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Constraining the Black Hole Initial Mass Function with LIGO/VIRGO Observations

Prior to the detection of black holes (BHs) via the gravitational waves (GWs) they generate at merger, the presence of BHs was inferred in X-ray binaries, mostly via dynamical measurements, with masses in the range between $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Rosalba Perna , Yi-Han Wang , Will M. Farr , Nathan Leigh , Matteo Cantiello

Gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers surrounded by scalar field clouds: Numerical simulations and observational implications

We show how gravitational-wave observations of binary black hole (BBH) mergers can constrain the physical characteristics of a scalar field cloud parameterized by mass $\tilde{\mu}$ and strength $\phi_0$ that may surround them. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-19 Sunil Choudhary , Nicolas Sanchis-Gual , Anshu Gupta , Juan Carlos Degollado , Sukanta Bose , José A. Font

Assessing gravitational-wave binary black hole candidates with Bayesian odds

Gravitational waves from the coalescence of binary black holes can be distinguished from noise transients in a detector network through Bayesian model selection by exploiting the coherence of the signal across the network. We present a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 Geraint Pratten , Alberto Vecchio

Identifying the hosts of binary black hole and neutron star-black hole mergers with next-generation gravitational-wave detectors

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has detected over one hundred compact binary mergers in gravitational waves, but the formation history of these binaries remains an open question. Finding the host galaxies of these mergers will provide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-16 Geoffrey Mo , Hsin-Yu Chen

Detecting gravitational-wave memory with LIGO: implications of GW150914

It may soon be possible for Advanced LIGO to detect hundreds of binary black hole mergers per year. We show how the accumulation of many such measurements will allow for the detection of gravitational-wave memory: a permanent displacement…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-10 Paul D. Lasky , Eric Thrane , Yuri Levin , Jonathan Blackman , Yanbei Chen

The Samurai Project: verifying the consistency of black-hole-binary waveforms for gravitational-wave detection

We quantify the consistency of numerical-relativity black-hole-binary waveforms for use in gravitational-wave (GW) searches with current and planned ground-based detectors. We compare previously published results for the $(\ell=2,| m | =2)$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-14 Mark Hannam , Sascha Husa , John G. Baker , Michael Boyle , Bernd Bruegmann , Tony Chu , Nils Dorband , Frank Herrmann , Ian Hinder , Bernard J. Kelly , Lawrence E. Kidder , Pablo Laguna , Keith D. Matthews , James R. van Meter , Harald P. Pfeiffer , Denis Pollney , Christian Reisswig , Mark A. Scheel , Deirdre Shoemaker

Gravitational-wave constraints on the GWTC-2 events by measuring the tidal deformability and the spin-induced quadrupole moment

Gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences provide a unique laboratory to test properties of compact objects. As alternatives to the ordinary black holes in general relativity, various exotic compact objects have been proposed.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-03 Tatsuya Narikawa , Nami Uchikata , Takahiro Tanaka

Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run

This paper reports on an unmodeled, all-sky search for gravitational waves from merging intermediate mass black hole binaries (IMBHB). The search was performed on data from the second joint science run of the LIGO and Virgo detectors (July…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-17 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , the Virgo Collaboration , J. Aasi , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. Abbott , M. R. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , K. Ackley , C. Adams , T. Adams , P. Addesso , R. X. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , M. Agathos , N. Aggarwal , O. D. Aguiar , A. Ain , P. Ajith , A. Alemic , B. Allen , A. Allocca , D. Amariutei , M. Andersen , R. Anderson , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. C. Araya , C. Arceneaux , J. Areeda , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , L. Austin , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. T. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. W. Ballmer , J. C. Barayoga , M. Barbet , B. C. Barish , D. Barker , F. Barone , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , A. Basti , J. C. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , V. Bavigadda , B. Behnke , M. Bejger , M. G. Beker , C. Belczynski , A. S. Bell , C. Bell , G. Bergmann , D. Bersanetti , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , P. T. Beyersdorf , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , S. Biscans , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , S. Bloemen , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , M. Boer , G. Bogaert , C. Bogan , C. Bond , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , V. Boschi , Sukanta Bose , L. Bosi , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , J. E. Brau , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , D. D. Brown , F. Brückner , S. Buchman , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , R. Burman , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , J. Calderón Bustillo , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , K. C. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , L. Carbone , S. Caride , A. Castiglia , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglià , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , C. Celerier , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , R. Chakraborty , T. Chalermsongsak , S. J. Chamberlin , S. Chao , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , X. Chen , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. S. Cho , J. Chow , N. Christensen , Q. Chu , S. S. Y. Chua , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , J. A. Clark , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , A. Colla , C. Collette , M. Colombini , L. Cominsky , M. Constancio , A. Conte , D. Cook , T. R. Corbitt , M. Cordier , N. Cornish , A. Corpuz , A. Corsi , C. A. Costa , M. W. Coughlin , S. Coughlin , J. -P. Coulon , S. Countryman , P. Couvares , D. M. Coward , M. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , R. Coyne , K. Craig , J. D. E. Creighton , S. G. Crowder , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , E. Cuoco , K. Dahl , T. Dal Canton , M. Damjanic , S. L. Danilishin , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , G. S. Davies , E. J. Daw , R. Day , T. Dayanga , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , S. Deléglise , W. Del Pozzo , T. Denker , T. Dent , H. Dereli , V. Dergachev , R. De Rosa , R. T. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , S. Dhurandhar , M. Díaz , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , A. Di Virgilio , A. Donath , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , S. Dossa , R. Douglas , T. P. Downes , M. Drago , R. W. P. Drever , J. C. Driggers , Z. Du , M. Ducrot , S. Dwyer , T. Eberle , T. Edo , M. Edwards , A. Effler , H. Eggenstein , P. Ehrens , J. Eichholz , S. S. Eikenberry , G. Endrőczi , R. Essick , T. Etzel , M. Evans , T. Evans , M. Factourovich , V. Fafone , S. Fairhurst , Q. Fang , S. Farinon , B. Farr , W. M. Farr , M. Favata , H. Fehrmann , M. M. Fejer , D. Feldbaum , F. Feroz , I. Ferrante , F. Ferrini , F. Fidecaro , L. S. Finn , I. Fiori , R. P. Fisher , R. Flaminio , J. -D. Fournier , S. Franco , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , M. Frede , Z. Frei , A. Freise , R. Frey , T. T. Fricke , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , J. Gair , L. Gammaitoni , S. Gaonkar , F. Garufi , N. Gehrels , G. Gemme , E. Genin , A. Gennai , S. Ghosh , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , A. Giazotto , C. Gill , J. Gleason , E. 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Jiménez-Forteza , W. W. Johnson , D. I. Jones , R. Jones , R. J. G. Jonker , L. Ju , K Haris , P. Kalmus , V. Kalogera , S. Kandhasamy , G. Kang , J. B. Kanner , J. Karlen , M. Kasprzack , E. Katsavounidis , W. Katzman , H. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , F. Kawazoe , F. Kéfélian , G. M. Keiser , D. Keitel , D. B. Kelley , W. Kells , A. Khalaidovski , F. Y. Khalili , E. A. Khazanov , C. Kim , K. Kim , N. G. Kim , N. Kim , Y. -M. Kim , E. J. King , P. J. King , D. L. Kinzel , J. S. Kissel , S. Klimenko , J. Kline , S. Koehlenbeck , K. Kokeyama , V. Kondrashov , S. Koranda , W. Z. Korth , I. Kowalska , D. B. Kozak , A. Kremin , V. Kringel , B. Krishnan , A. Królak , G. Kuehn , A. Kumar , P. Kumar , R. Kumar , L. Kuo , A. Kutynia , P. Kwee , M. Landry , B. Lantz , S. Larson , P. D. Lasky , C. Lawrie , A. Lazzarini , C. Lazzaro , P. Leaci , S. Leavey , E. O. Lebigot , C. -H. Lee , H. K. Lee , H. M. Lee , J. Lee , M. Leonardi , J. R. Leong , A. Le Roux , N. Leroy , N. Letendre , Y. Levin , B. Levine , J. Lewis , T. G. F. Li , K. Libbrecht , A. Libson , A. C. Lin , T. B. Littenberg , V. Litvine , N. A. Lockerbie , V. Lockett , D. Lodhia , K. Loew , J. Logue , A. L. Lombardi , M. Lorenzini , V. Loriette , M. Lormand , G. Losurdo , J. Lough , M. J. Lubinski , H. Lück , E. Luijten , A. P. Lundgren , R. Lynch , Y. Ma , J. Macarthur , E. P. Macdonald , T. MacDonald , B. Machenschalk , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , F. Magana-Sandoval , M. Mageswaran , C. Maglione , K. Mailand , E. Majorana , I. Maksimovic , V. Malvezzi , N. Man , G. M. Manca , I. Mandel , V. Mandic , V. Mangano , N. Mangini , M. Mantovani , F. Marchesoni , F. Marion , S. Márka , Z. Márka , A. Markosyan , E. Maros , J. Marque , F. Martelli , I. W. Martin , R. M. Martin , L. Martinelli , D. Martynov , J. N. Marx , K. Mason , A. Masserot , T. J. Massinger , F. Matichard , L. Matone , R. A. Matzner , N. Mavalvala , N. Mazumder , G. Mazzolo , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , S. C. McGuire , G. McIntyre , J. 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Ward , M. Was , B. Weaver , L. -W. Wei , M. Weinert , A. J. Weinstein , R. Weiss , T. Welborn , L. Wen , P. Wessels , M. West , T. Westphal , K. Wette , J. T. Whelan , D. J. White , B. F. Whiting , K. Wiesner , C. Wilkinson , K. Williams , L. Williams , R. Williams , T. Williams , A. R. Williamson , J. L. Willis , B. Willke , M. Wimmer , W. Winkler , C. C. Wipf , A. G. Wiseman , H. Wittel , G. Woan , J. Worden , J. Yablon , I. Yakushin , H. Yamamoto , C. C. Yancey , H. Yang , Z. Yang , S. Yoshida , M. Yvert , A. Zadrożny , M. Zanolin , J. -P. Zendri , Fan Zhang , L. Zhang , C. Zhao , X. J. Zhu , M. E. Zucker , S. Zuraw , J. Zweizig

