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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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  1. 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

  2. University of Portsmouth

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    Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK

  3. University of Portsmouth

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    Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX, UK

  4. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

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    Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Campo Grande, 376, 1749-024, Lisbon, Portugal

  5. 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

  6. Utrecht University

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    Institute for Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  7. 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

  8. Ariel University

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    Department of Physics, Ariel University, POB 3, 4070000, Ariel, Israel

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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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    CEA Paris-Saclay, Irfu/DPhP, Bat.141, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

  11. Ikerbasque

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    IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain

  12. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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    Grup de Física Teòrica, Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

  13. 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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    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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    INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Milano (IASF-MI), Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133, Milan, Italy

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    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA

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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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    Artemis, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, 06304, Nice Cedex 4, France

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    INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, 44122, Ferrara, Italy

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    Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK

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    Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

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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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    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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    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

  47. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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    Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India

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    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King's College London, University of London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

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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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    Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece

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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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    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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    Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, CNRS, 75013, Paris, France

  65. Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

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    INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122, Padua, Italy

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    Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands

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    Gravitation Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute for High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1090 GL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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    Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street N., Waterloo, ON, N2L 2Y5, Canada

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    Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

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    University of Stavanger

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    Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, 4036, Stavanger, Norway

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    Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

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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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