New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA

KG Arun, E Belgacem, R Benkel, L Bernard… - Living Reviews in …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has the potential to reveal wonders
about the fundamental theory of nature at play in the extreme gravity regime, where the …

Scalar induced gravitational waves review

G Domènech - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
We provide a review on the state-of-the-art of gravitational waves induced by primordial
fluctuations, so-called induced gravitational waves. We present the intuitive physics behind …

Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

M Branchesi, M Maggiore, D Alonso… - … of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Einstein Telescope (ET), the European project for a third-generation
gravitational-wave detector, has a reference configuration based on a triangular shape …

Recent gravitational wave observation by pulsar timing arrays and primordial black holes: the importance of non-gaussianities

G Franciolini, AJ Iovino, V Vaskonen, H Veermäe - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We study whether the signal seen by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) may originate from
gravitational waves (GWs) induced by large primordial perturbations. Such perturbations …

What is the source of the PTA GW signal?

J Ellis, M Fairbairn, G Franciolini, G Hütsi, A Iovino… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The most conservative interpretation of the nHz stochastic gravitational wave background
(SGWB) discovered by NANOGrav and other pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations is …

GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

Population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
We report on the population properties of compact binary mergers inferred from gravitational-
wave observations of these systems during the first three LIGO-Virgo observing runs. The …

From inflation to black hole mergers and back again: Gravitational-wave data-driven constraints on inflationary scenarios with a first-principle model of primordial black …

G Franciolini, I Musco, P Pani, A Urbano - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Recent population studies have searched for a subpopulation of primordial black holes
(PBHs) in the gravitational-wave (GW) events so far detected by LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA (LVK) …

Primordial non-Gaussianity up to all orders: Theoretical aspects and implications for primordial black hole models

G Ferrante, G Franciolini, AJ Iovino, A Urbano - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We develop an exact formalism for the computation of the abundance of primordial black
holes (PBHs) in the presence of local non-Gaussianity (NG) in the curvature perturbation …

Compact object mergers: exploring uncertainties from stellar and binary evolution with sevn

G Iorio, M Mapelli, G Costa, M Spera… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Population-synthesis codes are an unique tool to explore the parameter space of massive
binary star evolution and binary compact object (BCO) formation. Most population-synthesis …