Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics—dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem—all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions. The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature. The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress. This write-up is an initiative taken within the framework of the European Action on ‘Black holes, Gravitational waves and Fundamental Physics’.
Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity
Authors: Abbas Askar, Chris Belczynski, Gianfranco Bertone, Edi Bon, Diego Blas, Richard Brito, Tomasz Bulik, Clare Burrage, Christian T Byrnes, Chiara Caprini, Masha Chernyakova, Piotr Chruściel, Monica Colpi, Valeria Ferrari, Daniele Gaggero, Jonathan Gair, Juan García-Bellido, S F Hassan, Lavinia Heisenberg, Martin Hendry, Ik Siong Heng, Carlos Herdeiro, Tanja Hinderer, Assaf Horesh, Bradley J Kavanagh, Bence Kocsis, Michael Kramer, Alexandre Le Tiec, Chiara Mingarelli, Germano Nardini, Gijs Nelemans, Carlos Palenzuela, Paolo Pani, Albino Perego, Edward K Porter, Elena M Rossi, Patricia Schmidt, Alberto Sesana, Ulrich Sperhake, Antonio Stamerra, Leo C Stein, Nicola Tamanini, Thomas M Tauris, L Arturo Urena-López, Frederic Vincent, Marta Volonteri, Barry Wardell, Norbert Wex, Kent Yagi, Tiziano Abdelsalhin, Miguel Ángel Aloy, Pau Amaro-Seoane, Lorenzo Annulli, Manuel Arca-Sedda, Ibrahima Bah, Enrico Barausse, Elvis Barakovic, Robert Benkel, Charles L Bennett, Laura Bernard, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Christopher P L Berry, Emanuele Berti, Miguel Bezares, Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado, Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo, Matteo Bonetti, Mateja Bošković, Zeljka Bosnjak, Katja Bricman, Bernd Brügmann, Pedro R Capelo, Sante Carloni, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, Christos Charmousis, Sylvain Chaty, Aurora Clerici, Andrew Coates, Marta Colleoni, Lucas G Collodel, Geoffrey Compère, William Cook, Isabel Cordero-Carrión, Miguel Correia, Álvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz, Viktor G Czinner, Kyriakos Destounis, Kostas Dialektopoulos, Daniela Doneva, Massimo Dotti, Amelia Drew, Christopher Eckner, James Edholm, Roberto Emparan, Recai Erdem, Miguel Ferreira, Pedro G Ferreira, Andrew Finch, Jose A Font, Nicola Franchini, Kwinten Fransen, Dmitry Gal’tsov, Apratim Ganguly, Davide Gerosa, Kostas Glampedakis, Andreja Gomboc, Ariel Goobar, Leonardo Gualtieri, Eduardo Guendelman, Francesco Haardt, Troels Harmark, Filip Hejda, Thomas Hertog, Seth Hopper, Sascha Husa, Nada Ihanec, Taishi Ikeda, Amruta Jaodand, Philippe Jetzer, Xisco Jimenez-Forteza, Marc Kamionkowski, David E Kaplan, Stelios Kazantzidis, Masashi Kimura, Shiho Kobayashi, Kostas Kokkotas, Julian Krolik, Jutta Kunz, Claus Lämmerzahl, Paul Lasky, José P S Lemos, Jackson Levi Said, Stefano Liberati, Jorge Lopes, Raimon Luna, Yin-Zhe Ma, Elisa Maggio, Alberto Mangiagli, Marina Martinez Montero, Andrea Maselli, Lucio Mayer, Anupam Mazumdar, Christopher Messenger, Brice Ménard, Masato Minamitsuji, Christopher J Moore, David Mota, Sourabh Nampalliwar, Andrea Nerozzi, David Nichols, Emil Nissimov, Martin Obergaulinger, Niels A Obers, Roberto Oliveri, George Pappas, Vedad Pasic, Hiranya Peiris, Tanja Petrushevska, Denis Pollney, Geraint Pratten, Nemanja Rakic, Istvan Racz, Miren Radia, Fethi M Ramazanoğlu, Antoni Ramos-Buades, Guilherme Raposo, Marek Rogatko, Roxana Rosca-Mead, Dorota Rosinska, Stephan Rosswog, Ester Ruiz-Morales, Mairi Sakellariadou, Nicolás Sanchis-Gual, Om Sharan Salafia, Anuradha Samajdar, Alicia Sintes, Majda Smole, Carlos Sopuerta, Rafael Souza-Lima, Marko Stalevski, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Chris Stevens, Tomas Tamfal, Alejandro Torres-Forné, Sergey Tsygankov, Kıvanç İ Ünlütürk, Rosa Valiante, Maarten van de Meent, José Velhinho, Yosef Verbin, Bert Vercnocke, Daniele Vernieri, Rodrigo Vicente, Vincenzo Vitagliano, Amanda Weltman, Bernard Whiting, Andrew Williamson, Helvi Witek, Aneta Wojnar, Kadri Yakut, Haopeng Yan, Stoycho Yazadjiev, Gabrijela Zaharijas, Miguel Zilhão
Institutions: Lund University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Isaac Newton Institute, Astronomical Observatory, University of London, King's College London, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, University of Warsaw, University of Nottingham, University of Sussex, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Université Paris Diderot, Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies, Dublin City University, University of Vienna, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, University of Milano-Bicocca, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Edinburgh, Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, ETH Zurich, ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Glasgow, University of Aveiro, Radboud University Nijmegen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Eötvös Loránd University, University of Manchester, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Flatiron Institute, University of Bern, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, Leiden University, Leiden Observatory, University of Birmingham, California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, Scuola Normale Superiore, Astronomical Observatory of Rome, National Institute for Astrophysics, University of Bonn, Universidad de Guanajuato, Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, University College Dublin, University of Virginia, Universitat de València, Institute of Space Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Tuzla, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Mississippi, Ikerbasque, University of the Basque Country, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, University of Insubria, Petnica Science Center, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, University of Nova Gorica, University of Zurich, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation, University of Tübingen, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Cape Town, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, University of Naples Federico II, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Lancaster University, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Izmir Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, University of Malta, KU Leuven, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Kazan Federal University, Rhodes University, Universidad de Murcia, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Copenhagen, Earlham College, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Bremen, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Monash University, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Purple Mountain Observatory, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Sheffield, University of Groningen, University of Oslo, International Solvay Institutes, University of Banja Luka, University of Belgrade, Koç University, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, University of Zielona Góra, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Brera Astronomical Observatory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Turku, University of Beira Interior, Open University of Israel, Keio University, Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences, Keio University, University of Florida, Ege University, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Strong, Flatiron Health, Royal Society, European Commission, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe AISBL, Austrian Science Fund, Generalitat Valenciana, Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España, Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, Govern de les Illes Balears, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
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