Detectability of the nonlinear gravitational wave memory with second and third-generation ground-based detectors*

Gravitational wave memory refers to a non-oscillating component of a gravitational wave signal. In principle, all gravitational-wave sources have a memory component. The largest sources of memory waves are the merger of two black holes. These produce the so-called nonlinear or Blanchet-Damour-Christodoulou memory. We will discuss the prospects for detecting the nonlinear memory with current and third-generation ground-based interferometers.