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Third generation gravitational-wave (GW) detectors are expected to detect a large number of binary black holes (BBHs) to large redshifts, opening up an independent probe of the large scale structure using their clustering. This probe will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Aditya Vijaykumar , M. V. S. Saketh , Sumit Kumar , Parameswaran Ajith , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

In the third-generation (3G) gravitational-wave (GW) detector era, the multi-messenger GW observation for binary neutron star (BNS) merger events can exert great impacts on exploring the cosmic expansion history. In this work, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-10 Tao Han , Shang-Jie Jin , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Gravitational lensing of gravitational waves (GWs) is a powerful probe of the matter distribution in the universe. Here we revisit the wave-optics effects induced by dark matter (DM) halos on the GW signals of merging massive black hole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-23 Zucheng Gao , Xian Chen , Yi-Ming Hu , Jian-Dong Zhang , Shunjia Huang

Ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) observatories have transformed our view of compact-object mergers, yet their reach still limits a comprehensive reconstruction of the processes that generate these systems. Only next-generation…

We present a unified Bayesian framework to jointly constrain the Hubble constant $H_0$ and the post-Newtonian parameter $\gamma$, a key probe of deviations from general relativity, using the population characteristics of strongly lensed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-15 Xinguang Ying , Tao Yang

The cosmic dipole observed in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is traditionally interpreted as being caused by the observer's motion relative to the background. However, tensions with dipole measurements from radio galaxy counts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Anson Chen , Jun Zhang

Gravitational waves (GWs) from coalescing binary black holes (BBHs) can come from different environments. GWs interact gravitationally with astrophysical objects, which makes it possible to use gravitational lensing by objects in the same…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-16 Helena Ubach , Mark Gieles , Jordi Miralda-Escudé

In this paper, we forecast the expected detection rates and redshift distributions of gravitationally lensed gravitational waves (GWs) from three different mass distributions of primordial black holes (PBHs) and two stellar formation models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Bin Liu , Zhengxiang Li , Shaoxin Zhao , Huan Zhou , He Gao

The propagation of gravitational waves (GWs) at cosmological distances offers a new way to test the gravitational interaction at the largest scales. Many modified theories of gravity, usually introduced to explain the observed acceleration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-13 Maxence Corman , Abhirup Ghosh , Celia Escamilla-Rivera , Martin A. Hendry , Sylvain Marsat , Nicola Tamanini

Gravitational waves detected by advanced ground-based detectors have allowed studying the universe in a way which is fully complementary to electromagnetic observations. As more sources are detected, it will be possible to measure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-25 Salvatore Vitale , Chris Whittle

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

A small fraction of gravitational-wave (GW) signals detected by ground-based observatories will be strongly lensed by intervening galaxies or clusters. This may produce multiple copies of the signals (i.e., lensed images) arriving at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-28 A. Barsode , K. N. Maity , P. Ajith

The current gravitational-wave localization methods rely mainly on sources with electromagnetic counterparts. Unfortunately, a binary black hole does not emit light. Due to this, it is generally not possible to localize these objects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 Otto A. Hannuksela , Thomas E. Collett , Mesut Çalışkan , Tjonnie G. F. Li

Strong gravitational lensing of gravitational wave sources offers a novel probe of both the lens galaxy and the binary source population. In particular, the strong lensing event rate and the time delay distribution of multiply-imaged…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Fei Xu , Jose Maria Ezquiaga , Daniel E. Holz

Gravitational waves (GWs) are subject to gravitational lensing in the same way as electromagnetic radiation. However, to date, no unequivocal observation of a lensed GW transient has been reported. Independently, GW observatories continue…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 Riccardo Buscicchio , Christopher J. Moore , Geraint Pratten , Patricia Schmidt , Matteo Bianconi , Alberto Vecchio

Clustering measurements of Gravitational Wave (GW) mergers in Luminosity Distance Space can be used in the future as a powerful tool for Cosmology. We consider tomographic measurements of the Angular Power Spectrum of mergers both in an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-23 S. Libanore , M. C. Artale , D. Karagiannis , M. Liguori , N. Bartolo , Y. Bouffanais , N. Giacobbo , M. Mapelli , S. Matarrese

The cold dark matter scenario of hierarchical large-scale structure formation predicts the existence of abundant subhalos around large galaxies. However, the number of observed dwarf galaxies is far from this theoretical prediction,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-02 Kai Liao , Xuheng Ding , Marek Biesiada , Xi-Long Fan , Zong-Hong Zhu

We search for strongly lensed and multiply imaged gravitational wave signals in the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (O2). We exploit a new source of information, the so-called Morse phase, which further mitigates…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-28 Liang Dai , Barak Zackay , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Javier Roulet , Matias Zaldarriaga

A small fraction of the gravitational-wave (GW) signals from binary black holes observable by ground-based detectors will be strongly lensed by intervening objects such as galaxies and clusters. Strong lensing will produce nearly identical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-03 A. Barsode , S. Goyal , P. Ajith

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