge of contemporary physics and astrophysics. A worldwide effort is currently operating towards this direction, building ever sensitive detectors, improving the modelling of gravitational wave sources and employing ever more sophisticated and powerful data analysis techniques. In this paper we review the current status of LIGO and Virgo ground based interferometric detectors and some data analysis tools used in the continuous wave searches to extract the faint gravitational signals from the interferometric noise data. Moreover we discuss also relevant results from recent continuous wave searches.