Abstract:
Several groundbased gravitational wave (GW) laser interferometric
projects have completed construction and are currently involved in conducting
engineering runs. The spacebased NASA-ESA mission, LISA is expected to
be launched in ten years' time. With the data around the comer exciting times
lie ahead for GW astronomy. A brief introduction to GW detection, the principle
of GW detection, the current status of ground based detectors, the space
based detector LISA, GW sources and the data analysis necessary to extract
the weak GW signal from the detector noise will be presented.
