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Search for Gravitational Waves from Intermediate Mass Binary Black Holes

We present the results of a weakly modeled burst search for gravitational waves from mergers of non-spinning intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) in the total mass range 100--450 solar masses and with the component mass ratios between 1:1…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 the LIGO Scientific Collaboration , the Virgo Collaboration , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , M. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , R. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , M. Agathos , K. Agatsuma , P. Ajith , B. Allen , E. Amador Ceron , D. Amariutei , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. A. Arain , M. C. Araya , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , D. Atkinson , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. Ballmer , 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 , A. Belletoile , I. Belopolski , M. Benacquista , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , N. Beveridge , P. T. Beyersdorf , 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 , 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 , J. Cannizzo , K. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , L. Carbone , S. Caride , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglia , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , O. Chaibi , T. Chalermsongsak , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chelkowski , W. Chen , X. Chen , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. Cho , J. Chow , N. Christensen , S. S. Y. Chua , C. T. Y. Chung , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. E. Clark , J. Clark , J. H. Clayton , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , C. N. Colacino , J. Colas , 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 , S. L. Danilishin , R. Dannenberg , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , B. Daudert , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , E. J. Daw , R. Day , T. Dayanga , R. De Rosa , D. DeBra , G. Debreczeni , W. Del Pozzo , M. del Prete , T. Dent , V. Dergachev , R. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , S. Dhurandhar , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , M. Di Paolo Emilio , A. Di Virgilio , M. Diaz , A. Dietz , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , M. Drago , R. W. P. Drever , J. C. Driggers , Z. 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The MEGaN project II. Gravitational waves from intermediate mass- and binary black holes around a supermassive black hole

We investigate the evolution of intermediate-mass (IMBHs), stellar (BHs) and binary black holes (BHBs), deposited near a supermassive black hole (SMBH) by a population of massive star clusters. Stellar BHs rapidly segregate around the SMBH,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 Manuel Arca-Sedda , Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta

Gravitational waves from merging intermediate-mass black holes : II Event rates at ground-based detectors

Based on a dynamical formation model of a supermassive black hole (SMBH), we estimate the expected observational profile of gravitational wave at ground-based detectors, such as KAGRA or advanced LIGO/VIRGO. Noting that the second…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-03 Hisa-aki Shinkai , Nobuyuki Kanda , Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

Unmasking noise transients masquerading as intermediate-mass black hole binaries

In the first three observation runs, ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors have observed close to 100 compact binary coalescence (CBC) events. The GW detection rates for CBCs are expected to increase with improvements in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-01 Sayantan Ghosh , Koustav Chandra , Archana Pai

Observing gravitational waves from the first generation of black holes

The properties of the first generation of black-hole seeds trace and distinguish different models of formation of cosmic structure in the high-redshift universe. The observational challenge lies in identifying black holes in the mass range…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-05 Alberto Sesana , Jonathan Gair , Ilya Mandel , Alberto Vecchio

Optimal Detection Bands for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Binaries: Prospects for LISA and AMIGO in General Relativity and $f(R, T)$ Gravity

We present a semi analytic forecast for the detection of intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) binaries with the space based detectors LISA (millihertz band) and AMIGO (deci hertz band). A redshift dependent population model is built from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-10 Marcelo M. Lapola , Oswaldo D. Miranda

Tests of General Relativity with Einstein Telescope

Gravitational wave signals from compact binary coalescences offer a powerful and reliable probe of General Relativity. To date, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has provided stringent consistency tests of General Relativity predictions.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-12 Andrea Begnoni , Walter Del Pozzo , Matteo Pegorin , Joachim Pomper , Angelo Ricciardone

A follow-up on intermediate-mass black hole candidates in the second LIGO-Virgo observing run with the Bayes Coherence Ratio

The detection of an intermediate-mass black hole population ($10^2-10^6$ $M_{\odot}$) will provide clues to their formation environments (e.g., disks of active galactic nuclei, globular clusters) and illuminate a potential pathway to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-06 Avi Vajpeyi , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Gregory Ashton , Thomas Alford , Sierra Garza , Maximiliano Isi , Jonah Kanner , T. J. Massinger , Liting Xiao

