Multi-messenger astrophysics of black holes and neutron stars as probed by ground-based gravitational wave detectors: from present to future

Alessandra Corsi; Lisa Barsotti; Emanuele Berti; Matthew Evans; Ish Gupta; Konstantinos Kritos; Kevin Kuns; Alexander H.  Nitz; Benjamin J.  Owen; Binod Rajbhandari; Jocelyn Read; Bangalore S.  Sathyaprakash; David H.  Shoemaker; Joshua R.  Smith; Salvatore Vitale

doi:10.3389/fspas.2024.1386748

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (May 2024)

Multi-messenger astrophysics of black holes and neutron stars as probed by ground-based gravitational wave detectors: from present to future

Alessandra Corsi,
Lisa Barsotti,
Emanuele Berti,
Matthew Evans,
Ish Gupta,
Konstantinos Kritos,
Kevin Kuns,
Alexander H. Nitz,
Benjamin J. Owen,
Binod Rajbhandari,
Jocelyn Read,
Bangalore S. Sathyaprakash,
David H. Shoemaker,
Joshua R. Smith,
Salvatore Vitale

Affiliations

Alessandra Corsi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Lisa Barsotti: LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Emanuele Berti: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Matthew Evans: LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Ish Gupta: Department of Physics, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Konstantinos Kritos: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Kevin Kuns: LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Alexander H. Nitz: Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States
Benjamin J. Owen: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Binod Rajbhandari: School of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States
Jocelyn Read: Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
Bangalore S. Sathyaprakash: Department of Physics, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
David H. Shoemaker: LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Joshua R. Smith: Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
Salvatore Vitale: LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2024.1386748
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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The ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors LIGO and Virgo have enabled the birth of multi-messenger GW astronomy via the detection of GWs from merging stellar-mass black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs). GW170817, the first binary NS merger detected in GWs and all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, is an outstanding example of the impact that GW discoveries can have on multi-messenger astronomy. Yet, GW170817 is only one of the many and varied multi-messenger sources that can be unveiled using ground-based GW detectors. In this contribution, we summarize key open questions in the astrophysics of stellar-mass BHs and NSs that can be answered using current and future-generation ground-based GW detectors, and highlight the potential for new multi-messenger discoveries ahead.

Published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

ISSN: 2296-987X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
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