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

402 citations · 915 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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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.HE2025★ 5 cited

Multi-messenger observations in the Einstein Telescope era: binary neutron star and black hole - neutron star mergers

Alberto Colombo, Om Sharan Salafia, Giancarlo Ghirlanda +6

The Einstein Telescope (ET), a proposed next-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatory, will expand the reach of GW astronomy of stellar-mass compact object binaries to unprec…

gr-qc2024

Confusion noise from astrophysical backgrounds at third-generation gravitational-wave detector networks

Enis Belgacem, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore +2

At third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave detector networks, compact binaries coalescences produce a ``confusion noise'' due to unresolved sources and to the error in the reconst…

gr-qc2024

Comparison of global networks of third-generation gravitational-wave detectors

Michele Maggiore, Francesco Iacovelli, Enis Belgacem +2

We study the performances of a world-wide network made by a European third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) detector, together with a 40km Cosmic Explorer detector in the US, con…

gr-qc2024

The spectral density of astrophysical stochastic backgrounds

Enis Belgacem, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore +2

We provide a detailed derivation of the spectral density of the stochastic background generated by the superposition of coalescing compact binaries. We show how the expression ofte…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Forecasting the population properties of merging black holes

Viola De Renzis, Francesco Iacovelli, Davide Gerosa +2

Third-generation gravitational-wave detectors will observe up to millions of merging binary black holes. With such a vast dataset, stacking events into population analyses will arg…

gr-qc2024

Combining underground and on-surface third-generation gravitational-wave interferometers

Francesco Iacovelli, Enis Belgacem, Michele Maggiore +2

Recently, detailed studies have been made to compare the performance of the European next generation GW observatory Einstein Telescope (ET) in a single-site triangular configuratio…

gr-qc2024

Gravitational-wave observations and primordial black holes

Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore

Gravitational-wave observations have the potential of allowing the identification of a population of merging primordial black-hole binaries. We provide an overview of the capabilit…

astro-ph.HE2024

Accurate Standard Siren Cosmology with Joint Gravitational-Wave and -Ray Burst Observations

Michele Mancarella, Francesco Iacovelli, Stefano Foffa +2

Joint gravitational-wave (GW) and -ray burst (GRB) observations are among the best prospects for standard siren cosmology. However, the strong selection effect for the coinciden…

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-qc2024★ 39 cited

The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: Mission Studies and Science Case

Parameswaran Ajith, Pau Amaro Seoane, Manuel Arca Sedda +83

The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) is a proposed array of next-generation inertial sensors to monitor the response of the Moon to gravitational waves (GWs). Given the size…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 33 cited

Cosmology and Astrophysics with Standard Sirens and Galaxy Catalogs in View of Future Gravitational Wave Observations

Nicola Borghi, Michele Mancarella, Michele Moresco +4

With the growing number of gravitational-wave detections and the advent of large galaxy redshift surveys, a new era in cosmology is unfolding. This study explores the synergies bet…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Multi-messenger prospects for black hole - neutron star mergers in the O4 and O5 runs

Alberto Colombo, Raphaël Duqué, Om Sharan Salafia +13

The existence of merging black hole-neutron star (BHNS) binaries has been ascertained through the observation of their gravitational wave (GW) signals. However, to date, no definit…

gr-qc2023★ 43 cited

Nuclear physics constraints from binary neutron star mergers in the Einstein Telescope era

Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Chiranjib Mondal +5

The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE), present a unique opportunity to put constraints on dense matter,…

gr-qc2023★ 18 cited

Inferring, not just detecting: metrics for high-redshift sources observed with third-generation gravitational-wave detectors

Michele Mancarella, Francesco Iacovelli, Davide Gerosa

The detection of black-hole binaries at high redshifts is a cornerstone of the science case of third-generation gravitational-wave interferometers. The star-formation rate peaks at…

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…

gr-qc2022★ 11 cited

Gravitational-wave cosmology with dark sirens: state of the art and perspectives for 3G detectors

Michele Mancarella, Nicola Borghi, Stefano Foffa +5

A joint fit of the mass and redshift distributions of the population of Binary Black Holes detected with Gravitational-Wave observations can be used to obtain constraints on the Hu…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 1 cited

Adding Gamma-ray Polarimetry to the Multi-Messenger Era

Merlin Kole, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella +1

The last decade has seen the emergence of two new fields within astrophysics: gamma ray polarimetry and GW astronomy. The former, which aims to measure the polarization of gamma ra…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 71 cited

: a Fisher information matrix Python code for third-generation gravitational-wave detectors

Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa +1

We introduce , a Fisher information matrix code that allows easy and efficient estimation of signal-to-noise ratios and parameter measurement err…

gr-qc2022★ 137 cited

Forecasting the detection capabilities of third-generation gravitational-wave detectors using

Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa +1

We introduce , a novel Fisher-matrix code for gravitational-wave studies, tuned toward third-generation gravitational-wave detectors such as Einstein Telescope (ET…

gr-qc2022★ 2 cited

Cosmology and modified gravity with dark sirens from GWTC-3

Michele Mancarella, Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa +3

We present the latest measurements of the Hubble parameter and of the parameter describing modified gravitational wave propagation, obtained from the third gravitational wave…

gr-qc2022★ 1 cited

Modified gravitational wave propagation: information from strongly lensed binaries and the BNS mass function

Francesco Iacovelli, Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa +2

Modified gravitational wave propagation is a smoking gun of modifications of gravity at cosmological scales, and can be the most promising observable for testing such theories. The…

gr-qc2021★ 20 cited

Modified gravitational wave propagation and the binary neutron star mass function

Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli +2

Modified gravitational wave (GW) propagation is a generic phenomenon in modified gravity. It affects the reconstruction of the redshift of coalescing binaries from the luminosity d…

gr-qc2021

Probing modified gravitational wave propagation with strongly lensed coalescing binaries

Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli +2

It has been recently shown that quadruply lensed gravitational-wave (GW) events due to coalescing binaries can be localized to one or just a few galaxies, even in the absence of an…