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Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Astronomy in Australia: 2019 White Paper by Bailes, Matthew; McClelland, David; Thrane, Eric; Blair, David; Cooke, Jeffrey; Coward, David; Evans, Robin; Fenner, Yeshe; Galloway, Duncan; Hurley, Jarrod; Ju, Li; Lasky, Paul; Mandel, Ilya; McKenzie, Kirk; Melatos, Andrew; Ottaway, David; Scott, Susan; Slagmolen, Bram; Veitch, Peter; Wen, Linqing; Zhao, Chunnong is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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The past four years have seen a scientific revolution through the birth of a new field: gravitational-wave astronomy. The first detection of gravitational waves---recognised by the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics---provided unprecedented tests of general relativity while unveiling a previously unknown class of massive black holes, thirty times more massive than the Sun. The subsequent detection of gravitational waves from a merging binary neutron star confirmed the hypothesised connection between binary neutron stars and short gamma-ray bursts while providing an independent measurement of the expansion of the Universe. The discovery enabled precision measurement of the speed of gravity while shedding light on the origin of heavy elements. At the time of writing, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and its European partner, Virgo, have published the detection of eleven gravitational-wave events. New, not-yet-published detections are announced on a nearly weekly basis. This fast-growing catalogue of gravitational-wave transients is expected to yield insights into a number of topics, from the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear densities to the fate of

Author

Bailes, Matthew; McClelland, David; Thrane, Eric; Blair, David; Cooke, Jeffrey; Coward, David; Evans, Robin; Fenner, Yeshe; Galloway, Duncan; Hurley, Jarrod; Ju, Li; Lasky, Paul; Mandel, Ilya; McKenzie, Kirk; Melatos, Andrew; Ottaway, David; Scott, Susan; Slagmolen, Bram; Veitch, Peter; Wen, Linqing; Zhao, Chunnong

Published

2019

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EN