Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors
- L. S. Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration J. Abadie, K. Belczynski
- Physics
- 12 March 2010
We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the initial and advanced versions of the ground-based gravitational-wave…
Science with the space-based interferometer eLISA: Supermassive black hole binaries
- A. Klein, E. Barausse, B. Wardell
- Physics
- 17 November 2015
We compare the science capabilities of different eLISA mission designs, including four-link (two-arm) and six-link (three-arm) configurations with different arm lengths, low-frequency noise…
Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO
- P. Amaro-Seoane, S. Aoudia, H. Ward
- Physics
- 3 February 2012
We review the expected science performance of the New Gravitational-Wave Observatory (NGO, a.k.a. eLISA), a mission under study by the European Space Agency for launch in the early 2020s. eLISA will…
Einstein gravitational wave Telescope conceptual design study
- M. Abernathy, F. Acernese, L. Rezzolla
- Physics
- 20 May 2011
This document describes the Conceptual Design of a third generation gravitational wave observatory named Einstein Telescope (“ET”). The design of this new research infrastructure has been realised…
Virgo: a laser interferometer to detect gravitational waves
- T. Accadia, F. Acernese, Zhenhua Zhang
- Physics
- 29 March 2012
This paper presents a complete description of Virgo, the French-Italian gravitational wave detector. The detector, built at Cascina, near Pisa (Italy), is a very large Michelson interferometer, with…
Doing Science with eLISA: Astrophysics and Cosmology in the Millihertz Regime
- P. Amaro-Seoane, S. Aoudia, H. Ward
- Physics
- 17 January 2012
This document introduces the exciting and fundamentally new science and astronomy that the European New Gravitational Wave Observatory (NGO) mission (derived from the previous LISA proposal) will…
The Gravitational Universe
- The eLISA Consortium P. Amaro Seoane, S. Aoudia, P. Zweifel
- Physics
- 24 May 2013
The last century has seen enormous progress in our understanding of the Universe. We know the life cycles of stars, the structure of galaxies, the remnants of the big bang, and have a general…
An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, J. Rollins
- PhysicsNature
- 20 August 2009
A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should…
eLISA/NGO: Astrophysics and cosmology in the gravitational-wave millihertz regime
- P. Amaro-Seoane, T. Littenberg, S. Vitale
- Physics
- 2012
Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope
- B. Sathyaprakash, M. Abernathy, K. Yamamoto
- Physics
- 2 June 2012
The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detectors that operate…
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