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Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with Inspiral Signals of Spinning Compact-Object Binaries

Inspiral signals from binary compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) are primary targets of the ongoing searches by ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers (LIGO, Virgo, GEO-600 and TAMA-300). We present parameter-estimation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. V. van der Sluys , C. Roever , A. Stroeer , V. Raymond , I. Mandel , N. Christensen , V. Kalogera , R. Meyer , A. Vecchio

Parameter estimation of spinning binary inspirals using Markov-chain Monte Carlo

We present a Markov-chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) technique to study the source parameters of gravitational-wave signals from the inspirals of stellar-mass compact binaries detected with ground-based gravitational-wave detectors such as LIGO and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-04 Marc van der Sluys , Vivien Raymond , Ilya Mandel , Christian Roever , Nelson Christensen , Vicky Kalogera , Renate Meyer , Alberto Vecchio

Localizing compact binary inspirals on the sky using ground-based gravitational wave interferometers

The inspirals and mergers of compact binaries are among the most promising events for ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) observatories. The detection of electromagnetic (EM) signals from these sources would provide complementary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Samaya M. Nissanke , Jonathan L. Sievers , Neal Dalal , Daniel E. Holz

Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network

Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich information about source physics; thus parameter estimation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-02 the LIGO Scientific Collaboration , the Virgo Collaboration , J. Aasi , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , M. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , T. Adams , P. Addesso , R. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , M. Agathos , K. Agatsuma , P. Ajith , B. Allen , A. Allocca , E. Amador Ceron , D. Amariutei , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. C. Araya , S. Ast , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , D. Atkinson , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. Ballmer , Y. Bao , J. C. B. Barayoga , D. Barker , F. Barone , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , M. Bastarrika , A. Basti , J. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , M. Bebronne , D. Beck , B. Behnke , M. Bejger , M. G. Beker , A. S. Bell , C. Bell , I. Belopolski , M. Benacquista , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , N. Beveridge , P. T. Beyersdorf , T. Bhadbade , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , R. Biswas , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , B. Bland , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , C. Bogan , C. Bond , R. Bondarescu , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , V. Boschi , S. Bose , L. Bosi , B. Bouhou , S. Braccini , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , J. E. Brau , J. Breyer , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , M. Britzger , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , J. Burguet--Castell , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. L. Byer , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , K. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , L. Carbone , S. Caride , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglià , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , T. Chalermsongsak , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , W. Chen , X. Chen , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. S. Cho , J. Chow , N. Christensen , S. S. Y. Chua , C. T. Y. Chung , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. E. Clark , J. A. Clark , J. H. Clayton , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , C. N. Colacino , A. Colla , M. Colombini , A. Conte , R. Conte , D. Cook , T. R. Corbitt , M. Cordier , N. Cornish , A. Corsi , C. A. Costa , M. Coughlin , J. -P. Coulon , P. Couvares , D. M. Coward , M. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , J. D. E. Creighton , T. D. Creighton , A. M. Cruise , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , E. Cuoco , R. M. Cutler , K. Dahl , M. Damjanic , S. L. Danilishin , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , B. Daudert , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , E. J. Daw , T. Dayanga , R. De Rosa , D. DeBra , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , W. Del Pozzo , T. Dent , V. Dergachev , R. DeRosa , S. Dhurandhar , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , M. Di Paolo Emilio , A. Di Virgilio , M. Díaz , A. Dietz , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , S. Dorsher , M. Drago , R. W. P. 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Can we measure individual black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations?

Measurements of black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations of black-hole binaries with ground-based detectors are expected to be hampered by partial degeneracies in the gravitational-wave phasing: between the two component spins,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-27 Michael Pürrer , Mark Hannam , Frank Ohme

Constraining the Inclination of Binary Mergers from Gravitational-wave Observations

Much of the information we hope to extract from the gravitational-waves signatures of compact binaries is only obtainable when we can accurately constrain the inclination of the source. In this paper, we discuss in detail a degeneracy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 Samantha A. Usman , Joseph C. Mills , Stephen Fairhurst

Degeneracy between mass and spin in black-hole-binary waveforms

We explore the degeneracy between mass and spin in gravitational waveforms emitted by black-hole binary coalescences. We focus on spin-aligned waveforms and obtain our results using phenomenological models that were tuned to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Emily Baird , Stephen Fairhurst , Mark Hannam , Patricia Murphy

The effects of LIGO detector noise on a 15-dimensional Markov-chain Monte-Carlo analysis of gravitational-wave signals

