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Searching for quasinormal modes from Binary Black Hole mergers

We present a new method to search for gravitational waves from quasinormal modes in the ringdowns of the remnants of the mergers of the binary black hole systems. The method is based on maximum likelihood estimation. We derive a time-domain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 A. Królak , O. Dorosh

Ringdown gravitational waves from close scattering of two black holes

We have numerically investigated close scattering processes of two black holes (BHs). Our careful analysis shows for the first time a non-merging ringdown gravitational wave coming from dynamical tidal deformations of individual BHs during…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-31 Yeong-Bok Bae , Young-Hwan Hyun , Gungwon Kang

The Final Merger of Comparable Mass Binary Black Holes

A remarkable series of breakthroughs in numerical relativity modeling of black hole binary mergers has occurred over the past few years. This paper provides a general overview of these exciting developments, focusing on recent progress in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joan M. Centrella

Search for Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Hole Inspiral, Merger and Ringdown in LIGO-Virgo Data from 2009-2010

We report a search for gravitational waves from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes (BBH) with total mass between 25 and 100 solar masses, in data taken at the LIGO and Virgo observatories between July 7, 2009 and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-26 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , the Virgo Collaboration , J. Aasi , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , M. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , T. Adams , P. Addesso , R. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , M. Agathos , K. Agatsuma , P. Ajith , B. Allen , A. Allocca , E. Amador Ceron , D. Amariutei , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. C. Araya , S. Ast , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , D. Atkinson , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. Ballmer , Y. Bao , J. C. B. Barayoga , D. Barker , F. Barone , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , M. Bastarrika , A. Basti , J. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , M. Bebronne , D. Beck , B. Behnke , M. Bejger , M. G. Beker , A. S. Bell , C. Bell , I. Belopolski , M. Benacquista , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , N. Beveridge , P. T. Beyersdorf , T. Bhadbade , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , R. Biswas , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , B. Bland , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , C. Bogan , C. Bond , R. Bondarescu , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , V. Boschi , S. Bose , L. Bosi , B. Bouhou , S. Braccini , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , J. E. Brau , J. Breyer , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , M. Britzger , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , J. Burguet-Castell , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. L. Byer , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , K. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , L. Carbone , S. Caride , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglia , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , T. Chalermsongsak , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , W. Chen , X. Chen , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. S. Cho , J. Chow , N. Christensen , S. S. Y. Chua , C. T. Y. Chung , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. E. Clark , J. A. Clark , J. H. Clayton , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , C. N. Colacino , A. Colla , M. Colombini , A. Conte , R. Conte , D. Cook , T. R. Corbitt , M. Cordier , N. Cornish , A. Corsi , C. A. Costa , M. Coughlin , J. -P. Coulon , P. Couvares , D. M. Coward , M. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , J. D. E. Creighton , T. D. Creighton , A. M. Cruise , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , E. Cuoco , R. M. Cutler , K. Dahl , M. Damjanic , S. L. Danilishin , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , B. Daudert , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , E. J. Daw , R. Day , T. Dayanga , R. De Rosa , D. DeBra , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , W. Del Pozzo , T. Dent , V. Dergachev , R. DeRosa , S. Dhurandhar , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , M. Di Paolo Emilio , A. Di Virgilio , M. Diaz , A. Dietz , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , S. Dorsher , M. Drago , R. W. P. Drever , J. C. Driggers , Z. Du , J. -C. Dumas , S. Dwyer , T. Eberle , M. Edgar , M. Edwards , A. Effler , P. Ehrens , G. Endroczi , R. Engel , T. Etzel , K. Evans , M. Evans , T. Evans , M. Factourovich , V. Fafone , S. Fairhurst , B. F. Farr , M. Favata , D. Fazi , H. Fehrmann , D. Feldbaum , I. Ferrante , F. Ferrini , F. Fidecaro , L. S. Finn , I. Fiori , R. P. Fisher , R. Flaminio , S. Foley , E. Forsi , L. A. Forte , N. Fotopoulos , J. -D. Fournier , J. Franc , S. Franco , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , M. Frede , M. A. Frei , Z. Frei , A. Freise , R. Frey , T. T. Fricke , D. Friedrich , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , M. -K. Fujimoto , P. J. Fulda , M. Fyffe , J. Gair , M. Galimberti , L. Gammaitoni , J. Garcia , F. Garufi , M. E. Gaspar , G. Gelencser , G. Gemme , E. Genin , A. Gennai , L. A. Gergely , S. Ghosh , J. A. Giaime , S. Giampanis , K. D. Giardina , A. Giazotto , S. Gil-Casanova , C. Gill , J. Gleason , E. Goetz , G. Gonzalez , M. L. Gorodetsky , S. Gossler , R. Gouaty , C. 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A Possible Mass Ratio and Spin-Orbit Misalignment Correlation for Mergers of Binary Black Holes in Nuclear Star Clusters

Despite a decade's worth of gravitational wave observation, the origin of the binary black hole (BBH) mergers detected by the LIGO-VIRGO-Kagra (LVK) collaboration remains an open question. Towards assessing the feasibility and prevalence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Yubo Su

