Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - Living reviews in …, 2020 - Springer
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced
LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years …

GWTC-1: a gravitational-wave transient catalog of compact binary mergers observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first and second observing runs

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact
binaries with component masses above 1 M⊙ during the first and second observing runs of …

GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
On August 17, 2017 at 12∶ 41: 04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral …

Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger

BP Abbott - 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated
GW170817) with merger time 12: 41: 04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by …

Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

D Kasen, B Metzger, J Barnes, E Quataert… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The cosmic origin of elements heavier than iron has long been uncertain. Theoretical
modelling,,,,,, shows that the matter that is expelled in the violent merger of two neutron stars …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: A tale of two elements–chemical evolution of magnesium and europium

JP Naiman, A Pillepich, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The distribution of elements in galaxies provides a wealth of information about their
production sites and their subsequent mixing into the interstellar medium. Here we …

Advanced ligo

J Aasi, BP Abbott, R Abbott, T Abbott… - … and quantum gravity, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors are second-generation instruments
designed and built for the two LIGO observatories in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA, USA …

Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
On September 14, 2015 at 09: 50: 45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave …

Extended theories of gravity

S Capozziello, M De Laurentis - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
Extended Theories of Gravity can be considered as a new paradigm to cure shortcomings of
General Relativity at infrared and ultraviolet scales. They are an approach that, by …