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 …

GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
We report on gravitational-wave discoveries from compact binary coalescences detected by
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo in the first half of the third observing run (O3a) between …

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 …

Four eccentric mergers increase the evidence that LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA's binary black holes form dynamically

I Romero-Shaw, PD Lasky, E Thrane - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The growing population of compact binary mergers detected with gravitational waves
contains multiple events that are challenging to explain through isolated binary evolution …

Statistical and systematic uncertainties in extracting the source properties of neutron star-black hole binaries with gravitational waves

Y Huang, CJ Haster, S Vitale, V Varma, F Foucart… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Gravitational waves emitted by neutron star black hole mergers encode key properties of
neutron stars—such as their size, maximum mass, and spins—and black holes. However, it …

Dark siren cosmology with binary black holes in the era of third-generation gravitational wave detectors

N Muttoni, D Laghi, N Tamanini, S Marsat… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Third-generation (3G) gravitational wave detectors, in particular Einstein Telescope (ET) and
Cosmic Explorer (CE), will explore unprecedented cosmic volumes in search for compact …

Surrogate model for gravitational wave signals from nonspinning, comparable-to large-mass-ratio black hole binaries built on black hole perturbation theory …

T Islam, SE Field, SA Hughes, G Khanna, V Varma… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We present a reduced-order surrogate model of gravitational waveforms from nonspinning
binary black hole systems with comparable to large mass-ratio configurations. This …

Fast non-Markovian sampler for estimating gravitational-wave posteriors

V Tiwari, C Hoy, S Fairhurst, D MacLeod - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
This article introduces varaha, an open-source, fast, non-Markovian sampler for estimating
gravitational-wave posteriors. varaha differs from existing nested sampling algorithms by …

Numerical relativity surrogate model with memory effects and post-Newtonian hybridization

J Yoo, K Mitman, V Varma, M Boyle, SE Field, N Deppe… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Numerical relativity simulations provide the most precise templates for the gravitational
waves produced by binary black hole mergers. However, many of these simulations use an …

Mode-by-mode relative binning: Fast likelihood estimation for gravitational waveforms with spin-orbit precession and multiple harmonics

N Leslie, L Dai, G Pratten - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Faster likelihood evaluation enhances the efficiency of gravitational wave signal analysis.
We present mode-by-mode relative binning, a new method designed for obtaining fast and …