Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope

Sathyaprakash, B; Abernathy, M; Acernese, F; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Amaro Seoane, P; Andersson, N; Aoudia, S; Arun, K; Astone, P; Krishnan, B; Barack, L; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barsuglia, M; Bassan, M; Bassiri, R; Beker, M; Beveridge, N; Bizouard, M; Bond, C; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Britzger, M; Brueckner, F; Bulik, T; Bulten, Hj; Burmeister, O; Calloni, E; Campsie, P; Carbone, L; Cella, G; Chalkley, E; Chassande Mottin, E; Chelkowski, S; Chincarini, A; Di Cintio, A; Clark, J; Coccia, E; Colacino, Cn; Colas, J; Colla, A; Corsi, A; Cumming, A; Cunningham, L; Cuoco, E; Danilishin, S; Danzmann, K; Daw, E; De Salvo, R; Del Pozzo, Walter; Dent, T; De Rosa, R; Di Fiore, L; Emilio, Md; Di Virgilio, A; Dietz, A; Doets, M; Dueck, J; Edwards, M; Fafone, V; Fairhurst, S; Falferi, P; Favata, M; Ferrari, V; Ferrini, F; Fidecaro, Francesco; Flaminio, R; Franc, J; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Friedrich, D; Fulda, P; Gair, J; Galimberti, M; Gemme, G; Genin, E; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Glampedakis, K; Gossan, S; Gouaty, R; Graef, C; Graham, W; Granata, M; Grote, H; Guidi, G; Hallam, J; Hammond, G; Hannam, M; Harms, J; Haughian, K; Hawke, I; Heinert, D; Hendry, M; Heng, I; Hennes, E; Hild, S; Hough, J; Huet, D; Husa, S; Huttner, S; Iyer, B; Jones, Di; Jones, G; Kamaretsos, I; Mishra, Ck; Kawazoe, F; Khalili, F; Kley, B; Kokeyama, K; Kokkotas, K; Kroker, S; Kumar, R; Kuroda, K; Lagrange, B; Lastzka, N; Tgf, Li; Lorenzini, M; Losurdo, G; Luck, H; Majorana, E; Malvezzi, V; Mandel, I; Mandic, V; Marka, S; Marin, F; Marion, F; Marque, J; Martin, I; Mc Leod, D; Mckechan, D; Mehmet, M; Michel, C; Minenkov, Y; Morgado, N; Morgia, A; Mosca, S; Moscatelli, L; Mours, B; Muller Ebhardt, H; Murray, P; Naticchioni, L; Nawrodt, R; Nelson, J; Shaughnessy, Ro; Ott, Cd; Palomba, C; Paoli, A; Parguez, G; Pasqualetti, A; Passaquieti, Roberto; Passuello, D; Perciballi, M; Piergiovanni, F; Pinard, L; Pitkin, M; Plastino, W; Plissi, M; Poggiani, Rosa; Popolizio, P; Porter, E; Prato, M; Prodi, G; Punturo, M; Puppo, P; Rabeling, D; Racz, I; Rapagnani, P; V, Re; Read, J; Regimbau, T; Rehbein, H; Reid, S; Ricci, F; Richard, F; Robinson, C; Rocchi, A; Romano, R; Rowan, S; Rudiger, A; Samblowski, A; Santamaria, L; Sassolas, B; Schilling, R; Schmidt, P; Schnabel, R; Schutz, B; Schwarz, C; Scott, J; Seidel, P; Sintes, Am; Somiya, K; Sopuerta, Cf; Sorazu, B; Speirits, F; Storchi, L; Strain, K; Strigin, S; Sutton, P; Tarabrin, S; Taylor, B; Thurin, A; Tokmakov, K; Tonelli, Mauro; Tournefier, H; Vaccarone, R; Vahlbruch, H; Van Den Brand Jfj,; Van Den Broeck, C; Van Der Putten, S; Van Veggel, M; Vecchio, A; Veitch, J; Vetrano, F; Vicere, A; Vyatchanin, S; Wessels, P; Willke, B; Winkler, W; Woan, G; Woodcraft, A; Yamamoto, K.

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/29/12/124013

The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detectors that operate in a frequency range from 1 Hz to 10 kHz, with sensitivity a factor 10 better in amplitude. Such detectors will be able to probe a range of topics in nuclear physics, astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics, providing insights into many unsolved problems in these areas. RI Santamaria, Lucia/A-7269-2012; Gemme, Gianluca/C-7233-2008; prodi, giovanni/B-4398-2010; Hild, Stefan/A-3864-2010; Punturo, Michele/I-3995-2012