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We estimate the detection efficiency of binary gravitational lensing events through the channel of high-magnification events. From this estimation, we find that binaries in the separations ranges of 0.1 < s < 10, 0.2 < s < 5, and 0.3 < s <…

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The disagreement between early and late Universe electromagnetic measurements of the Hubble constant, $H_0$, known as the Hubble tension, highlights the need for independent and complementary probes. Gravitational-wave events have recently…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Eungwang Seo , Kyungmin Kim , Zhuotao Li , Justin Janquart , Rachel Gray , Martin Hendry

A comprehensive new approach is presented for deriving probability densities of physical properties characterizing lens or source that constitute an observed galactic microlensing event. While previously encountered problems are overcome,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Dominik

To provide criteria in the selection of target events preferable for planetary lensing follow-up observations, we investigate the variation of the probability of detecting planetary signals depending on the observables of the lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Cheongho Han

In testing gravity a model-independent way, one of crucial tests is measuring the propagation speed of a gravitational wave (GW). In general relativity, a GW propagates with the speed of light, while in the alternative theories of gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-22 Atsushi Nishizawa

Identifying strong lensing gravitational wave (SLGW) events is of utmost importance in astrophysics as we approach the historic first detection of SLGW amidst the growing number of gravitational wave (GW) events. Currently, one crucial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-24 Xikai Shan , Xuechun Chen , Bin Hu , Guoliang Li

Strong gravitational lensing can produce multiple images of the same gravitational-wave signal, each arriving at different times and with different magnification. Previous work has explored if lensed pairs exist among the known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-21 Connor McIsaac , David Keitel , Thomas Collett , Ian Harry , Simone Mozzon , Oliver Edy , David Bacon

Motivated by the preponderance of so-called "heavy black holes" in the binary black hole (BBH) gravitational wave (GW) detections to date, and the role that gravitational lensing continues to play in discovering new galaxy populations, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-24 Graham P. Smith , Mathilde Jauzac , John Veitch , Will M. Farr , Richard Massey , Johan Richard

We show how LIGO is expected to detect coalescing binary black holes at $z>1$, that are lensed by the intervening galaxy population. Gravitational magnification, $\mu$, strengthens gravitational wave signals by $\sqrt{\mu}$, without…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Ken K. Y. Ng , Kaze W. K. Wong , Tjonnie G. F. Li , Tom Broadhurst

A significant number of stellar binary black hole (sBBH) mergers may be lensed and detected by the third generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors. Their lensed host galaxies may be detectable, which thus helps to accurately localize…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Zhiwei Chen , Youjun Lu , Yuetong Zhao

Joint gravitational wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) observations, as a key research direction in multi-messenger astronomy, will provide deep insight into the astrophysics of a vast range of astronomical phenomena. Uncertainties in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Xilong Fan , Christopher Messenger , Ik Siong Heng

Gravitational lensing is the phenomenon where the presence of matter (called a lens) bends the path of light-like trajectories travelling nearby. Similar to the geometric optics limit of electromagnetic waves, gravitational lensing of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-20 Aniruddha Chakraborty , Suvodip Mukherjee

We explore the impact of corrections to the propagation on the waveforms of gravitationally lensed gravitational waves under the geometrical optics approximation, focusing on both uniform cosmological modifications and local modifications…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-03 Hiroki Takeda , Takahiro Tanaka

Strong gravitational lenses come in many forms, but are typically divided into two populations: galaxies, and groups and clusters of galaxies. The largest objects in the Universe (i.e. galaxy clusters) are highly irregular and composed of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-17 Luka Vujeva , Jose María Ezquiaga , Rico K. L. Lo , Juno C. L. Chan

Strong gravitational lensing gives access to the total mass distribution of galaxies. It can unveil a great deal of information about the lenses dark matter content when combined with the study of the lenses light profile. However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Judith Biernaux , Pierre Magain , Clementine Hauret

We discuss the prospects of gravitational lensing of gravitational waves (GWs) coming from core-collapse supernovae (CCSN). As the CCSN GW signal can only be detected from within our own Galaxy and the local group by current and upcoming…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-21 Rahul Ramesh , Ashish Kumar Meena , J. S. Bagla

Gravitational waves propagate along null geodesics like light rays in the geometrical optics approximation, and they may have a chance to suffer from gravitational lensing by intervening objects, as is the case for electromagnetic waves.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-12 Yousuke Itoh , Toshifumi Futamase , Makoto Hattori

The simultaneous detection of electromagnetic and gravitational waves from the coalescence of two neutron stars (GW170817 and GRB170817A) has ushered in a new era of "multi-messenger" astronomy, with electromagnetic detections spanning from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 Mouza Almualla , Michael W. Coughlin , Shreya Anand , Khalid Alqassimi , Nidhal Guessoum , Leo P. Singer

Gravitational lensing by compact, small-scale intervening masses causes frequency-dependent distortions to gravitational-wave events. The optimal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is often used as a proxy for the detectability of exotic signals…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-14 Juno C. L. Chan , Eungwang Seo , Alvin K. Y. Li , Heather Fong , Jose M. Ezquiaga

The cosmic distance relation (DDR) associates the angular diameters distance ($D_A$) and luminosity distance ($D_L$) by a simple formula, i.e., $D_L=(1+z)^2D_A$. The strongly lensed gravitational waves (GWs) provide a unique way to measure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-19 Hai-Nan Lin , Xin Li , Li Tang