Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s

verfasst von
M. Bailes, B. K. Berger, P. R. Brady, M. Branchesi, K. Danzmann, M. Evans, K. Holley-Bockelmann, B. R. Iyer, T. Kajita, S. Katsanevas, M. Kramer, A. Lazzarini, L. Lehner, G. Losurdo, H. Lück, D. E. McClelland, M. A. McLaughlin, M. Punturo, S. Ransom, S. Raychaudhury, D. H. Reitze, F. Ricci, S. Rowan, Y. Saito, G. H. Sanders, B. S. Sathyaprakash, B. F. Schutz, A. Sesana, H. Shinkai, X. Siemens, D. H. Shoemaker, J. Thorpe, J. F.J. van den Brand, S. Vitale
Abstract

The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity saw significant development of the understanding of the theory, the identification of potential astrophysical sources of sufficiently strong gravitational waves and development of key technologies for gravitational-wave detectors. In 2015, the first gravitational-wave signals were detected by the two US Advanced LIGO instruments. In 2017, Advanced LIGO and the European Advanced Virgo detectors pinpointed a binary neutron star coalescence that was also seen across the electromagnetic spectrum. The field of gravitational-wave astronomy is just starting, and this Roadmap of future developments surveys the potential for growth in bandwidth and sensitivity of future gravitational-wave detectors, and discusses the science results anticipated to come from upcoming instruments.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Gravitationsphysik
QuantumFrontiers
Externe Organisation(en)
Swinburne University of Technology
Stanford University
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
LIGO Laboratory
Vanderbilt University
Fisk University
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
University of Manchester
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Sezione di Pisa
Australian National University
West Virginia University
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
University of Florida
Sapienza Università di Roma
University of Glasgow
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Pennsylvania State University
Cardiff University
University of Milan - Bicocca
Osaka Institute of Technology
Oregon State University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Vrije Universiteit
Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef)
Università degli Studi di Trento
Typ
Übersichtsarbeit
Journal
Nature Reviews Physics
Band
3
Seiten
344-366
Anzahl der Seiten
23
ISSN
2522-5820
Publikationsdatum
05.2021
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00303-8 (Zugang: Offen)