Challenges and opportunities of gravitational-wave searches at MHz to GHz frequencies

N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, A Bauswein, G Cella… - Living reviews in …, 2021 - Springer
The first direct measurement of gravitational waves by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations
has opened up new avenues to explore our Universe. This white paper outlines the …

Science case for the Einstein telescope

M Maggiore, C Van Den Broeck… - … of Cosmology and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Einstein Telescope (ET), a proposed European ground-based gravitational-
wave detector of third-generation, is an evolution of second-generation detectors such as …

Terrestrial gravity fluctuations

J Harms - Living reviews in relativity, 2015 - Springer
Different forms of fluctuations of the terrestrial gravity field are observed by gravity
experiments. For example, atmospheric pressure fluctuations generate a gravity-noise …

Science-driven tunable design of cosmic explorer detectors

V Srivastava, D Davis, K Kuns, P Landry… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors like Cosmic Explorer (CE) can be tuned to
improve their sensitivity at high or low frequencies by tuning the response of the signal …

ZAIGA: Zhaoshan long-baseline atom interferometer gravitation antenna

MS Zhan, J Wang, WT Ni, DF Gao, G Wang… - … Journal of Modern …, 2020 - World Scientific
The Zhaoshan long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA) is a new type
of underground laser-linked interferometer facility, and is currently under construction. It is in …

Scientific objectives of Einstein telescope

B Sathyaprakash, M Abernathy… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy.
There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build …

Characterizing gravitational wave detector networks: from A to cosmic explorer

I Gupta, C Afle, KG Arun… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational-wave observations by the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory
(LIGO) and Virgo have provided us a new tool to explore the Universe on all scales from …

Blind spots and biases: The dangers of ignoring eccentricity in gravitational-wave signals from binary black holes

Divyajyoti, S Kumar, S Tibrewal, IM Romero-Shaw… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Most gravitational wave (GW) events observed so far by the LIGO and Virgo detectors are
consistent with mergers of binary black holes (BBHs) on quasicircular orbits. However, some …

First demonstration of 6 dB quantum noise reduction in a kilometer scale gravitational wave observatory

J Lough, E Schreiber, F Bergamin, H Grote… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Photon shot noise, arising from the quantum-mechanical nature of the light, currently limits
the sensitivity of all the gravitational wave observatories at frequencies above one kilohertz …

Optically targeted search for gravitational waves emitted by core-collapse supernovae during the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced …

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We present the results from a search for gravitational-wave transients associated with core-
collapse supernovae observed within a source distance of approximately 20 Mpc during the …