The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book
Vicky Kalogera, B.S. Sathyaprakash, Matthew Bailes, Marie-Anne, Bizouard, Alessandra Buonanno, Adam Burrows, Monica Colpi, Matt Evans,, Stephen Fairhurst, Stefan Hild, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Luis Lehner, Ilya Mandel,, Vuk Mandic, Samaya Nissanke, Maria Alessandra Papa, Sanjay Reddy

TL;DR
This report explores the scientific potential of next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, highlighting their ability to address fundamental questions in physics and astronomy through high-fidelity observations of cosmic events.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive analysis of the science capabilities, targets, and sensitivity requirements for future gravitational-wave observatories, advancing the planning for 3G detector networks.
Findings
Potential to observe black hole and neutron star mergers across the universe
Insights into cosmology and fundamental physics beyond current capabilities
Specific science goals and sensitivity benchmarks for next-generation detectors
Abstract
The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will observe coalescences of black holes and neutron stars throughout the cosmos, thousands of them with exceptional fidelity. The Science Book is the result of a 3-year effort to study the science capabilities of networks of next generation detectors. Such networks would make it possible to address unsolved problems in numerous areas of physics and astronomy, from Cosmology to Beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, and how they could provide insights into workings of strongly gravitating systems, astrophysics of compact objects and the nature of dense matter. It is inevitable that observatories of such depth and finesse will make new discoveries inaccessible to other windows of observation. In addition to laying out the rich science potential of the next generation of detectors, this report provides specific…
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TopicsPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
