학술논문

Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy in the nascent era
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Subject
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Abstract
The detections of gravitational waves (GW) by LIGO/Virgo collaborations provide various possibilities to physics and astronomy. We are quite sure that GW observations will develop a lot both in precision and in number owing to the continuous works for the improvement of detectors, including the expectation to the newly joined detector, KAGRA, and the planned detector, LIGO-India. In this occasion, we review the fundamental outcomes and prospects of gravitational wave physics and astronomy. We survey the development focusing on representative sources of gravitational waves: binary black holes, binary neutron stars, and supernovae. We also summarize the role of gravitational wave observations as a probe of new physics.
Comment: 89pages, Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. accepted