Chris L. Fryer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS B227, T-6
Los Alamos, NM 87545
U.S.A.
Kimberly C. B. New
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS T085, X-2
Los Alamos, NM 87545
U.S.A.
This article has been revised on 24 Jan 2006 (see changes in detail).
Gravitational wave emission from stellar collapse has been studied for more than three
decades. Current state-of-the-art numerical investigations of collapse include those that use
progenitors with more realistic angular momentum profiles, properly treat microphysics issues,
account for general relativity, and examine non-axisymmetric effects in three dimensions.
Such simulations predict that gravitational waves from various phenomena associated with
gravitational collapse could be detectable with ground-based and space-based interferometric
observatories. This review covers the entire range of stellar collapse sources of gravitational
waves: from the accretion induced collapse of a white dwarf through the collapse down to neutron
stars or black holes of massive stars to the collapse of supermassive stars.
This 2006 revision was written by Chris L. Fryer and Kim New jointly.
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