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Title:
Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves: the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)
Authors:
Prince, Thomas Allen; Binetruy, P.; Centrella, J.; Finn, L.; Hogan, C.; Nelemans, G.; Phinney, S.
Affiliation:
AA(Caltech/JPL), AB(APC - College de France, France), AC(GSFC), AD(Penn State University), AE(Univ. of Washington), AF(Radboud Univ Nijmegen, The Netherlands), AG(Caltech/JPL)
Publication:
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #140.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.989
Publication Date:
12/2007
Origin:
AAS
Bibliographic Code:
2007AAS...21114001P

Abstract

- For the LISA International Science Team:

LISA is a joint NASA/ESA space mission designed to measure gravitational waves in the band from 0.1 mHz to 0.1 Hz, a band that is richly populated by strong sources of gravitational waves. Signals will come from a wider range of sources: massive black holes merging in galaxies at all distances; massive black holes consuming smaller compact objects; known Galactic binary stars; and possibly other sources including relics of the Big Bang. These sources convey detailed information addressing a wide range of physics and astrophysics: the history of galaxies and black holes in the universe; general relativity and the behavior of spacetime; precision measurements of the Universe as a whole; the physics of dense matter and stellar remnants; and possibly new physics associated with events in the very early universe. We will survey the science goals of LISA and their impact on physics and astrophysics.

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