Abstract: The observation of gravitational waves by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration has opened a new window
on the Universe. In this decade, however, these experiments will reach the limit of their capabilities,
and a new generation of ground-based detectors is being planned. In Europe, this has led to the
proposal of the Einstein Telescope. With order of magnitude improvement in the sensitivity,...
Abstract: As a new era of gravitational wave detections rapidly unfolds, the importance of having accurate models for their signals becomes increasingly important. The best model for GW are the fully-fledged simulations of General Relativity, although their daunting cost makes it prohibitive to perform data analysis. To alleviate this, the community has developed a variety of approximate...
Abstract: Cosmological phase transitions are interesting phenomena happening in the early Universe, having several phenomenological implications. In this talk I will discuss how the presence of topological defects in the early Universe can modify the mechanism under which the cosmological phase transitions occur, acting as impurities which catalyze the phase transition.
I will focus on the...
Abstract: LISA is a large-class mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory. With the mission expected to be formally adopted by the end of this month and an anticipated launch date of 2035, Spain is agreeing to two main contributions to the mission: on the hardware side, the Science Diagnostics Subsystem; on the ground segment, a global fit...
