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Gravitational-wave astronomy: delivering on the promises

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Now that LIGO and Virgo have begun to detect gravitational-wave events with regularity, the field of gravitational-wave astronomy is beginning to realize its promise. Binary black holes and, very recently, binary neutron stars have been observed, and we are already learning much from them. The future, with improved sensitivity, more detectors and detectors like LISA in different frequency bands, has even more promise to open a completely hidden side of the Universe to our exploration.This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'The promises of gravitational-wave astronomy'.

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0279

Author: B. F. Schutz

Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Cardiff University

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

OpenAlex ID: W2798069419

FWCI: 1.503

Cites: 37

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10