Hybrid waveforms for generic precessing binaries for gravitational-wave data analysis

We construct hybrid binary black holes merger waveforms using analytical model waveforms for the early inspiral phase and numerical relativity waveforms for late inspiral to merger and post merger phases. To hybridize analytical and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-15 Jam Sadiq , Yosef Zlochower , Richard O'Shaughnessy , Jacob Lange

Extreme Gravity Tests with Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences: (II) Ringdown

The LIGO/Virgo detections of binary black hole mergers marked a watershed moment in astronomy, ushering in the era of precision tests of Kerr dynamics. We review theoretical and experimental challenges that must be overcome to carry out…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-12 Emanuele Berti , Kent Yagi , Huan Yang , Nicolás Yunes

Formation of the first three gravitational-wave observations through isolated binary evolution

During its first 4 months of taking data, Advanced LIGO has detected gravitational waves from two binary black hole mergers, GW150914 and GW151226, along with the statistically less significant binary black hole merger candidate LVT151012.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-12 Simon Stevenson , Alejandro Vigna-Gómez , Ilya Mandel , Jim W. Barrett , Coenraad J. Neijssel , David Perkins , Selma E. de Mink

Imprint of the merger and ring-down on the gravitational wave background from black hole binaries coalescence

We compute the gravitational wave background (GWB) generated by a cosmological population of (BH-BH) binaries using hybrid waveforms recently produced by numerical simulations of (BH-BH) coalescence, which include the inspiral, merger and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Marassi , R. Schneider , G. Corvino , V. Ferrari , S. Portegies Zwart

Unraveling the origin of black holes from effective spin measurements with LIGO-Virgo

We investigate how to use information on the effective spin parameter of binary black hole mergers from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational wave detections to discriminate the origin of the merging black holes. We calculate the expected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-22 Nicolas Fernandez , Stefano Profumo

Reconstruction of Power Spectrum of Primordial Curvature Perturbations on small scales from Primordial Black Hole Binaries scenario of LIGO/VIRGO detection

As a candidate bound for the Binary Black Hole (BBH) merger events detected by LIGO/Virgo, Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) provide a useful tool to investigate the primordial curvature perturbations on small scales. Using the GWTC-1 to GWTC-3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-16 Xinpeng Wang , Ying-li Zhang , Rampei Kimura , Masahide Yamaguchi

Constraining black hole mimickers with gravitational wave observations

LIGO and Virgo have recently observed a number of gravitational wave (GW) signals that are fully consistent with being emitted by binary black holes described by general relativity. However, there are theoretical proposals of exotic objects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel , Arunava Mukherjee , Rahul Kashyap , Parameswaran Ajith , Walter Del Pozzo , Salvatore Vitale

Merging stellar-mass binary black holes

The LIGO and Virgo detectors have directly observed gravitational waves from mergers of pairs of stellar-mass black holes, along with a smaller number of mergers involving neutron stars. These observations raise the hope that compact object…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 Ilya Mandel , Alison Farmer

Gravitational wave distance estimation using intrinsic signal properties: dark sirens as distance indicators

Gravitational Waves (GWs) provide a powerful means for cosmological distance estimation, circumventing the systematic uncertainties associated with traditional electromagnetic (EM) indicators. This work presents a model for estimating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-14 Trisha V , Rakesh V , Arun Kenath

Using gravitational wave dark sirens to choose between host galaxy weighting models

Binary black hole (BBH) mergers,, an important source of gravitational-waves(GWs), are assumed to be hosted in galaxies. The probability of a galaxy to host a BBH is related to its properties, for example stellar mass and star formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-22 Zhuotao Li , Rachel Gray , Ik Siong Heng

A wider look at the gravitational-wave transients from GWTC-1 using an unmodeled reconstruction method

In this paper, we investigate the morphology of the events from the GWTC-1 catalog of compact binary coalescences as reconstructed by a method based on coherent excess power: we use an open-source version of the coherent WaveBurst (cWB)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 F. Salemi , E. Milotti , G. A. Prodi , G. Vedovato , C. Lazzaro , S. Tiwari , S. Vinciguerra , M. Drago , S. Klimenko

Reconstructing phenomenological distributions of compact binaries via gravitational wave observations

Gravitational wave measurements will provide insight into the population of coalescing compact binaries throughout the universe. We describe and demonstrate a flexible parametric method to infer the event rate as a function of compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-20 Daniel Wysocki , Jacob Lange , Richard O'Shaughnessy