Cosmology with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
Living Reviews in Relativity, vol. 26
Abstract
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has two scientific objectives of cosmological focus: to probe the expansion rate of the universe, and to understand stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds and their implications for early universe and particle physics, from the MeV to the Planck scale. However, the range of potential cosmological applications of gravitational-wave observations extends well beyond these two objectives. This publication presents a summary of the state of the art in LISA cosmology, theory and methods, and identifies new opportunities to use gravitational-wave observations by LISA to probe the universe.
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Cité · Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France
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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Campo Grande, 376, 1749-024, Lisbon, Portugal
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University of Padua · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova · Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
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INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Theory Group, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Department of Physics, Ariel University, POB 3, 4070000, Ariel, Israel
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University of Padua · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova · Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122, Padua, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
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Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · CEA Paris-Saclay
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CEA Paris-Saclay, Irfu/DPhP, Bat.141, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Grup de Física Teòrica, Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Côte d'Azur · Astrophysique Relativiste, Théories, Expériences, Métrologie, Instrumentation, Signaux · Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
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Artemis, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, 06304, Nice Cedex 4, France
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Instituto de Estructura de la Materia
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Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Cité · Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France
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Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
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INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Milano (IASF-MI), Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133, Milan, Italy
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University of California, Riverside
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Côte d'Azur · Astrophysique Relativiste, Théories, Expériences, Métrologie, Instrumentation, Signaux · Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
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Artemis, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, 06304, Nice Cedex 4, France
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Service de Physique Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP225, Campus de la Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara
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INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, 44122, Ferrara, Italy
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Royal Observatory · University of Edinburgh
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Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste · Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe
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University of California, Riverside
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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University of Helsinki · Helsinki Institute of Physics
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University of Pisa · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
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Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Fermi", Università di Pisa, 56127, Pisa, Italy
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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Sydney Consortium for Particle Physics and Cosmology, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
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Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), University of Valencia-CSIC, 46980, Valencia, Spain
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University of California San Diego
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Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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University of Lisbon · Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
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Instituto de Astrofisíca e Ciências do Espaço, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Edificio C8, Campo Grande, 1749016, Lisbon, Portugal
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Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
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Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
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University of London · King's College London · University College London
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Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Theoretical Physics
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CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK
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University of California San Diego
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Instituto de Física Teórica · Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier · Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules · Laboratoire des 2 Infinis Toulouse · Université de Toulouse
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Laboratoire des 2 Infinis - Toulouse (L2IT-IN2P3), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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Sydney Consortium for Particle Physics and Cosmology, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Cité · Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France
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Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
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Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Leiden University · Perimeter Institute · Institute for High Energy Physics · University of Amsterdam
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I · Sapienza University of Rome
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Germano Nardini corresponding
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Instituto de Física Teórica · Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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National Observatory of Athens
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University of Padua · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
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Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King's College London, University of London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
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Max Planck Institute for Physics
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Cité · Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France
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