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most citedScience with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

402 citations · 2.2k across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

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48 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Assessing the Impact of Instrumental Requirements on the Scientific Performance of the Einstein Telescope

Ulyana Dupletsa, Francesco Iacovelli, Mikhail Korobko +23

We investigate the relationship between instrumental requirements and the scientific performance of the Einstein Telescope (ET), a third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave (GW) obs…

gr-qc2026

Advanced Virgo during the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing run

Virgo Collaboration, F Acernese, A Agapito +546

From April 10, 2024 to November 18, 2025 Advanced Virgo participated in the fourth observing run of the network of gravitational-wave detectors, together with Advanced LIGO and KAG…

gr-qc2026

The geometry of lunar gravitational wave detection

Jacopo Tissino, Filippo Santoliquido, Francesco Iacovelli +9

The Lunar Gravitational Wave Antenna (LGWA) is a planned gravitational wave detector on the Moon, targeting the deci-Hertz band and expected to deliver breakthrough discoveries acr…

astro-ph.IM2026

Advanced Virgo Plus for O5 -- Design Report Overview

F. Acernese, A. Agapito, D. Agarwal +578

This document presents an overview of the design, implementation, and expected performance of the Advanced Virgo Plus (AdV+) upgrades in view of the O5 observing run. Following the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Isolated or Dynamical? Tracing Black Hole Binary Formation through the Population of Gravitational-Wave Sources

Manuel Arca Sedda, Lavinia Paiella, Cristiano Ugolini +5

The population of binary black hole (BBH) mergers observed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration offers a window into the cosmic evolution of compact binaries and their forma…

astro-ph.CO2026

Calibrating spectral siren cosmology with synthetic catalogs of binary black hole mergers

Arianna Scarpa, Simone Mastrogiovanni, Filippo Santoliquido +2

Binary black hole (BBH) mergers detected through Gravitational Waves (GWs) are a promising probe for the cosmic expansion. These sources are standard sirens for which we can direct…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraining Binary Neutron Star Populations using Short Gamma-Ray Burst Observations

Alessio Ludovico De Santis, Samuele Ronchini, Filippo Santoliquido +1

The landmark multi-messenger observations of the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 provided firm evidence that such mergers can produce short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs). Howe…

astro-ph.HE2025

Uncovering the population of compact binary mergers and their formation pathways with gravitational waves through the Einstein Telescope

M. Arca-Sedda, I. Dvorkin, G. Franciolini +19

Ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) observatories have transformed our view of compact-object mergers, yet their reach still limits a comprehensive reconstruction of the processes…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Comparing next-generation detector configurations for high-redshift gravitational wave sources with neural posterior estimation

Filippo Santoliquido, Jacopo Tissino, Ulyana Dupletsa +2

The coming decade will be crucial for determining the final design and configuration of a global network of next-generation (XG) gravitational-wave detectors, including the Einstei…

astro-ph.IM2025

Crystal Eye: all sky MeV monitor with high precision real-time localization

Roberto Aloisio, Uygar Atalay, Biswajit Banerjee +33

Crystal Eye is a space-based all-sky monitor optimized for the autonomous detection and localization of transients in the 10 keV to 30 MeV energy range, a region where extensive ob…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

Comparing astrophysical models to gravitational-wave data in the observable space

Alexandre Toubiana, Davide Gerosa, Matthew Mould +9

Comparing population-synthesis models to the results of hierarchical Bayesian inference in gravitational-wave astronomy requires a careful understanding of the domain of validity o…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Black Hole - Neutron Star and Binary Neutron Star Mergers from Population III and II stars

Benedetta Mestichelli, Michela Mapelli, Filippo Santoliquido +9

Population III (Pop.III) stars are expected to be massive and to undergo minimal mass loss due to their lack of metals, making them ideal progenitors of black holes and neutron…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

Fast and accurate parameter estimation of high-redshift sources with the Einstein Telescope

Filippo Santoliquido, Jacopo Tissino, Ulyana Dupletsa +9

The Einstein Telescope (ET), along with other third-generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors, will be a key instrument for detecting GWs in the coming decades. However, analyzi…

gr-qc2025★ 97 cited

The Science of the Einstein Telescope

Adrian Abac, Raul Abramo, Simone Albanesi +485

Einstein Telescope (ET) is the European project for a gravitational-wave (GW) observatory of third-generation. In this paper we present a comprehensive discussion of its science ob…

astro-ph.GA2025

A new prescription for the spectral properties of population III stellar populations

Marie Lecroq, Stéphane Charlot, Alessandro Bressan +7

We investigated various emission properties of extremely low metallicity stellar populations in the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), using the new GALSEVN model, which has shown promis…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 12 cited

Prospects for optical detections from binary neutron star mergers with the next-generation multi-messenger observatories

E. Loffredo, N. Hazra, U. Dupletsa +13

Next-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatories, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer, will observe binary neutron star (BNS) mergers across cosmic history…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

The more accurately the metal-dependent star formation rate is modeled, the larger the predicted excess of binary black hole mergers

Cecilia Sgalletta, Michela Mapelli, Lumen Boco +5

As the number of gravitational-wave detections grows, the merger rate of binary black holes (BBHs) can help us to constrain their formation, the properties of their progenitors, an…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 18 cited

Gravitational waves from mergers of Population III binary black holes: roles played by two evolution channels

Boyuan Liu, Tilman Hartwig, Nina S. Sartorio +6

The gravitational wave (GW) signal from binary black hole (BBH) mergers is a promising probe of Population III (Pop III) stars. To fully unleash the power of the GW probe, one impo…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 14 cited

Binary black hole mergers from Population III star clusters

Benedetta Mestichelli, Michela Mapelli, Stefano Torniamenti +5

Binary black holes (BBHs) born from the evolution of Population III (Pop. III) stars are one of the main high-redshift targets for next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave (…

gr-qc2024★ 11 cited

Validating Prior-informed Fisher-matrix Analyses against GWTC Data

Ulyana Dupletsa, Jan Harms, Ken K. Y. Ng +3

Fisher-matrix methods are widely used to predict how accurately parameters can be estimated. Being computationally efficient, this approach is prompted by the large number of signa…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

Classifying binary black holes from Population III stars with the Einstein Telescope: A machine-learning approach

Filippo Santoliquido, Ulyana Dupletsa, Jacopo Tissino +7

Third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave detectors such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) will observe binary black hole (BBH) mergers at redshifts up to . However, an uneq…

gr-qc2023★ 402 cited

Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

Marica Branchesi, Michele Maggiore, David Alonso +73

The Einstein Telescope (ET), the European project for a third-generation gravitational-wave detector, has a reference configuration based on a triangular shape consisting of three…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 45 cited

Binary black hole mergers from Population III stars: uncertainties from star formation and binary star properties

Filippo Santoliquido, Michela Mapelli, Giuliano Iorio +5

Population III (Pop. III) binary stars likely produced the first stellar-born binary black hole (BBH) mergers in the Universe. Here, we quantify the main sources of uncertainty for…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 29 cited

Massive binary black holes from Population II and III stars

Guglielmo Costa, Michela Mapelli, Giuliano Iorio +4

Population III stars, born from the primordial gas in the Universe, lose a negligible fraction of their mass via stellar winds and possibly follow a top-heavy mass function. Hence,…