2009/12/02 by N. Andersson, Nils Andersson, Valeria Ferrari +10 · 220 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Context (archaeology) #Detector #Einstein Telescope #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #General relativity #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Gravitational wave #Gravitational-wave astronomy #Gravitational-wave observatory #Neutron star #Optics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Theoretical physics #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10714-010-1059-4
published in General Relativity and Gravitation 43(2), 409-436 (Springer Science+Business Media) · review article for Einstein Telescope special issue in Gen Rel Grav, 39 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2009/12/02 · openalex publication_date 2010/08/09 · arxiv updated 2011/01/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We discuss different ways that neutron stars can generate gravitational waves, describe recent improvements in modelling the relevant scenarios in the context of improving detector sensitivity, and show how observations are beginning to test our understanding of fundamental physics. The main purpose of the discussion is to establish promising science goals for third-generation ground-based detectors, like the Einstein Telescope, and identify the various challenges that need to be met if we want to use gravitational-wave data to probe neutron star physics.