Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope

Cosmography with the Einstein Telescope

The Einstein Telescope, a third-generation gravitational-wave detector under a design study, could detect millions of binary neutron star inspirals each year. A small fraction of these events might be observed as gamma-ray bursts, helping to measure both the luminosity distance DL to and redshift z of the source. By fitting these measured values of DL and z to a cosmological model, it would be ...

Numerical relativity simulations in the era of the Einstein Telescope

Numerical-relativity (NR) simulations of compact binaries are expected to be an invaluable tool in gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy. The sensitivity of future detectors such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) will place much higher demands on NR simulations than firstand second-generation ground-based detectors. We discuss the issues facing compact-object simulations over the next decade, with an ...

SKA Scientific Memorandum: Telescope Response Times

The Einstein Telescope: a third-generation gravitational wave observatory

Advanced gravitational wave interferometers, currently under realization, will soon permit the detection of gravitational waves from astronomical sources. To open the era of precision gravitational wave astronomy, a further substantial improvement in sensitivity is required. The future space-based Laser Interferometer Space Antenna and the third-generation ground-based observatory Einstein Tele...

Next generation of IACT arrays: scientific objectives versus energy domains

Several key motivations and perspectives of ground based gamma-ray astronomy are discussed in the context of the specifics of detection techniques and scientific topics/objectives relevant to four major energy domains – very-low or multi-GeV (E ≤ 30 GeV), low or sub-TeV (30 GeV 300 GeV), high or TeV (300 GeV 30 TeV), and very-high or sub-PeV (E ≥ 30 TeV) intervals – to be covered by the next ge...