Extended theories of gravity

S Capozziello, M De Laurentis - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
Extended Theories of Gravity can be considered as a new paradigm to cure shortcomings of
General Relativity at infrared and ultraviolet scales. They are an approach that, by …

Physics, astrophysics and cosmology with gravitational waves

BS Sathyaprakash, BF Schutz - Living reviews in relativity, 2009 - Springer
Gravitational wave detectors are already operating at interesting sensitivity levels, and they
have an upgrade path that should result in secure detections by 2014. We review the …

Gravitational-wave sensitivity curves

CJ Moore, RH Cole, CPL Berry - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
There are several common conventions in use by the gravitational-wave community to
describe the amplitude of sources and the sensitivity of detectors. These are frequently …

Detector configuration of KAGRA–the Japanese cryogenic gravitational-wave detector

K Somiya, KAGRA Collaboration) - Classical and Quantum …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The construction of the Japanese second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA
(previously called LCGT) has been started. In the next 6–7 years, we will be able to observe …

Sensitivity studies for third-generation gravitational wave observatories

S Hild, M Abernathy, F Acernese… - … and Quantum gravity, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Advanced gravitational wave detectors, currently under construction, are expected to directly
observe gravitational wave signals of astrophysical origin. The Einstein Telescope (ET), a …

The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach

M Punturo, M Abernathy, F Acernese… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Detecting high-frequency gravitational waves with optically levitated sensors

A Arvanitaki, AA Geraci - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We propose a tunable resonant sensor to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range
of<? format?> 50–300 kHz using optically trapped and cooled dielectric microspheres or …

Quantum metrology for gravitational wave astronomy

R Schnabel, N Mavalvala, DE McClelland… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Einstein's general theory of relativity predicts that accelerating mass distributions produce
gravitational radiation, analogous to electromagnetic radiation from accelerating charges …

IndIGO and LIGO-India: scope and plans for gravitational wave research and precision metrology in India

CS Unnikrishnan - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2013 - World Scientific
Initiatives by the Indian Initiative in Gravitational Wave Observations (IndIGO) Consortium
during the past three years have materialized into concrete plans and project opportunities …

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

Nature, 2009 - nature.com
A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a
large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological …