Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave
detectors
Authors: Abbott B P , Abbott R , Abbott T D , Abernathy M R , Ackley K , Adams C , Addesso P , Adhikari R X , Adya V B , Affeldt C , Aggarwal N , Aguiar O D , Ain A , Ajith P , Allen B , Altin P A , Anderson S B , Anderson W G , Arai K , Araya M C , Arceneaux C C , Areeda J S , Arun K G , Ashton G , Ast M , Aston S M , Aufmuth P , Aulbert C , Babak S , Baker P T , Ballmer S W , Barayoga J C , Barclay S E , Barish B C , Barker D , Barr B , Barsotti L , Bartlett J , Bartos I , Bassiri R , Batch J C , Baune C , Bell A S , Berger B K , Bergmann G , Berry C P L , Betzwieser J , Bhagwat S , Bhandare R , Bilenko I A , Billingsley G , Birch J , Birney R , Biscans S , Bisht A , Biwer C , Blackburn J K , Blair C D , Blair D G , Blair R M , Bock O , Bogan C , Bohe A , Bond C , Bork R , Bose S , Brady P R , Braginsky V B , Brau J E , Brinkmann M , Brockill P , Broida J E , Brooks A F , Brown D A , Brown D D , Brown N M , Brunett S , Buchanan C C , Buikema A , Buonanno A , Byer R L , Cabero M , Cadonati L , Cahillane C , Calderón Bustillo J , Callister T , Camp J B , Cannon K C , Cao J , Capano C D , Caride S , Caudill S , Cavaglià M , Cepeda C B , Chamberlin S J , Chan M , Chao S , Charlton P , Cheeseboro B D , Chen H Y , Chen Y , Cheng C , Cho H S , Cho M , Chow J H , Christensen N , Chu Q , Chung S , Ciani G , Clara F , Clark J A , Collette C G , Cominsky L , Constancio M , Cook D , Corbitt T R , Cornish N , Corsi A , Costa C A , Coughlin M W , Coughlin S B , Countryman S T , Couvares P , Cowan E E , Coward D M , Cowart M J , Coyne D C , Coyne R , Craig K , Creighton J D E , Cripe J , Crowder S G , Cumming A , Cunningham L , Dal Canton T , Danilishin S L , Danzmann K , Darman N S , Dasgupta A , Da Silva Costa C F , Dave I , Davies G S , Daw E J , De S , DeBra D , Del Pozzo W , Denker T , Dent T , Dergachev V , DeRosa R T , DeSalvo R , Devine R C , Dhurandhar S , Díaz M C , Di Palma I , Donovan F , Dooley K L , Doravari S , Douglas R , Downes T P , Drago M , Drever R W P , Driggers J C , Dwyer S E , Edo T B , Edwards M C , Effler A , Eggenstein H-B , Ehrens P , Eichholz J , Eikenberry S S , Engels W , Essick R C , Etzel T , Evans M , Evans T M , Everett R , Factourovich M , Fair H , Fairhurst S , Fan X , Fang Q , Farr B , Farr W M , Favata M , Fays M , Fehrmann H , Fejer M M , Fenyvesi E , Ferreira E C , Fisher R P , Fletcher M , Frei Z , Freise A , Frey R , Fritschel P , Frolov V V , Fulda P , Fyffe M , Gabbard H A G , Gair J R , Gaonkar S G , Gaur G , Gehrels N , Geng P , George J , Gergely L , Ghosh Abhirup , Ghosh Archisman , Giaime J A , Giardina K D , Gill K , Glaefke A , Goetz E , Goetz R , Gondan L , González G , Gopakumar A , Gordon N A , Gorodetsky M L , Gossan S E , Graef C , Graff P B , Grant A , Gras S , Gray C , Green A C , Grote H , Grunewald S , Guo X , Gupta A , Gupta M K , Gushwa K E , Gustafson E K , Gustafson R , Hacker J J , Hall B R , Hall E D , Hammond G , Haney M , Hanke M M , Hanks J , Hanna C , Hannam M D , Hanson J , Hardwick T , Harry G M , Harry I W , Hart M J , Hartman M T , Haster C-J , Haughian K , Heintze M C , Hendry M , Heng I S , Hennig J , Henry J , Heptonstall A W , Heurs M , Hild S , Hoak D , Holt K , Holz D E , Hopkins P , Hough J , Houston E A , Howell E J , Hu Y M , Huang S , Huerta E A , Hughey B , Husa S , Huttner S H , Huynh-Dinh T , Indik N , Ingram D R , Inta R , Isa H N , Isi M , Isogai T , Iyer B R , Izumi K , Jang H , Jani K , Jawahar S , Jian L , Jiménez-Forteza F , Johnson W W , Jones D I , Jones R , Ju L , Haris K , Kalaghatgi C V , Kalogera V , Kandhasamy S , Kang G , Kanner J B , Kapadia S J , Karki S , Karvinen K S , Kasprzack M , Katsavounidis E , Katzman W , Kaufer S , Kaur T , Kawabe K , Kehl M S , Keitel D , Kelley D B , Kells W , Kennedy R , Key J S , Khalili F Y , Khan S , Khan Z , Khazanov E A , Kijbunchoo N , Kim Chi-Woong , Kim Chunglee , Kim J , Kim K , Kim N , Kim W , Kim Y-M , Kimbrell S J , King E J , King P J , Kissel J S , Klein B , Kleybolte L , Klimenko S , Koehlenbeck S M , Kondrashov V , Kontos A , Korobko M , Korth W Z , Kozak D B , Kringel V , Krueger C , Kuehn G , Kumar P , Kumar R , Kuo L , Lackey