Gravitational-wave signals from inspirals of binary compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) are primary targets of the ongoing searches by ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) interferometers (LIGO, Virgo, and GEO-600). We present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-13 V. Raymond , M. V. van der Sluys , I. Mandel , V. Kalogera , C. Roever , N. Christensen

Physically motivated exploration of the extrinsic parameter space in ground-based gravitational-wave astronomy

Efficient parameter estimation is critical for Gravitational-Wave astronomy. In the case of compact binary coalescence, the high dimensional parameter space demands efficient sampling techniques - such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). A…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-04 V. Raymond , W. M. Farr

Prospects for early localization of gravitational-wave signals from compact binary coalescences with advanced detectors

A leading candidate source of detectable gravitational waves is the inspiral and merger of pairs of stellar-mass compact objects. The advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo detectors will allow scientists to detect inspiral signals from more…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-06 Alessandro Manzotti , Alexander Dietz

Gravitational Waves from Inspiralling Compact Binaries: A Post-Newtonian Approach

Inspiralling binary systems of neutron stars or black holes are promising sources of gravitational radiation detectable by large-scale laser interferometric gravitational observatories, such as the US LIGO and Italian-French VIRGO projects.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 Clifford M. WILL

Coherent Bayesian analysis of inspiral signals

We present in this paper a Bayesian parameter estimation method for the analysis of interferometric gravitational wave observations of an inspiral of binary compact objects using data recorded simultaneously by a network of several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Röver , Renate Meyer , Gianluca M. Guidi , Andrea Viceré , Nelson Christensen

Synergy between ground and space based gravitational wave detectors II: Localisation

We study the advantage of combining measurements from future ground and space based gravitational wave detectors in estimating the parameters of a black-hole binary coalescence. This is an extension of our previous work (PTEP 053E01 (2016))…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-16 Remya Nair , Takahiro Tanaka

Probing (sub-)solar-mass black holes and superspinars with current and next-generation gravitational-wave observatories

Gravitational-wave observations provide a powerful probe of compact objects and strong-field gravity. In this work, we investigate the detectability of binaries containing (sub-)solar-mass black holes and superspinars with current and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 K. S. Sruthy , N. V. Krishnendu , Chandrachur Chakraborty , Nami Uchikata

Estimating parameters of coalescing compact binaries with a detector network including LIGO Australia

One of the goals of gravitational-wave astronomy is simultaneous detection of gravitational-wave signals from merging compact-object binaries and the electromagnetic transients from these mergers. With the next generation of advanced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Benjamin Aylott , Benjamin Farr , Vassiliki Kalogera , Ilya Mandel , Vivien Raymond , Carl Rodriguez , Marc van der Sluys , Alberto Vecchio , John Veitch

Computational Techniques for Parameter Estimation of Gravitational Wave Signals

Since the very first detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of two black holes in 2015, Bayesian statistical methods have been routinely applied by LIGO and Virgo to extract the signal out of noisy interferometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-23 Renate Meyer , Matthew C. Edwards , Patricio Maturana-Russel , Nelson Christensen

Improvements in Gravitational-Wave Sky Localization with Expanded Networks of Interferometers

A milestone of multi-messenger astronomy has been achieved with the detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger accompanied by observations of several associated electromagnetic counterparts. Joint observations can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Chris Pankow , Eve A. Chase , Scott Coughlin , Michael Zevin , Vassiliki Kalogera

Accuracy of Estimating Highly Eccentric Binary Black Hole Parameters with Gravitational-Wave Detections

Mergers of stellar-mass black holes on highly eccentric orbits are among the targets for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, including LIGO, VIRGO, and KAGRA. These sources may commonly form through gravitational-wave emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 László Gondán , Bence Kocsis , Péter Raffai , Zsolt Frei

Exploring short gamma-ray bursts as gravitational-wave standard sirens

Recent observations support the hypothesis that a large fraction of "short-hard" gamma-ray bursts (SHBs) are associated with compact binary inspiral. Since gravitational-wave (GW) measurements of well-localized inspiraling binaries can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 Samaya Nissanke , Daniel E. Holz , Scott A. Hughes , Neal Dalal , Jonathan L. Sievers

LIGO-Virgo searches for gravitational waves from coalescing binaries: a status update

Coalescing compact binaries of neutron stars and/or black holes are considered as one of the most promising sources for Earth based gravitational wave detectors. The LIGO-Virgo joint collaboration's Compact Binary Coalescence (CBC) group is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-13 Anand S. Sengupta