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Mapping the gravitational-wave background

Mapping the gravitational-wave background

The gravitational-wave sky is expected to have isolated bright sources superimposed on a diffuse gravitational-wave background. The background radiation has two components: a confusion limited background from unresolved astrophysical sources; and a cosmological component formed during the birth of the universe. A map of the gravitational-wave background can be made …