1. Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap
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Ramazanoğlu, Fethi Mübin (ORCID 0000-0003-3075-1457 & YÖK ID 254225); Ünlütürk, Kıvanç İbrahim, Barack, Leor; Cardoso, Vitor; Nissanke, Samaya; Sotiriou, Thomas P.; Askar, Abbas; Belczynski, Chris; Bertone, Gianfranco; Bon, Edi; Blas, Diego; Brito, Richard; Bulik, Tomasz; Burrage, Clare; Byrnes, Christian T.; Caprini, Chiara; Chernyakova, Masha; Chrusciel, Piotr; Colpi, Monica; Ferrari, Valeria; Gaggero, Daniele; Gair, Jonathan; Garcia-Bellido, Juan; Hassan, S. F.; Heisenberg, Lavinia; Hendry, Martin; Heng, Ik Siong; Herdeiro, Carlos; Hinderer, Tanja; Horesh, Assaf; Kavanagh, Bradley J.; Kocsis, Bence; Kramer, Michael; Le Tiec, Alexandre; Mingarelli, Chiara; Nardini, Germano; Nelemans, Gijs; Palenzuela, Carlos; Pani, Paolo; Perego, Albino; Porter, Edward K.; Rossi, Elena M.; Schmidt, Patricia; Sesana, Alberto; Sperhake, Ulrich; Stamerra, Antonio; Stein, Leo C.; Tamanini, Nicola; Tauris, Thomas M.; Arturo Urena-Lopez, L.; Vincent, Frederic; Volonteri, Marta; Wardell, Barry; Wex, Norbert; Yagi, Kent; Abdelsalhin, Tiziano; Angel Aloy, Miguel; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Annulli, Lorenzo; Arca-Sedda, Manuel; Bah, Ibrahima; Barausse, Enrico; Barakovic, Elvis; Benkel, Robert; Bennett, Charles L.; Bernard, Laura; Bernuzzi, Sebastiano; Berry, Christopher P. L.; Berti, Emanuele; Bezares, Miguel; Juan Blanco-Pillado, Jose; Blazquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis; Bonetti, Matteo; Boskovic, Mateja; Bosnjak, Zeljka; Bricman, Katja; Bruegmann, Bernd; Capelo, Pedro R.; Carloni, Sante; Cerda-Duran, Pablo; Charmousis, Christos; Chaty, Sylvain; Clerici, Aurora; Coates, Andrew; Colleoni, Marta; Collodel, Lucas G.; Compere, Geoffrey; Cook, William; Cordero-Carrion, Isabel; Correia, Miguel; de la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro; Czinner, Viktor G.; Destounis, Kyriakos; Dialektopoulos, Kostas; Doneva, Daniela; Dotti, Massimo; Drew, Amelia; Eckner, Christopher; Edholm, James; Emparan, Roberto; Erdem, Recai; Ferreira, Miguel; Ferreira, Pedro G.; Finch, Andrew; Font, Jose A.; Franchini, Nicola; Fransen, Kwinten; Gal'tsov, Dmitry; Ganguly, Apratim; Gerosa, Davide; Glampedakis, Kostas; Gomboc, Andreja; Goobar, Ariel, College of Sciences; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Physics, Ramazanoğlu, Fethi Mübin (ORCID 0000-0003-3075-1457 & YÖK ID 254225); Ünlütürk, Kıvanç İbrahim, Barack, Leor; Cardoso, Vitor; Nissanke, Samaya; Sotiriou, Thomas P.; Askar, Abbas; Belczynski, Chris; Bertone, Gianfranco; Bon, Edi; Blas, Diego; Brito, Richard; Bulik, Tomasz; Burrage, Clare; Byrnes, Christian T.; Caprini, Chiara; Chernyakova, Masha; Chrusciel, Piotr; Colpi, Monica; Ferrari, Valeria; Gaggero, Daniele; Gair, Jonathan; Garcia-Bellido, Juan; Hassan, S. F.; Heisenberg, Lavinia; Hendry, Martin; Heng, Ik Siong; Herdeiro, Carlos; Hinderer, Tanja; Horesh, Assaf; Kavanagh, Bradley J.; Kocsis, Bence; Kramer, Michael; Le Tiec, Alexandre; Mingarelli, Chiara; Nardini, Germano; Nelemans, Gijs; Palenzuela, Carlos; Pani, Paolo; Perego, Albino; Porter, Edward K.; Rossi, Elena M.; Schmidt, Patricia; Sesana, Alberto; Sperhake, Ulrich; Stamerra, Antonio; Stein, Leo C.; Tamanini, Nicola; Tauris, Thomas M.; Arturo Urena-Lopez, L.; Vincent, Frederic; Volonteri, Marta; Wardell, Barry; Wex, Norbert; Yagi, Kent; Abdelsalhin, Tiziano; Angel Aloy, Miguel; Amaro-Seoane, Pau; Annulli, Lorenzo; Arca-Sedda, Manuel; Bah, Ibrahima; Barausse, Enrico; Barakovic, Elvis; Benkel, Robert; Bennett, Charles L.; Bernard, Laura; Bernuzzi, Sebastiano; Berry, Christopher P. L.; Berti, Emanuele; Bezares, Miguel; Juan