Cosmic Explorer (gravitational wave observatory)

Cosmic Explorer
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Cosmic Explorer is a proposed third generation ground-based gravitational wave observatory.[1][2][3] Cosmic Explorer uses the same L-shaped design as the LIGO detectors, except with ten times longer arms of 40 km each. This will significantly increase the sensitivity of the observatory allowing observation of the first black hole mergers in the universe,[1] unlike LIGO, which cannot detect events older than 1.5 billion years.[4] In 2019 the Cosmic Explorer team published a study about research needed over the 2020s to build the observatory.[5] A horizon study laying out the vision for the observatory, developing a reference design and presenting a cost estimate was released in 2021.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Cosmic Explorer". Cosmic Explorer Project. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ Letzer, Rafi (2018-04-15). "A City-Size 'Telescope' Could Watch Space-Time Ripple 1 Million Times a Year". Live Science. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  3. ^ GWIC 3G Science Case Team Consortium (April 2019). The Next-Generation Global Gravitational-Wave Observatory (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2019-09-20.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ 3 Questions: A bigger, better space-ripple detector | MIT News
  5. ^ Reitze, David; Adhikari, Rana X.; Ballmer, Stefan; Barish, Barry; Barsotti, Lisa; Billingsley, GariLynn; Brown, Duncan A.; Chen, Yanbei; Coyne, Dennis; Eisenstein, Robert; Evans, Matthew (2019-07-10). "Cosmic Explorer: The U.S. Contribution to Gravitational-Wave Astronomy beyond LIGO". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51 (7): 35. arXiv:1907.04833. Bibcode:2019BAAS...51g..35R.
  6. ^ Evans, Matthew; et al. (2021-09-20). A Horizon Study for Cosmic Explorer: Science, Observatories, and Community (Report). arXiv:1907.04833.