S. Birindelli

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an up-to-date summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the Initial and Advanced versions of the ground-based LIGO and Virgo Astrophysical estimates for compact-binary coalescence rates depend on a number of assumptions and unknown model parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported limits on the amplitude of the stochastic gravitational-wave background using the data from a two-year science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).

TL;DR: In this article, an updated search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors was presented, where ephemerides overlapping the run period were obtained using radio and X-ray observations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the status of the Virgo detector, under commissioning, is reported. And the main improvements made on the detector during this year are described, as well as the plans and activities foreseen in the coming years.

TL;DR: In this article, an updated search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors was presented, where ephemerides overlapping the run period were obtained using radio and X-ray observations.