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Science case for the Einstein telescope

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Published 24 March 2020 © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab
, , JCAP 20th Anniversary Retrospective Citation Michele Maggiore et al JCAP03(2020)050 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/050

1475-7516/2020/03/050

Abstract

The Einstein Telescope (ET), a proposed European ground-based gravitational-wave detector of third-generation, is an evolution of second-generation detectors such as Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo, and KAGRA which could be operating in the mid 2030s. ET will explore the universe with gravitational waves up to cosmological distances. We discuss its main scientific objectives and its potential for discoveries in astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics.

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