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Estimating the parameters of gravitational wave signals detected by ground-based detectors requires an understanding of the properties of the detectors' noise. In particular, the most commonly used likelihood function for gravitational wave…

In this paper, we develop a Neural Likelihood Estimator and apply it to analyse real gravitational-wave (GW) data for the first time. We assess the usability of neural likelihood for GW parameter estimation and report the parameter space…

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We analyze the properties of VIRGO detector with the aim of studying its ability to search for coalescing black hole binaries. We focus on the remnants of the Population III stars, which currently should be massive black holes ($\sim…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Kulczycki , T. Bulik , K. Belczynski , B. Rudak

The accurate localization of gravitational-wave (GW) events in low-latency is a crucial element in the search for further multimessenger signals from these cataclysmic events. The localization of these events in low-latency uses…

The problem of reconstructing the sky position of compact binary coalescences detected via gravitational waves is a central one for future observations with the ground-based network of gravitational-wave laser interferometers, such as…

In the past few years, the detection of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences with the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors has become routine. Future observatories will detect even larger numbers of gravitational-wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-11 Anuradha Samajdar , Justin Janquart , Chris Van Den Broeck , Tim Dietrich

Accurate modeling of selection effects is a key ingredient to the success of gravitational-wave astronomy. The detection probability plays a crucial role in both statistical population studies, where it enters the hierarchical Bayesian…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-16 Davide Gerosa , Malvina Bellotti

We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an inter-collaboration coincidence search…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , TAMA Collaboration

In this work we use genetic algorithm to search for the gravitational wave signal from the inspiralling massive Black Hole binaries in the simulated LISA data. We consider a single signal in the Gaussian instrumental noise. This is a first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Antoine Petiteau , Yu Shang , Stanislav Babak

The unprecedented range of second-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatories calls for refining the predictions of potential sources and detection rates. The coalescence of double compact objects (DCOs)---i.e., neutron star-neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-07 M. Dominik , E. Berti , R. O'Shaughnessy , I. Mandel , K. Belczynski , C. Fryer , D. Holz , T. Bulik , F. Pannarale

Future searches for a gravitational-wave background using Earth-based gravitational-wave detectors might be impacted by correlated noise sources. A well known example are the Schumann resonances, which are extensively studied in the context…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-20 Kamiel Janssens , Thomas A. Callister , Nelson Christensen , Michael W. Coughlin , Ioannis Michaloliakos , Jishnu Suresh , Nick van Remortel

Coalescence of low mass compact binaries of neutron stars and black holes are primary burst sources for LIGO and VIRGO.Of importance in the early stages of observations will be the classification of candidate detections by source-type. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 Maurice H. P. M. van Putten , Abhinanda Sarkar

Third-generation gravitational wave detectors, such as the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, will detect a bunch of gravitational-wave (GW) signals originating from the coalescence of binary neutron star (BNS) and binary black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-18 Yoshiaki Himemoto , Atsushi Nishizawa , Atsushi Taruya

Matched-filter searches for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration use the FINDCHIRP algorithm: an implementation of the optimal filter with innovations to account for unknown signal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-19 Bruce Allen , Warren G. Anderson , Patrick R. Brady , Duncan A. Brown , Jolien D. E. Creighton

Relative binning is a new method for fast and accurate evaluation of the likelihood of gravitational wave strain data. This technique can be used to produce reliable posterior distributions for compact object mergers with very moderate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-03 Liang Dai , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Barak Zackay

A new generation of ground-based interferometric detectors for gravitational waves is currently under construction or has entered the commissioning phase (LIGO, VIRGO, GEO600, TAMA). We study the most promising candidate sources for these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Krzysztof Belczynski , Vassiliki Kalogera , Tomasz Bulik

A follow-up of a subsolar black hole candidate identified in the second part of the third observing run of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration is carried out. With a search signal-to-noise ratio of $8.90$ and a false-alarm rate of 1 per 5…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-24 Marine Prunier , Gonzalo Morrás , José Francisco Nuño Siles , Sebastien Clesse , Juan García-Bellido , Ester Ruiz Morales

Japanese laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors, TAMA300 and LISM, performed a coincident observation during 2001. We perform a coincidence analysis to search for inspiraling compact binaries. The length of data used for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hirotaka Takahashi , Hideyuki Tagoshi

With the upgrade of current gravitational wave detectors, the first detection of gravitational wave signals is expected to occur in the next decade. Low-latency gravitational wave triggers will be necessary to make fast follow-up…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-20 Shaun Hooper , Shin Kee Chung , Jing Luan , David Blair , Yanbei Chen , Linqing Wen

The data analysis carried out by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration on gravitational-wave events utilizes nested sampling to compute Bayesian evidences and posterior distributions for inferring the source properties of compact binaries. With poor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-04 Talya Klinger , Michalis Agathos