Blanco-Pillado, Jose; Blazquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis; Bonetti, Matteo; Boskovic, Mateja; Bosnjak, Zeljka; Bricman, Katja; Bruegmann, Bernd; Capelo, Pedro R.; Carloni, Sante; Cerda-Duran, Pablo; Charmousis, Christos; Chaty, Sylvain; Clerici, Aurora; Coates, Andrew; Colleoni, Marta; Collodel, Lucas G.; Compere, Geoffrey; Cook, William; Cordero-Carrion, Isabel; Correia, Miguel; de la Cruz-Dombriz, Alvaro; Czinner, Viktor G.; Destounis, Kyriakos; Dialektopoulos, Kostas; Doneva, Daniela; Dotti, Massimo; Drew, Amelia; Eckner, Christopher; Edholm, James; Emparan, Roberto; Erdem, Recai; Ferreira, Miguel; Ferreira, Pedro G.; Finch, Andrew; Font, Jose A.; Franchini, Nicola; Fransen, Kwinten; Gal'tsov, Dmitry; Ganguly, Apratim; Gerosa, Davide; Glampedakis, Kostas; Gomboc, Andreja; Goobar, Ariel, College of Sciences; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, and Department of Physics
- Abstract
The grand challenges of contemporary fundamental physics dark matter, dark energy, vacuum energy, inflation and early universe cosmology, singularities and the hierarchy problem all involve gravity as a key component. And of all gravitational phenomena, black holes stand out in their elegant simplicity, while harbouring some of the most remarkable predictions of General Relativity: event horizons, singularities and ergoregions.The hitherto invisible landscape of the gravitational Universe is being unveiled before our eyes: the historical direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration marks the dawn of a new era of scientific exploration. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow us to test models of black hole formation, growth and evolution, as well as models of gravitational-wave generation and propagation. It will provide evidence for event horizons and ergoregions, test the theory of General Relativity itself, and may reveal the existence of new fundamental fields. The synthesis of these results has the potential to radically reshape our understanding of the cosmos and of the laws of Nature.The purpose of this work is to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the relevant fields of research, summarize important open problems, and lay out a roadmap for future progress., European Union (EU); European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST); Polish National Science Center (NCN); Carl Tryggers Foundation; Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC); European Union's H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant 'Matter and strong-field gravity: New frontiers in Einstein's theory'; European Research Council (ERC); Horizon 2020; Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC; Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia; Foundation for Polish Science; Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Polish National Center of Science (NCN); European Research Council (ERC); Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); European Union's H2020 ERC; H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 Grant; National Science Foundation (NSF); PRACE; Simons Foundation; Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain; Slovenian Research Agency - Slovenia; EU H2020 under ERC; Spanish MINECO; Generalitat Valenciana; NASA by the Chandra X-ray Center; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK); H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 Grant; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK); National Science Centre of Poland - European Union; Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD); GWAVES of ARIS-GRNET(Athens); Royal Society of London; Research Grant; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
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- 2019