Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We review the expected science performance of the New Gravitational-Wave
Observatory (NGO, a.k.a. eLISA), a mission under study by the European Space
Agency for launch in the early 2020s. eLISA will survey the low-frequency
gravitational-wave sky (from 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz), detecting and characterizing
a broad variety of systems and events throughout the Universe, including the
coalescences of massive black holes brought together by galaxy mergers; the
inspirals of stellar-mass black holes and compact stars into central galactic
black holes; several millions of ultra-compact binaries, both detached and mass
transferring, in the Galaxy; and possibly unforeseen sources such as the relic
gravitational-wave radiation from the early Universe. eLISA’s high signal-tonoise
measurements will provide new insight into the structure and history of
the Universe, and they will test general relativity in its strong-field dynamical
regime.
Observatory (NGO, a.k.a. eLISA), a mission under study by the European Space
Agency for launch in the early 2020s. eLISA will survey the low-frequency
gravitational-wave sky (from 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz), detecting and characterizing
a broad variety of systems and events throughout the Universe, including the
coalescences of massive black holes brought together by galaxy mergers; the
inspirals of stellar-mass black holes and compact stars into central galactic
black holes; several millions of ultra-compact binaries, both detached and mass
transferring, in the Galaxy; and possibly unforeseen sources such as the relic
gravitational-wave radiation from the early Universe. eLISA’s high signal-tonoise
measurements will provide new insight into the structure and history of
the Universe, and they will test general relativity in its strong-field dynamical
regime.
Date Issued
2012-06-01
Date Acceptance
2012-03-27
Citation
Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2012, 29 (12)
ISSN
1361-6382
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume
29
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd. 'This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/29/12/124016
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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Grant Number
ST/G008566/1
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Massive black-hole
Double white-dwarfs
Active galactic nuclei
AM CVN Stars
Common envelope evolution
Minute orbital period
LISA Data stream
Dynamical friction
Galaxy formation
Spin evolution
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Mathematical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 124016