The Hunt for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in the JWST Era

Intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs), with masses between 100 to 10^5 M_\odot, represent the link between stellar mass black holes and the supermassive black holes that reside in galaxy centers. While IMBHs are crucial to our understanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-25 Jenna M. Cann , Shobita Satyapal , Nicholas P. Abel , Claudio Ricci , Nathan J. Secrest , Laura Blecha , Mario Gliozzi

Constraining high-redshift stellar-mass primordial black holes with next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

The possible existence of primordial black holes in the stellar mass window has received considerable attention because their mergers may contribute to current and future gravitational-wave detections. Primordial black hole mergers,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Ken K. Y. Ng , Gabriele Franciolini , Emanuele Berti , Paolo Pani , Antonio Riotto , Salvatore Vitale

Implications for Pulsar Timing Arrays of Sub-solar Black Hole Detections: From LVK to Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer

The detection of compact binary mergers with sub-solar masses at gravitational-wave observatories could mark the groundbreaking discovery of primordial black holes (PBHs). Concurrently, evidence for a nHz stochastic gravitational wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Yann Gouttenoire , Sokratis Trifinopoulos , Miguel Vanvlasselaer

Three-band dark-siren cosmology with intermediate-mass black hole binaries: synergy of Taiji, LGWA, and Einstein Telescope

Gravitational-wave (GW) dark sirens provide an independent probe of the cosmic expansion history. Their cosmological constraining power, however, depends critically on precise luminosity-distance measurements and sky localizations for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-16 Ji-Yu Song , Yue-Yan Dong , Shang-Jie Jin , Si-Ren Xiao , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Inference on gravitational waves from coalescences of stellar-mass compact objects and intermediate-mass black holes

Gravitational waves from coalescences of neutron stars or stellar-mass black holes into intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) of $\gtrsim 100$ solar masses represent one of the exciting possible sources for advanced gravitational-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-06 Carl-Johan Haster , Zhilu Wang , Christopher P. L. Berry , Simon Stevenson , John Veitch , Ilya Mandel

Study of the Intermediate Mass Ratio Black Hole Binary Merger up to 1000:1 with Numerical Relativity

We explicitly demonstrate that current numerical relativity techniques are able to accurately evolve black hole binaries with mass ratios of the order of 1000:1. This proof of principle is relevant for future third generation (3G)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-19 Carlos O. Lousto , James Healy

Estimating the binary neutron star merger rate density evolution with Einstein Telescope

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed third-generation, wide-band gravitational wave (GW) detector which will have an improved detection sensitivity in low frequencies, leading to a longer observation time in the detection band and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-27 Neha Singh , Tomasz Bulik , Aleksandra Olejak

Search for gravitational waves from eccentric binary black holes with an effective-one-body template

As gravitational wave astronomy has entered an era of routine detections, it becomes increasingly important to precisely measure the physical parameters of individual events and infer population properties. Eccentricity is a key observable,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-10 Yi-Fan Wang , Alexander H. Nitz

Eccentric binary black hole mergers in globular clusters hosting intermediate-mass black holes

Globular clusters (GCs) may harbour intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) at their centres. In these dynamically active environments stellar-mass black holes (SBHs) sink to the center soon after formation, due to dynamical friction and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-31 Giacomo Fragione , Omer Bromberg

Intermediate-Mass Ratio Inspirals in Galactic Nuclei

In this paper, we study the secular dynamical evolution of binaries composed of intermediate-mass and stellar-mass black holes (IMBHs and SBHs, respectively) in orbit about a central super-massive black hole (SMBH) in galactic nuclei. Such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 Giacomo Fragione , Nathan Leigh

Constraining the Black Hole Mass Spectrum with Gravitational Wave Observations I: The Error Kernel

Many scenarios have been proposed for the origin of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) that are found in the centres of most galaxies. Many of these formation scenarios predict a high-redshift population of intermediate-mass black holes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Joseph E. Plowman , Daniel C. Jacobs , Ronald W. Hellings , Shane L. Larson , Sachiko Tsuruta

Imprints of massive black-hole binaries on neighbouring decihertz gravitational-wave sources

The most massive black holes in our Universe form binaries at the centre of merging galaxies. The recent evidence for a gravitational-wave (GW) background from pulsar timing may constitute the first observation that these supermassive black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-09 Jakob Stegmann , Lorenz Zwick , Sander M. Vermeulen , Fabio Antonini , Lucio Mayer