Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s

M Bailes, BK Berger, PR Brady, M Branchesi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity saw
significant development of the understanding of the theory, the identification of potential …

Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

L Barack, V Cardoso, S Nissanke… - … and quantum gravity, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
70 AIM, UMR 7158, CEA/DRF, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique,
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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 …

The Karl G. Jansky very large array sky survey (VLASS). Science case and survey design

M Lacy, SA Baum, CJ Chandler… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is a synoptic, all-sky radio sky survey
with a unique combination of high angular resolution (≈ 2 farcs 5), sensitivity (a 1σ goal of …

Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

IM Romero-Shaw, C Talbot… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Gravitational waves provide a unique tool for observational astronomy. While the first LIGO–
Virgo catalogue of gravitational-wave transients (GWTC-1) contains 11 signals from black …

Binary neutron star mergers: mass ejection, electromagnetic counterparts, and nucleosynthesis

D Radice, A Perego, K Hotokezaka… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a systematic numerical relativity study of the mass ejection and the associated
electromagnetic transients and nucleosynthesis from binary neutron star (NS) mergers. We …

Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger

G Ghirlanda, OS Salafia, Z Paragi, M Giroletti, J Yang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The binary neutron star merger event GW170817 was detected through both
electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves. Its afterglow emission may have been …

Superluminal motion of a relativistic jet in the neutron-star merger GW170817

KP Mooley, AT Deller, O Gottlieb, E Nakar, G Hallinan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The binary neutron-star merger GW170817 was accompanied by radiation across the
electromagnetic spectrum and localized to the galaxy NGC 4993 at a distance of about 41 …

Optical superluminal motion measurement in the neutron-star merger GW170817

KP Mooley, J Anderson, W Lu - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The afterglow of the binary neutron-star merger GW170817 gave evidence for a structured
relativistic jet,,,–and a link,, between such mergers and short gamma-ray bursts …

Kilonovae

BD Metzger - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2020 - Springer
The coalescence of double neutron star (NS–NS) and black hole (BH)–NS binaries are
prime sources of gravitational waves (GW) for Advanced LIGO/Virgo and future ground …