Surveying the gravitational wave sky

Gravitational waves were predicted 99 year ago by Albert Einstein as a consequence of General Relativity. Even though their emission has been confirmed in a few compact star binary systems, up to now they eluded our direct detection. Upgraded observatories for gravitational waves will resume to survey the sky at unprecedented sensitivities. We will give a brief overview of the challenges of these observations and of the new opportunities for astrophysics.

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