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 …

Despite their long history and astrophysical importance, some of the key properties of
neutron stars are still uncertain. The extreme conditions encountered in their interiors …

Current interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are limited by quantum noise over a
wide range of their measurement bandwidth. One method to overcome the quantum limit is …

Gravitational-wave detectors are starting to reveal the redshift evolution of the binary black
hole (BBH) merger rate, R BBH (z). We make predictions for R BBH (z) as a function of black …

We identify an observable imprint of a first-order hadron-quark phase transition at
supranuclear densities on the gravitational-wave (GW) emission of neutron-star mergers …

Squeezed states of light belong to the most prominent nonclassical resources. They have
compelling applications in metrology, which has been demonstrated by their routine …

Merging binaries of neutron-stars are not only strong sources of gravitational waves, but also
have the potential of revealing states of matter at densities and temperatures not accessible …

Gravitational lensing occurs when a massive object bends spacetime in a way that focuses
light rays toward an observer (see Bartelmann 2010, for a review). Lensing observations are …

According to quantum theory the energy exchange between physical systems is quantized.
As a direct consequence, measurement sensitivities are fundamentally limited by …

Detection of a gravitational-wave signal of non-astrophysical origin would be a landmark
discovery, potentially providing a significant clue to some of our most basic, big-picture …