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The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach

M. Punturo, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, B. Allen, Nils Andersson, K. G. Arun, F. Barone, B. Barr, M. Barsuglia, M. G. Beker, N. Beveridge, S. Birindelli, S. Bose, L. Bosi, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, T. Bulik, E. Calloni, G. Cella, Eric Mottin, S. Chelkowski, A. Chincarini, J. A. Clark, E. Coccia, C. N. Colacino, J. Colas, A. Cumming, L. Cunningham, E. Cuoco, S. L. Danilishin, K. Danzmann, Gaetano De Luca, R. De Salvo, T. Dent, R. DeRosa, L. Di Fiore, A. Di Virgilio, M. Doets, V. Fafone, P. Falferi, R. Flaminio, J. Franc, F. Frasconi, A. Freise, P. Fulda, J. Gair, G. Gemme, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, Kostas Glampedakis, M. Granata, H. Grote, G. M. Guidi, G. Hammond, M Hannam, J. Harms, D. Heinert, M. Hendry, I. S. Heng, E. Hennes, S. Hild, J. Hough, S. Husa, S. H. Huttner, Gareth Jones, F. Y. Khalili, K. Kokeyama, Kostas D. Kokkotas, B. Krishnan, M. Lorenzini, H Lück, E. Majorana, Ilya Mandel, V. Mandic, I. W. Martin, C. Michel, Y. Minenkov, N. Morgado, S. Mosca, B. Mours, H. Müller‐Ebhardt, P. G. Murray, R. Nawrodt, John H. Nelson, R. O’Shaughnessy, C. D. Ott, C. Palomba, A. Paoli, G Parguez, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, L. Pinard, R. Poggiani, P. Popolizio, Mirko Prato, P. Puppo, D. S. Rabeling, P. Rapagnani, J. Read, T. Regimbau, H. Rehbein, S. Reid, Luciano Rezzolla, F Ricci, F Richard, A. Rocchi, S. Rowan, A Rüdiger, B. Sassolas, B. S. Sathyaprakash, R. Schnabel, Christian Schwarz, P. Seidel, A. M. Sintes, K. Somiya, F. C. Speirits, K. A. Strain, S. Strigin, P. J. Sutton, S. P. Tarabrin, J. F. J. van den Brand, C van Leewen, M van Veggel, C van den Broeck, A. Vecchio, J. Veitch, F. Vetrano, A. Viceré, S. Vyatchanin, B. Willke, G. Woan, P Wolfango, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

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Large gravitational wave interferometric detectors, like Virgo and LIGO, demonstrated the capability to reach their design sensitivity, but to transform these machines into an effective observational instrument for gravitational wave astronomy a large improvement in sensitivity is required. Advanced detectors in the near future and third-generation observatories in more than one decade will open the possibility to perform gravitational wave astronomical observations from the Earth. An overview of the possible science reaches and the technological progress needed to realize a third-generation observatory are discussed in this paper. The status of the project Einstein Telescope (ET), a design study of a third-generation gravitational wave observatory, will be reported.

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Large gravitational wave interferometric detectors, like Virgo and LIGO, demonstrated the capability to reach their design sensitivity, but to transform these machines into an effective observational instrument for gravitational wave astronomy a large improvement in sensitivity is required. Advanced detectors in the near future and third-generation observatories in more than one decade will open the possibility to perform gravitational wave astronomical observations from the Earth. An overview of the possible science reaches and the technological progress needed to realize a third-generation observatory are discussed in this paper. The status of the project Einstein Telescope (ET), a design study of a third-generation gravitational wave observatory, will be reported.

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Large gravitational wave interferometric detectors, like Virgo and LIGO, demonstrated the capability to reach their design sensitivity, but to transform these machines into an effective observational instrument for gravitational wave astronomy a large improvement in sensitivity is required. Advanced detectors in the near future and third-generation observatories in more than one decade will open the possibility to perform gravitational wave astronomical observations from the Earth. An overview of the possible science reaches and the technological progress needed to realize a third-generation observatory are discussed in this paper. The status of the project Einstein Telescope (ET), a design study of a third-generation gravitational wave observatory, will be reported.

Key concepts: LIGO, Physics, Einstein Telescope, Observatory, Gravitational-wave observatory, Gravitational wave, Third generation, Astronomy

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