arXiv:1903.09221·v3·High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Extreme Gravity and Fundamental Physics
B.S. Sathyaprakash (Penn State and Cardiff University)🇺🇸 · Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam and University of Maryland)🇩🇪 · Luis Lehner (Perimeter Institute)🇨🇦 · Chris Van Den Broeck (NIKHEF)🇳🇱 · P. Ajith (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences)🇮🇳 · Archisman Ghosh (NIKHEF)🇳🇱 · Katerina Chatziioannou (Flatiron Institute)🇺🇸 · Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome)🇮🇹 · Michael Puerrer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam)🇩🇪 · Sanjay Reddy (Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle) · Thomas Sotiriou (The University of Nottingham)🇬🇧 · Salvatore Vitale (MIT)🇺🇸
Abstract
Future gravitational-wave observations will enable unprecedented and unique science in extreme gravity and fundamental physics answering questions about the nature of dynamical spacetimes, the nature of dark matter and the nature of compact objects.
Comments: 14 pages, 2 figures, White Paper submitted to the Astro-2020 (2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey) by GWIC-3G Science Case Team (GWIC: Gravitational-Wave International Committee); replaced Figure 1 with a revised version that incorporates Gravity IR Flare data point