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 …

Quasinormal modes of black holes: From astrophysics to string theory

RA Konoplya, A Zhidenko - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Perturbations of black holes, initially considered in the context of possible observations of
astrophysical effects, have been studied for the past 10 years in string theory, brane-world …

The Einstein Telescope: A third-generation gravitational wave observatory

M Punturo, M Abernathy, F Acernese… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Advanced gravitational wave interferometers, currently under realization, will soon permit
the detection of gravitational waves from astronomical sources. To open the era of precision …

Detection of 15 dB squeezed states of light and their application for the absolute calibration of photoelectric quantum efficiency

H Vahlbruch, M Mehmet, K Danzmann, R Schnabel - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Squeezed states of light belong to the most prominent nonclassical resources. They have
compelling applications in metrology, which has been demonstrated by their routine …

[PDF][PDF] VU Research Portal

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - PHYSICAL REVIEW D …, 2021 - research.vu.nl
The Advanced LIGO [1] and Advanced Virgo [2] detectors have made numerous detections
of gravitational waves (GWs), to date consisting of short-duration (transient) GWs emitted …

Increasing the astrophysical reach of the advanced virgo detector via the application of squeezed vacuum states of light

F Acernese, M Agathos, L Aiello, A Allocca, A Amato… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
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 …

A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

Nature Physics, 2011 - nature.com
Around the globe several observatories are seeking the first direct detection of gravitational
waves (GWs). These waves are predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity and are …

Identifying a first-order phase transition in neutron-star mergers through gravitational waves

A Bauswein, NUF Bastian, DB Blaschke… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
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 …

Sensitivity studies for third-generation gravitational wave observatories

S Hild, M Abernathy, F Acernese… - … and Quantum gravity, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Advanced gravitational wave detectors, currently under construction, are expected to directly
observe gravitational wave signals of astrophysical origin. The Einstein Telescope (ET), a …

Signatures of quark-hadron phase transitions in general-relativistic neutron-star mergers

ER Most, LJ Papenfort, V Dexheimer, M Hanauske… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
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 …