Gravitational Wave Astronomy With TianQin
Abstract
The opening of the gravitational wave window has significantly enhanced our capacity to explore the universe's most extreme and dynamic sector. In the mHz frequency range, a diverse range of compact objects, from the most massive black holes at the farthest reaches of the Universe to the lightest white dwarfs in our cosmic backyard, generate a complex and dynamic symphony of gravitational wave signals. Once recorded by gravitational wave detectors, these unique fingerprints have the potential to decipher the birth and growth of cosmic structures over a wide range of scales, from stellar binaries and stellar clusters to galaxies and large-scale structures. The TianQin space-borne gravitational wave mission is scheduled for launch in the 2030s, with an operational lifespan of five years. It will facilitate pivotal insights into the history of our universe. This document presents a concise overview of the detectable sources of TianQin, outlining their characteristics, the challenges they present, and the expected impact of the TianQin observatory on our understanding of them.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.19665,
title = {Gravitational Wave Astronomy With TianQin},
author = {En-Kun Li and Shuai Liu and Alejandro Torres-Orjuela and Xian Chen and Kohei Inayoshi and Long Wang and Yi-Ming Hu and Pau Amaro-Seoane and Abbas Askar and Cosimo Bambi and Pedro R. Capelo and Hong-Yu Chen and Alvin J. K. Chua and Enrique Condés-Breña and Lixin Dai and Debtroy Das and Andrea Derdzinski and Hui-Min Fan and Michiko Fujii and Jie Gao and Mudit Garg and Hongwei Ge and Mirek Giersz and Shun-Jia Huang and Arkadiusz Hypki and Zheng-Cheng Liang and Bin Liu and Dongdong Liu and Miaoxin Liu and Yunqi Liu and Lucio Mayer and Nicola R. Napolitano and Peng Peng and Yong Shao and Swarnim Shashank and Rongfeng Shen and Hiromichi Tagawa and Ataru Tanikawa and Martina Toscani and Verónica Vázquez-Aceves and Hai-Tian Wang and Han Wang and Shu-Xu Yi and Jian-dong Zhang and Xue-Ting Zhang and Lianggui Zhu and Lorenz Zwick and Song Huang and Jianwei Mei and Yan Wang and Yi Xie and Jiajun Zhang and Jun Luo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.19665},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
TianQin Gravitational Wave Whitepaper, 72 pages, 30 figures