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Observatory end-to-end science operations is the overall process starting with a scientific question, represented by a proposal requesting observing time, and ending with the analysis of observation data addressing that question, and…

Mergers of binary compact objects, accompanied with electromagnetic (EM) counterparts, offer excellent opportunities to explore varied cosmological models, since gravitational waves (GWs) and EM counterparts always carry the information of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-31 Ran Chen , Yi-Ying Wang , Lei Zu , Yi-Zhong Fan

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed third generation ground-based interferometer, for which the target is a sensitivity that is a factor of ten better than Advanced LIGO and a frequency range that extends down to about 1Hz. ET will…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-18 E. A. Huerta , Jonathan R. Gair

In this paper, we investigate the sensitivity to additional gravitational wave polarization modes of future detectors. We first look at the upcoming Einstein Telescope and its combination with existing or planned Earth-based detectors in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-20 Lionel Philippoz , Adrian Boîtier , Philippe Jetzer

The proposed US Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) Program would secure national open access to at least 25% of the observing time on the Thirty Meter Telescope in the north and the Giant Magellan Telescope in the south. ELTs would advance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-18 Michael H. Wong , Karen J. Meech , Mark Dickinson , Thomas Greathouse , Richard J. Cartwright , Nancy Chanover , Matthew S. Tiscareno

In the centenary year of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, this paper reviews the current status of gravitational wave astronomy across a spectrum which stretches from attohertz to kilohertz frequencies. Sect. 1 of this paper reviews…

The next generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors -- Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE) will have distance horizons up to $\mathcal{O}(10)$ Gpc for detecting binary neutron star (BNS) mergers. This will make them ideal for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Mainak Mukhopadhyay , Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase

The Einstein Telescope is the next-generation gravitational wave interferometer which, compared to current detectors, will enable the observation of gravitational signals at lower frequencies with a sensitivity improved by approximately two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-12 Federico Armato , Barbara Garaventa , Andrea Chincarini

Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors like the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, currently in their preparatory phase, have the potential to significantly improve our understanding of astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-23 Michael Ebersold , Tania Regimbau , Nelson Christensen

Gravitational-wave black-hole spectroscopy provides a unique opportunity to test the strong-field regime of gravity and the nature of the final object formed in the aftermath of a merger. Here we investigate the prospects for black-hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-26 Swetha Bhagwat , Costantino Pacilio , Paolo Pani , Michela Mapelli

The Einstein Telescope and other third generation interferometric detectors of gravitational waves are projected to be operational post $2030$. The cosmological signatures of gravitational waves would undoubtedly shed light on any departure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 Ayan Mitra , Jurgen Mifsud , David F. Mota , David Parkinson

Unlike the electromagnetic radiation from astrophysical objects, gravitational waves (GWs) from binary star mergers have much longer wavelengths and are coherent. For ground-based GW detectors, when the lens object between the source and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-05 Kai Liao , Shuxun Tian , Xuheng Ding

This paper briefly reviews some of the exciting studies of the local Universe that will be enabled with the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). As illustrative examples, it summarizes a few of the scientific goals that have been set…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-08-17 Michael R. Merrifield

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicts that accelerating mass distributions produce gravitational radiation, analogous to electromagnetic radiation from accelerating charges. These gravitational waves have not been directly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Roman Schnabel , Nergis Mavalvala , David E. McClelland , Ping Koy Lam

In this paper, we study the strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves (GWs) from a statistical perspective, with particular focus on the high frequency GWs from stellar binary black hole coalescences. These are most promising…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Shun-Sheng Li , Shude Mao , Yuetong Zhao , Youjun Lu

The advent of Extremely Large Telescopes ELTs, ground-based optical or infrared observatories with primary mirrors exceeding 20 m heralds a transformative epoch in observational astronomy. This article examines the dawn of this new era and…

Popular Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Priya Hasan

The blossoming field of joint gravitational wave and electromagnetic (GW-EM) astronomy is one of the most promising in astronomy. The first, and only, joint GW-EM event GW170817 provided remarkable science returns that still continue to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-08 Philip S. Cowperthwaite , Hsin-Yu Chen , Ben Margalit , Raffaella Margutti , Morgan May , Brian Metzger , Chris Pankow

We investigate the prospects for detecting a parity-violating gravitational-wave background (GWB) with third-generation ground-based detector networks. We focus on a network consisting of one Einstein Telescope (ET) and two Cosmic Explorer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-26 Hannah Duval , Charles Badger , Mairi Sakellariadou

We investigate the detectability of Gravitational Wave (GW) modes (emitted by black-holes and neutron stars) by third generation, ground-based gravitational wave detectors planned to be operational in the next decade. Our analysis focuses…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Massimo Tinto , Sanjeev Dhurandhar , Harshit Raj

The Einstein Telescope is a conceived third generation gravitational-wave detector that is envisioned to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than advanced LIGO, Virgo and Kagra, which would be able to detect gravitational-wave signals…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-20 Duncan Meacher , Kipp Cannon , Chad Hanna , Tania Regimbau , B. S. Sathyaprakash