GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We report the observation of gravitational waves from a binary-black-hole coalescence
during the first two weeks of LIGO's and Virgo's third observing run. The signal was recorded …

GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
On August 17, 2017 at 12∶ 41: 04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral …

Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
detected a gravitational-wave transient (GW150914); we characterize the properties of the …

Frequency-domain gravitational waves from nonprecessing black-hole binaries. II. A phenomenological model for the advanced detector era

S Khan, S Husa, M Hannam, F Ohme, M Pürrer… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We present a new frequency-domain phenomenological model of the gravitational-wave
signal from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of nonprecessing (aligned-spin) black-hole …

Setting the cornerstone for a family of models for gravitational waves from compact binaries: The dominant harmonic for nonprecessing quasicircular black holes

G Pratten, S Husa, C Garcia-Quiros, M Colleoni… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
In this paper we present imrphenomxas, a thorough overhaul of the imrphenomd [S. Husa,
Phys. Rev. D 93, 044006 (2016) PRVDAQ 2470-0010 10.1103/PhysRevD. 93.044006; S …

The overlap of numerical relativity, perturbation theory and post-Newtonian theory in the binary black hole problem

A Le Tiec - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2014 - World Scientific
Inspiralling and coalescing binary black holes are promising sources of gravitational
radiation. The orbital motion and gravitational-wave emission of such system can be …

Towards models of gravitational waveforms from generic binaries: II. Modelling precession effects with a single effective precession parameter

P Schmidt, F Ohme, M Hannam - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
Gravitational waves (GWs) emitted by generic black-hole binaries show a rich structure that
directly reflects the complex dynamics introduced by the precession of the orbital plane …

Inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms for black-hole binaries with nonprecessing spins

P Ajith, M Hannam, S Husa, Y Chen, B Brügmann… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
We present the first analytical inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms from binary
black holes (BBHs) with nonprecessing spins, that is based on a description of the late …

Matching post-Newtonian and numerical relativity waveforms: Systematic errors and a new phenomenological model for nonprecessing black hole binaries

L Santamaria, F Ohme, P Ajith, B Brügmann… - Physical Review D …, 2010 - APS
We present a new phenomenological gravitational waveform model for the inspiral and
coalescence of nonprecessing spinning black hole binaries. Our approach is based on a …

Phase effects from strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves

JM Ezquiaga, DE Holz, W Hu, M Lagos, RM Wald - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Assessing the probability that two or more gravitational wave (GW) events are lensed
images of the same source requires an understanding of the properties of the lensed …