Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Rates of compact object coalescences

I Mandel, FS Broekgaarden - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2022 - Springer
Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of
binaries composed of two compact objects—neutron stars and/or black holes. The …

GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org

GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The second Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-2, reported on 39 compact binary
coalescences observed by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors between 1 …

A sun-like star orbiting a black hole

K El-Badry, HW Rix, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We report discovery of a bright, nearby () Sun-like star orbiting a dark object. We identified
the system as a black hole candidate via its astrometric orbital solution from the Gaia …

Polarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1

H Krawczynski, F Muleri, M Dovčiak, A Veledina… - Science, 2022 - science.org
A black hole x-ray binary (XRB) system forms when gas is stripped from a normal star and
accretes onto a black hole, which heats the gas sufficiently to emit x-rays. We report a …

Observational evidence for cosmological coupling of black holes and its implications for an astrophysical source of dark energy

D Farrah, KS Croker, M Zevin, G Tarlé… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Observations have found black holes spanning 10 orders of magnitude in mass across most
of cosmic history. The Kerr black hole solution is, however, provisional as its behavior at …

An X-ray-quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud

T Shenar, H Sana, L Mahy, K El-Badry, P Marchant… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stellar-mass black holes are the final remnants of stars born with more than 15 solar
masses. Billions are expected to reside in the Local Group, yet only a few are known, mostly …

Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS

T Compas, J Riley, P Agrawal, JW Barrett… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics (COMPAS;
https://compas. science) is a public rapid binary population synthesis code. COMPAS …