Exploring QCD matter in extreme conditions with Machine Learning

K Zhou, L Wang, LG Pang, S Shi - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, machine learning has emerged as a powerful computational tool and novel
problem-solving perspective for physics, offering new avenues for studying strongly …

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-2.1: 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 …

Inferring Binary Properties from Gravitational-Wave Signals

J Roulet, T Venumadhav - Annual Review of Nuclear and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This review provides a conceptual and technical survey of methods for parameter estimation
of gravitational-wave signals in ground-based interferometers such as Laser Interferometer …

Ringdown of GW190521: Hints of multiple quasinormal modes with a precessional interpretation

H Siegel, M Isi, WM Farr - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
GW190521 is a short-duration, low-frequency gravitational-wave signal in the LIGO-Virgo
catalogue. The signal is consistent with the ringdown and possibly some of the inspiral …

Rapid localization and inference on compact binary coalescences with the Advanced LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational-wave detector network

S Morisaki, R Smith, L Tsukada, S Sachdev… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We present a rapid parameter estimation framework for compact binary coalescence (CBC)
signals observed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) detector network. The goal of our …

Searching for ringdown higher modes with a numerical relativity-informed post-merger model

V Gennari, G Carullo, W Del Pozzo - The European Physical Journal C, 2024 - Springer
Robust measurements of multiple black hole vibrational modes provide a unique opportunity
to characterise gravity in extreme curvature and dynamical regimes, to better investigate the …

Impact of selection biases on tests of general relativity with gravitational-wave inspirals

R Magee, M Isi, E Payne, K Chatziioannou, WM Farr… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Tests of general relativity with gravitational-wave observations from merging compact
binaries continue to confirm Einstein's theory of gravity with increasing precision. However …

How robust are gravitational wave predictions from cosmological phase transitions?

P Athron, L Morris, Z Xu - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational wave (GW) predictions of cosmological phase transitions are almost invariably
evaluated at either the nucleation or percolation temperature. We investigate the effect of the …

GW190521: Tracing imprints of spin-precession on the most massive black hole binary

SJ Miller, M Isi, K Chatziioannou, V Varma, I Mandel - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
GW190521 is a remarkable gravitational-wave signal on multiple fronts: its source is the
most massive black hole binary identified to date and could have spins misaligned with its …