Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA

• DOI: 10.1007/s10714-020-02691-1
• Publication Date: 2020-08-31T09:02:56Z
• Authors: Enrico Barausse; Emanuele Berti; Thomas Hertog; Scott A. Hughes; Philippe Jetzer; Paolo Pani; Thomas P. Sotiriou; Nicola Tamanini; Helvi Witek; Kent Yagi; Nicolás Yunes; T. Abdelsalhin; A. Achucarro; K. van Aelst; N. Afshordi; S. Akcay; L. Annulli; K. G. Arun; I. Ayuso; V. Baibhav; T. Baker; H. Bantilan; T. Barreiro; C. Barrera-Hinojosa; N. Bartolo; D. Baumann; E. Belgacem; E. Bellini; N. Bellomo; I. Ben-Dayan; I. Bena; R. Benkel; E. Bergshoefs; L. Bernard; S. Bernuzzi; D. Bertacca; M. Besancon; F. Beutler; F. Beyer; S. Bhagwat; J. Bicak; S. Biondini; S. Bize; D. Blas; C. Boehmer; K. Boller; B. Bonga; C. Bonvin; P. Bosso; G. Bozzola; P. Brax; M. Breitbach; R. Brito; M. Bruni; B. Brügmann; H. Bulten; A. Buonanno; L. M. Burko; C. Burrage; F. Cabral; G. Calcagni; C. Caprini; A. Cárdenas-Avendaño; M. Celoria; K. Chatziioannou; D. Chernoff; K. Clough; A. Coates; D. Comelli; G. Compère; D. Croon; D. Cruces; G. Cusin; C. Dalang; U. Danielsson; S. Das; S. Datta; J. de Boer; V. De Luca; C. De Rham; V. Desjacques; K. Destounis; F. Di Filippo; A. Dima; E. Dimastrogiovanni; S. Dolan; D. Doneva; F. Duque; R. Durrer; W. East; R. Easther; M. Elley; J. R. Ellis; R. Emparan; J. M. Ezquiaga; M. Fairbairn; S. Fairhurst; H. F. Farmer; M. R. Fasiello; V. Ferrari; P. G. Ferreira; G. Ficarra; P. Figueras; S. Fisenko; S. Foffa; N. Franchini; G. Franciolini; K. Fransen; J. Frauendiener; N. Frusciante; R. Fujita; J. Gair; A. Ganz; P. Garcia; J. Garcia-Bellido; J. Garriga; R. Geiger; C. Geng; L. Á. Gergely; C. Germani; D. Gerosa; S. B. Giddings; E. Gourgoulhon; P. Grandclement; L. Graziani; L. Gualtieri; D. Haggard; S. Haino; R. Halburd; W.-B. Han; A. J. Hawken; A. Hees; I. S. Heng; J. Hennig; C. Herdeiro; S. Hervik; J. v. Holten; C. J. D. Hoyle; Y. Hu; M. Hull; T. Ikeda; M. Isi; A. Jenkins; F. Julié; E. Kajfasz; C. Kalaghatgi; N. Kaloper; M. Kamionkowski; V. Karas; S. Kastha; Z. Keresztes; L. Kidder; T. Kimpson; A. Klein; S. Klioner; K. Kokkotas; H. Kolesova; S. Kolkowitz; J. Kopp; K. Koyama; N. V. Krishnendu; J. A. V. Kroon; M. Kunz; O. Lahav; A. Landragin; R. N. Lang; C. Le Poncin-Lafitte; J. Lemos; B. Li; S. Liberati; M. Liguori; F. Lin; G. Liu; F. S. N. Lobo; R. Loll; L. Lombriser; G. Lovelace; R. P. Macedo; E. Madge; E. Maggio; M. Maggiore; S. Marassi; P. Marcoccia; C. Markakis; W. Martens; K. Martinovic; C. J. A. P. Martins; A. Maselli; S. Mastrogiovanni; S. Matarrese; A. Matas; N. E. Mavromatos; A. Mazumdar; P. D. Meerburg; E. Megias; J. Miller; J. P. Mimoso; L. Mittnacht; M. M. Montero; B. Moore; P. Martin-Moruno; I. Musco; H. Nakano; S. Nampalliwar; G. Nardini; A. Nielsen; J. Novák; N. J. Nunes; M. Okounkova; R. Oliveri; F. Oppizzi; G. Orlando; N. Oshita; G. Pappas; V. Paschalidis; H. Peiris; M. Peloso; S. Perkins; V. Pettorino; I. Pikovski; L. Pilo; J. Podolsky; A. Pontzen; S. Prabhat; G. Pratten; T. Prokopec; M. Prouza; H. Qi; A. Raccanelli; A. Rajantie; L. Randall; G. Raposo; V. Raymond; S. Renaux-Petel; A. Ricciardone; A. Riotto; T. Robson; D. Roest; R. Rollo; S. Rosofsky; J. J. Ruan; D. Rubiera-García; M. Ruiz; M. Rusu; F. Sabatie; N. Sago; M. Sakellariadou; I. D. Saltas; L. Sberna; B. Sathyaprakash; M. Scheel; P. Schmidt; B. Schutz; P. Schwaller; L. Shao; S. L. Shapiro; D. Shoemaker; A. d. Silva; C. Simpson; C. F. Sopuerta; A. Spallicci; B. A. Stefanek; L. Stein; N. Stergioulas; M. Stott; P. Sutton; R. Svarc; H. Tagoshi; T. Tahamtan; H. Takeda; T. Tanaka; G. Tantilian; G. Tasinato; O. Tattersall; S. Teukolsky; A. L. Tiec; G. Theureau; M. Trodden; A. Tolley; A. Toubiana; D. Traykova; A. Tsokaros; C. Unal; C. S. Unnikrishnan; E. C. Vagenas; P. Valageas; M. Vallisneri; J. Van den Brand; C. Van den Broeck; M. van de Meent; P. Vanhove; V. Varma; J. Veitch; B. Vercnocke; L. Verde; D. Vernieri; F. Vernizzi; R. Vicente; F. Vidotto; M. Visser; Z. Vlah; S. Vretinaris; S. Völkel; Q. Wang; Yu-Tong Wang; M. C. Werner; J. Westernacher; R. v. d. Weygaert; D. Wiltshire; T. Wiseman; P. Wolf; K. Wu; K. Yamada; H. Yang; L. Yi; X. Yue; D. Yvon; M. Zilhão; A. Zimmerman; M. Zumalacarregui
• Keywords: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous); 115; 01 natural sciences; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES; General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology; Physics, Particles & Fields; CONSTANT; Física matemática; GENERAL-RELATIVITY; Fundamental physics; Multidisciplinary; 0105 Mathematical Physics; Fundamental physics; Gravitational waves; LISA; [PHYS.GRQC] Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc]; Physics; Gravitational waves; LISA; fundamental physics; Nuclear & Particles Physics; GAS PILE-UP; Physical Sciences; TESTS; [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc]; proposed experiment; Física-Modelos matemáticos; gr-qc; Particles & Fields; Physics, Multidisciplinary; FOS: Physical sciences; General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Astronomy & Astrophysics; 1.5 MIGRATION; Gravitational waves; GRAVITY; 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0103 physical sciences; Gravitational waves; LISA; Fundamental physics; 0206 Quantum Physics; BLACK-HOLES; LISA; Science & Technology; OVERFLOW; gravitational radiation; 22/2 OA procedure; 028; EVOLUTION; QC Physics / fizika; 190

In this paper, which is of programmatic rather than quantitative nature, we aim to further delineate and sharpen the future potential of the LISA mission in the area of fundamental physics. Given the very broad range of topics that might be relevant to LISA, we present here a sample of what we view as particularly promising directions, based in part on the current research interests of the LISA scientific community in the area of fundamental physics. We organize these directions through a "science-first" approach that allows us to classify how LISA data can inform theoretical physics in a variety of areas. For each of these theoretical physics classes, we identify the sources that are currently expected to provide the principal contribution to our knowledge, and the areas that need further development. The classification presented here should not be thought of as cast in stone, but rather as a fluid framework that is amenable to change with the flow of new insights in theoretical physics.<br/>22 pages, 1 figure, to appear in General Relativity and Gravitation<br/>