Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA

Publication date

2020-08-31

Authors

Barausse, Enrico
Berti, Emanuele
Hertog, Thomas
Hughes, Scott A.
Jetzer, Philippe
Pani, Paolo
Sotiriou, Thomas P.
Tamanini, Nicola
Witek, Helvi
Yagi, Kent

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Editorial
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taverne

Abstract

In this paper, which is of programmatic rather than quantitative nature, we aim to further delineate and sharpen the future potential of the LISA mission in the area of fundamental physics. Given the very broad range of topics that might be relevant to LISA,we present here a sample of what we view as particularly promising fundamental physics directions. We organize these directions through a “science-first” approach that allows us to classify how LISA data can inform theoretical physics in a variety of areas. For each of these theoretical physics classes, we identify the sources that are currently expected to provide the principal contribution to our knowledge, and the areas that need further development. The classification presented here should not be thought of as cast in stone, but rather as a fluid framework that is amenable to change with the flow of new insights in theoretical physics.

Keywords

Gravitational waves, LISA, Fundamental physics, Taverne

Citation

Barausse, E, Berti, E, Hertog, T, Hughes, S A, Jetzer, P, Pani, P, Sotiriou, T P, Tamanini, N, Witek, H, Yagi, K, Yunes, N, Abdelsalhin, T, Achucarro, A, van Aelst, K, Afshordi, N, Akcay, S, Annulli, L, Arun, K G, Ayuso, I, Baibhav, V, Baker, T, Bantilan, H, Barreiro, T, Barrera-Hinojosa, C, Bartolo, N, Baumann, D, Belgacem, E, Bellini, E, Bellomo, N, Ben-Dayan, I, Bena, I, Benkel, R, Bergshoefs, E, Bernard, L, Bernuzzi, S, Bertacca, D, Besancon, M, Beutler, F, Beyer, F, Bhagwat, S, Bicak, J, Biondini, S, Bize, S, Blas, D, Boehmer, C, Boller, K, Bonga, B, Bonvin, C, Bosso, P, Bozzola, G, Brax, P, Breitbach, M, Brito, R, Bruni, M, Bruegmann, B, Bulten, H, Buonanno, A, Burko, L M, Burrage, C, Cabral, F, Calcagni, G, Caprini, C, Cardenas-Avendano, A, Celoria, M, Chatziioannou, K, Chernoff, D, Clough, K, Coates, A, Comelli, D, Compere, G, Croon, D, Cruces, D, Cusin, G, Dalang, C, Danielsson, U, Das, S, Datta, S, de Boer, J, De Luca, V, De Rham, C, Desjacques, V, Destounis, K, Filippo, F D, Dima, A, Dimastrogiovanni, E, Dolan, S, Doneva, D, Duque, F, Durrer, R, East, W, Easther, R, Elley, M, Ellis, J R, Emparan, R, Ezquiaga, J M, Fairbairn, M, Fairhurst, S, Farmer, H F, Fasiello, M R, Ferrari, V, Ferreira, P G, Ficarra, G, Figueras, P, Fisenko, S, Foffa, S, Franchini, N, Franciolini, G, Fransen, K, Frauendiener, J, Frusciante, N, Fujita, R, Gair, J, Ganz, A, Garcia, P, Garcia-Bellido, J, Garriga, J, Geiger, R, Geng, C, Gergely, L A, Germani, C, Gerosa, D, Giddings, S B, Gourgoulhon, E, Grandclement, P, Graziani, L, Gualtieri, L, Haggard, D, Haino, S, Halburd, R, Han, W -B, Hawken, A J, Hees, A, Heng, I S, Hennig, J, Herdeiro, C, Hervik, S, Holten, J V, Hoyle, C D, Hu, Y, Hull, M, Ikeda, T, Isi, M, Jenkins, A, Julie, F, Kajfasz, E, Kalaghatgi, C, Kaloper, N, Kamionkowski, M, Karas, V, Kastha, S, Keresztes, Z, Kidder, L, Kimpson, T, Klein, A, Klioner, S, Kokkotas, K, Kolesova, H, Kolkowitz, S, Kopp, J, Koyama, K, Krishnendu, N V, Kroon, J A V, Kunz, M, Lahav, O, Landragin, A, Lang, R N, Poncin-Lafitte, C L, Lemos, J, Li, B, Liberati, S, Liguori, M, Lin, F, Liu, G, Lobo, F S N, Loll, R, Lombriser, L, Lovelace, G, Macedo, R P, Madge, E, Maggio, E, Maggiore, M, Marassi, S, Marcoccia, P, Markakis, C, Martens, W, Martinovic, K, Martins, C J A P, Maselli, A, Mastrogiovanni, S, Matarrese, S, Matas, A, Mavromatos, N E, Mazumdar, A, Meerburg, P D, Megias, E, Miller, J, Mimoso, J P, Mittnacht, L, Montero, M M, Moore, B, Martin-Moruno, P, Musco, I, Nakano, H, Nampalliwar, S, Nardini, G, Nielsen, A, Novak, J, Nunes, N J, Okounkova, M, Oliveri, R, Oppizzi, F, Orlando, G, Oshita, N, Pappas, G, Paschalidis, V, Peiris, H, Peloso, M, Perkins, S, Pettorino, V, Pikovski, I, Pilo, L, Podolsky, J, Pontzen, A, Prabhat, S, Pratten, G, Prokopec, T, Prouza, M, Qi, H, Raccanelli, A, Rajantie, A, Randall, L, Raposo, G, Raymond, V, Renaux-Petel, S, Ricciardone, A, Riotto, A, Robson, T, Roest, D, Rollo, R, Rosofsky, S, Ruan, J J, Rubiera-Garcia, D, Ruiz, M, Rusu, M, Sabatie, F, Sago, N, Sakellariadou, M, Saltas, I D, Sberna, L, Sathyaprakash, B, Scheel, M, Schmidt, P, Schutz, B, Schwaller, P, Shao, L, Shapiro, S L, Shoemaker, D, Silva, A D, Simpson, C, Sopuerta, C F, Spallicci, A, Stefanek, B A, Stein, L, Stergioulas, N, Stott, M, Sutton, P, Svarc, R, Tagoshi, H, Tahamtan, T, Takeda, H, Tanaka, T, Tantilian, G, Tasinato, G, Tattersall, O, Teukolsky, S, Tiec, A L, Theureau, G, Trodden, M, Tolley, A, Toubiana, A, Traykova, D, Tsokaros, A, Unal, C, Unnikrishnan, C S, Vagenas, E C, Valageas, P, Vallisneri, M, Brand, J V D, Broeck, C V D, de Meent, M V, Vanhove, P, Varma, V, Veitch, J, Vercnocke, B, Verde, L, Vernieri, D, Vernizzi, F, Vicente, R, Vidotto, F, Visser, M, Vlah, Z, Vretinaris, S, Voelkel, S, Wang, Q, Wang, Y-T, Werner, M C, Westernacher, J, Weygaert, R V D, Wiltshire, D, Wiseman, T, Wolf, P, Wu, K, Yamada, K, Yang, H, Yi, L, Yue, X, Yvon, D, Zilhao, M, Zimmerman, A & Zumalacarregui, M 2020, 'Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA', General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 52, no. 8, 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02691-1