Coalescence of black hole--neutron star binaries

We review the current status of general relativistic studies for coalescences of black hole--neutron star binaries. First, high-precision computations of black hole--neutron star binaries in quasiequilibrium circular orbits are summarized,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-21 Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

Black Hole Binaries in Galactic Nuclei and Gravitational Wave Sources

Stellar black hole (BH) binaries are one of the most promising gravitational wave (GW) sources for GW detection by the ground-based detectors. Nuclear star clusters (NCs) located at the centre of galaxies are known to harbour massive black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-13 Jongsuk Hong , Hyung Mok Lee

Coalescing black hole binaries from globular clusters: mass distributions and comparison to gravitational wave data from GWTC-3

We use our cluster population model, cBHBd, to explore the mass distribution of merging black hole binaries formed dynamically in globular clusters. We include in our models the effect of mass growth through hierarchical mergers and compare…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Fabio Antonini , Mark Gieles , Fani Dosopoulou , Debatri Chattopadhyay

Merger rates of black hole binaries: prospects for gravitational wave detectors

Mergers of black-hole binaries are expected to release large amounts of energy in the form of gravitational radiation. However, binary evolution models predict merger rates too low to be of observational interest. In this paper we explore…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Simon Portegies Zwart , Stephen McMillan

Exciting black hole modes via misaligned coalescences: I. Inspiral, transition, and plunge trajectories using a generalized Ori-Thorne procedure

The last gravitational waves emitted in the coalescence of two black holes are quasi-normal ringing modes of the merged remnant. In general relativity, the mass and the spin of the remnant black hole uniquely determine the frequency and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-18 Anuj Apte , Scott A. Hughes

Ringdown mode amplitudes of charged binary black holes

The ringdown phase of the binary black hole (BBH) merger provides a clean and direct probe of strong-field gravity and tests of the nature of black holes. The quasinormal mode (QNM) frequencies in modified gravity theories, as well as their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-02 Zexin Hu , Daniela D. Doneva , Ziming Wang , Vasileios Paschalidis , Gabriele Bozzola , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev , Lijing Shao

Merger Rate Distribution of Primordial-Black-Hole Binaries

Up to now several gravitational-wave events from the coalescences of black hole binaries have been reported by LIGO/VIRGO, and imply that black holes should have an extended mass function. We work out the merger rate distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 Zu-Cheng Chen , Qing-Guo Huang

The merger rate of primordial black hole binaries as a probe of Hubble parameter

We propose that the merger rate of primordial black hole (PBH) binaries can be a probe of Hubble parameter by constraining PBH mass function in the redshifted mass distribution of PBH binaries. In next-generation gravitational wave (GW)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Qianhang Ding

A Second Decoupling Between Merging Binary Black Holes and the Inner Disc--Impact on the Electromagnetic Counterpart

The coalescence of two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) produces powerful gravitational-wave (GW) radiation and, if gas is present in the vicinity, also an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart. In the standard picture, an EM outburst will be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-08 Camilo Fontecilla , Xian Chen , Jorge Cuadra

Black hole mergers in the universe

Mergers of black-hole binaries are expected to release large amounts of energy in the form of gravitational radiation. However, binary evolution models predict merger rates too low to be of observational interest. In this paper we explore…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Simon Portegies Zwart , Stephen McMillan

Binary black hole merger in the extreme-mass-ratio limit: a multipolar analysis

Building up on previous work, we present a new calculation of the gravitational wave (GW) emission generated during the transition from quasi-circular inspiral to plunge, merger and ringdown by a binary system of nonspinning black holes, of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-15 Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Alessandro Nagar

Stellar Black Hole Binary Mergers in Open Clusters

In this paper we study the evolution of a primordial black hole binary (BHB) in a sample of over 1500 direct-summation $N-$body simulations of small-and intermediate-size isolated star clusters as proxies of galactic open clusters. The BHBs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-19 S. Rastello , P. Amaro-Seoane , M. Arca-Sedda , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , G. Fragione , I. Tosta e Melo

Probing black hole `charge' from the binary black hole inspiral

Recent gravitational wave (GW) observations have enabled us to look beyond the standard paradigm of gravitational physics, namely general relativity (GR). Along with the mass and the angular momentum, which typical astrophysical black holes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-25 N. V. Krishnendu , Sumanta Chakraborty

Binary-single interactions with different mass ratios

Dynamical interactions in star clusters are an efficient mechanism to produce the coalescing binary black holes (BBHs) that have been detected with gravitational waves (GWs). We want to understand how BBH coalescence can occur during - or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-21 Bruno Rando Forastier , Daniel Marín Pina , Mark Gieles , Simon Portegies Zwart , Fabio Antonini

Light-curve models of black hole - neutron star mergers: steps towards a multi-messenger parameter estimation

In the new era of gravitational wave (GW) and multi-messenger astrophysics, the detection of a GW signal from the coalescence of a black hole - neutron star (BHNS) binary remains a highly anticipated discovery. This kind of system is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 C. Barbieri , O. S. Salafia , A. Perego , M. Colpi , G. Ghirlanda