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The distance-redshift relation determined by means of gravitational waves in the clumpy universe is simulated numerically by taking into account the effects of gravitational lensing. It is assumed that all of the matter in the universe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chul-Moon Yoo , Ken-ichi Nakao , Hiroshi Kozaki , Ryuichi Takahashi

The gravitational lensing of gravitational waves might cause beat patterns detectable by interferometers. The feature of this kind of signal is the existence of the beat pattern in the early inspiral phase, followed by a seemingly randomly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-10 Shaoqi Hou , Xi-Long Fan , Kai Liao , Zong-Hong Zhu

Strong gravitational lensing produces multiple images of a gravitational wave (GW) signal, which can be observed by detectors as time-separated copies of the same event. It has been shown that under favourable circumstances, by combining…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-04 Harsh Narola , Justin Janquart , Leïla Haegel , K. Haris , Otto A. Hannuksela , Chris Van Den Broeck

When gravitational waves pass near massive astrophysical objects, they can be gravitationally lensed. The lensing can split them into multiple wave-fronts, magnify them, or imprint beating patterns on the waves. Here we focus on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 A. Renske A. C. Wierda , Ewoud Wempe , Otto A. Hannuksela , Léon V. E. Koopmans , Chris Van Den Broeck

Recent rapid progress in time domain surveys makes it possible to detect various types of explosive transients in the Universe in large numbers, some of which will be gravitationally lensed into multiple images. Although a large number of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Masamune Oguri

Like light, gravitational waves can be gravitationally lensed by massive objects along their travel path. Strong lensing produces several images from the same binary coalescence and is forecasted to have a promising rate in ground-based…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-16 Justin Janquart , Otto A. Hannuksela , K. Haris , Chris Van Den Broeck

The strongly lensed gravitational wave (SLGW) is a promising transient phenomenon. However, the long-wave nature of gravitational waves poses a significant challenge in identification of its host galaxy. To tackle this challenge, we propose…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-08 Xikai Shan , Bin Hu , Xuechun Chen , Rong-Gen Cai

When gravitational waves pass through the nuclear star clusters of galactic lenses, they may be microlensed by the stars. Such microlensing can cause potentially observable beating patterns on the waveform due to waveform superposition and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 Mark H. Y. Cheung , Joseph Gais , Otto A. Hannuksela , Tjonnie G. F. Li

Recently, several eclipsing millisecond pulsars have been shown to experience strong and apparent weak lensing from the outflow of their ionized companions. Lensing can be a powerful probe of the ionized plasma, with the strongest lenses…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 Fang Xi Lin , Robert Main , Dylan Jow , Dongzi Li , Ue-Li Pen , Marten H. van Kerkwijk

Over the last few decades, a plethora of modifications to general relativity have been proposed to solve a host of cosmological and astrophysical problems. Many modified gravity models are now ruled out with further astrophysical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-15 Surajit Kalita , Shruti Bhatporia , Amanda Weltman

Context: Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic extragalactic bursts whose properties are still largely unknown, but based on their extremely small time duration, they are proposed to have a compact structure, making them candidates for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Goureesankar Sathyanathan , Calvin Leung , Olaf Wucknitz , Prasenjit Saha

We discuss strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves from merging of massive black hole binaries in the context of the LISA mission. Detection of multiple events would provide invaluable information on competing theories of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-28 M. Sereno , A. Sesana , A. Bleuler , Ph. Jetzer , M. Volonteri , M. C. Begelman

Gravitational waves (GWs) offer a new observational window into the universe, providing insights into compact objects and cosmic structures. Gravitational lensing, commonly studied in electromagnetic waves, also affects GWs, introducing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Xing-Yu Yang , Tan Chen , Rong-Gen Cai

Gravitational lenses can provide crucial information on the geometry of the Universe, on the cosmological scenario of formation of its structures as well as on the history of its components with look-back time. In this review, I focus on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Y. Mellier

The curved spacetime induced by gravitational waves can give rise to visual effects such as geometric distortions and redshift structures in the observed image. By establishing a mapping from the object's surface coordinates to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-12 Ke Wang , Chao-Jun Feng

For the first detection of a novel astrophysical phenomenon, scientific standards are particularly high. Especially in a multi-messenger context, there are also opportunity costs to follow-up observations on any detection claims. So in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-06 David Keitel

The number of identified Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is increasing rapidly with current and future facilities. Strongly lensed FRBs are expected to be found as well, which can provide precise time delays and thus have rich applications in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 Xinzhong Er , Shude Mao

Gravitational wave predicted by General Relativity is the transverse wave of spatial strain. Several gravitational waveform signals from binary black holes and from a binary neutron star system accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-02 Kai Liao , Marek Biesiada , Xi-Long Fan

The gravitational waves emitted by massive black hole binaries in the LISA band can be lensed. Wave-optics effects in the lensed signal are crucial when the Schwarzschild radius of the lens is smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Mesut Çalışkan , Lingyuan Ji , Roberto Cotesta , Emanuele Berti , Marc Kamionkowski , Sylvain Marsat

We consider the possible effects of gravitational lensing by globular clusters on gravitational waves from asymmetric neutron stars in our galaxy. In the lensing of gravitational waves, the long wavelength, compared with the usual case of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Andrew J. Moylan , David E. McClelland , Susan M. Scott , Antony C. Searle , G. V. Bicknell