14–16 Jan 2026
INFN - Pisa
Europe/Rome timezone

Inspiral tests of General Relativity with the Einstein Telescope

14 Jan 2026, 17:45
25m
Room Galileo Galilei (131), ground floor (INFN - Pisa)

Room Galileo Galilei (131), ground floor

INFN - Pisa

Polo Fibonacci, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, Building C

Speaker

Joachim Pomper (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

In this talk, we present forecasts for the accuracy with which GR-deviations of the Post-Newtonian inspiral coefficients can be constrained using third-generation ground-based interferometers, focusing on Einstein Telescope (ET) and binary black hole mergers. Given the expected high detection rate and the resulting computational infeasibility of a full Bayesian analysis, we adopt a Fisher matrix approach, simulating parameter estimation in an idealized observation scenario.
This allows us to study populations of tens of thousands of compact binary coalescences, as expected for ET, with feasible computational efforts.

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