The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book
Abstract
The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will observe coalescences of black holes and neutron stars throughout the cosmos, thousands of them with exceptional fidelity. The Science Book is the result of a 3-year effort to study the science capabilities of networks of next generation detectors. Such networks would make it possible to address unsolved problems in numerous areas of physics and astronomy, from Cosmology to Beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, and how they could provide insights into workings of strongly gravitating systems, astrophysics of compact objects and the nature of dense matter. It is inevitable that observatories of such depth and finesse will make new discoveries inaccessible to other windows of observation. In addition to laying out the rich science potential of the next generation of detectors, this report provides specific science targets in five different areas in physics and astronomy and the sensitivity requirements to accomplish those science goals. This report is the second in a six part series of reports by the GWIC 3G Subcommittee: i) Expanding the Reach of Gravitational Wave Observatories to the Edge of the Universe, ii) The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book (this report), iii) 3G R&D: R&D for the Next Generation of Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors, iv) Gravitational Wave Data Analysis: Computing Challenges in the 3G Era, v) Future Ground-based Gravitational-wave Observatories: Synergies with Other Scientific Communities, and vi) An Exploration of Possible Governance Models for the Future Global Gravitational-Wave Observatory Network.
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@article{arxiv.2111.06990,
title = {The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book},
author = {Vicky Kalogera and B. S. Sathyaprakash and Matthew Bailes and Marie-Anne Bizouard and Alessandra Buonanno and Adam Burrows and Monica Colpi and Matt Evans and Stephen Fairhurst and Stefan Hild and Mansi M. Kasliwal and Luis Lehner and Ilya Mandel and Vuk Mandic and Samaya Nissanke and Maria Alessandra Papa and Sanjay Reddy and Stephan Rosswog and Chris Van Den Broeck and P. Ajith and Shreya Anand and Igor Andreoni and K. G. Arun and Enrico Barausse and Masha Baryakhtar and Enis Belgacem and Christopher P. L. Berry and Daniele Bertacca and Richard Brito and Chiara Caprini and Katerina Chatziioannou and Michael Coughlin and Giulia Cusin and Tim Dietrich and Yves Dirian and William E. East and Xilong Fan and Daniel Figueroa and Stefano Foffa and Archisman Ghosh and Evan Hall and Jan Harms and Ian Harry and Tanja Hinderer and Thomas Janka and Stephen Justham and Dan Kasen and Kei Kotake and Geoffrey Lovelace and Michele Maggiore and Alberto Mangiagli and Michela Mapelli and Andrea Maselli and Andrew Matas and Jess McIver and Bronson Messer and Tony Mezzacappa and Cameron Mills and Bernhard Mueller and Ewald Müller and Michael Pürrer and Paolo Pani and Geraint Pratten and Tania Regimbau and Mairi Sakellariadou and Raffaella Schneider and Alberto Sesana and Lijing Shao and P. Thomas Sotiriou and Nicola Tamanini and Thomas Tauris and Eric Thrane and Rosa Valiante and Maarten van de Meent and Vijay Varma and Justin Vines and Salvatore Vitale and Huan Yang and Nicolas Yunes and Miguel Zumalacarregui and Michele Punturo and David Reitze and Peter Couvares and Stavros Katsanevas and Takaaki Kajita and Harald Lueck and David McClelland and Sheila Rowan and Gary Sanders and David Shoemaker and Jo van den Brand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.06990},
year = {2021}
}
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69 pages, 18 figures