B D , Landry M , Lange J , Lantz B , Lasky P D , Laxen M , Lazzarini A , Leavey S , Lebigot E O , Lee C H , Lee H K , Lee H M , Lee K , Lenon A , Leong J R , Levin Y , Lewis J B , Li T G F , Libson A , Littenberg T B , Lockerbie N A , Lombardi A L , London L T , Lord J E , Lormand M , Lough J D , Lück H , Lundgren A P , Lynch R , Ma Y , Machenschalk B , MacInnis M , Macleod D M , Magaña-Sandoval F , Magaña Zertuche L , Magee R M , Mandic V , Mangano V , Mansell G L , Manske M , Márka S , Márka Z , Markosyan A S , Maros E , Martin I W , Martynov D V , Mason K , Massinger T J , Masso-Reid M , Matichard F , Matone L , Mavalvala N , Mazumder N , McCarthy R , McClelland D E , McCormick S , McGuire S C , McIntyre G , McIver J , McManus D J , McRae T , McWilliams S T , Meacher D , Meadors G D , Melatos A , Mendell G , Mercer R A , Merilh E L , Meshkov S , Messenger C , Messick C , Meyers P M , Miao H , Middleton H , Mikhailov E E , Miller A L , Miller A , Miller B B , Miller J , Millhouse M , Ming J , Mirshekari S , Mishra C , Mitra S , Mitrofanov V P , Mitselmakher G , Mittleman R , Mohapatra S R P , Moore B C , Moore C J , Moraru D , Moreno G , Morriss S R , Mossavi K , Mow-Lowry C M , Mueller G , Muir A W , Mukherjee Arunava , Mukherjee D , Mukherjee S , Mukund N , Mullavey A , Munch J , Murphy D J , Murray P G , Mytidis A , Nayak R K , Nedkova K , Nelson T J N , Neunzert A , Newton G , Nguyen T T , Nielsen A B , Nitz A , Nolting D , Normandin M E N , Nuttall L K , Oberling J , Ochsner E , O'Dell J , Oelker E , Ogin G H , Oh J J , Oh S H , Ohme F , Oliver M , Oppermann P , Oram Richard J , O'Reilly B , O'Shaughnessy R , Ottaway D J , Overmier H , Owen B J , Pai A , Pai S A , Palamos J R , Palashov O , Pal-Singh A , Pan H , Pankow C , Pannarale F , Pant B C , Papa M A , Paris H R , Parker W , Pascucci D , Patrick Z , Pearlstone B L , Pedraza M , Pekowsky L , Pele A , Penn S , Perreca A , Perri L M , Phelps M , Pierro V , Pinto I M , Pitkin M , Poe M , Post A , Powell J , Prasad J , Predoi V , Prestegard T , Price L R , Prijatelj M , Principe M , Privitera S , Prokhorov L , Puncken O , Pürrer M , Qi H , Qin J , Qiu S , Quetschke V , Quintero E A , Quitzow-James R , Raab F J , Rabeling D S , Radkins H , Raffai P , Raja S , Rajan C , Rakhmanov M , Raymond V , Read J , Reed C M , Reid S , Reitze D H , Rew H , Reyes S D , Riles K , Rizzo M , Robertson N A , Robie R , Rollins J G , Roma V J , Romanov G , Romie J H , Rowan S , Rüdiger A , Ryan K , Sachdev S , Sadecki T , Sadeghian L , Sakellariadou M , Saleem M , Salemi F , Samajdar A , Sammut L , Sanchez E J , Sandberg V , Sandeen B , Sanders J R , Sathyaprakash B S , Saulson P R , Sauter O E S , Savage R L , Sawadsky A , Schale P , Schilling R , Schmidt J , Schmidt P , Schnabel R , Schofield R M S , Schönbeck A , Schreiber E , Schuette D , Schutz B F , 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Vahlbruch H , Vajente G , Valdes G , Vander-Hyde D C , van Veggel A A , Vass S , Vaulin R , Vecchio A , Veitch J , Veitch P J , Venkateswara K , Vinciguerra S , Vine D J , Vitale S , Vo T , Vorvick C , Voss D V , Vousden W D , Vyatchanin S P , Wade A R , Wade L E , Wade M , Walker M , Wallace L , Walsh S , Wang H , Wang M , Wang X , Wang Y , Ward R L , Warner J , Weaver B , Weinert M , Weinstein A J , Weiss R , Wen L , Weßels P , Westphal T , Wette K , Whelan J T , Whiting B F , Williams R D , Williamson A R , Willis J L , Willke B , Wimmer M H , Winkler W , Wipf C C , Wittel H , Woan G , Woehler J , Worden J , Wright J L , Wu D S , Wu G , Yablon J , Yam W , Yamamoto H , Yancey C C , Yu H , Zanolin M , Zevin M , Zhang L , Zhang M , Zhang Y , Zhao C , Zhou M , Zhou Z , Zhu X J , Zucker M E , Zuraw S E , Zweizig J , Harms J 
Published: January 2017

The second-generation of gravitational-wave detectors are just starting
operation, and have already yielding their first detections. Research is now
concentrated on how to maximize the scientific potential of gravitational-wave
astronomy. To support this effort, we present here design targets for a new
generation of detectors, which will be capable of observing compact binary
sources with high signal-to-noise ratio throughout the Universe.