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Space-borne gravitational wave detectors, such as the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, are expected to observe black hole coalescences to high redshift and with large signal-to-noise ratios, rendering their gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-29 Nicolas Yunes , Frans Pretorius , David Spergel

The inspiral, merger, and ringdown of Massive Black Hole Binaries (MBHBs) is one the main sources of Gravitational Waves (GWs) for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an ESA-led mission in the implementation phase. It is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-25 Iván Martín Vílchez , Carlos F. Sopuerta

Measurements of multiple harmonic modes in the gravitational wave signals from binary black hole events could provide an accurate test of general relativity, however they have never been observed before. The sub-dominant modes, other than…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-29 Brendan D. O'Brien , Carlos F. Da Silva Costa , Sergey Klimenko

Beyond LISA, proposed space-based gravitational wave (GW) missions aim to explore the sub-millihertz to microhertz frequency band, with one key objective being the detection of massive binary black hole (MBBH) mergers across cosmic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-25 Renjie Wang , Yumeng Xu , Gang Wang , Bin Hu , Rong-Gen Cai

The LIGO Scientific, Virgo and KAGRA Collaborations recently released the third gravitational wave transient catalog or GWTC-3, significantly expanding the number of gravitational wave (GW) signals. To address the -- still uncertain --…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-29 Jam Sadiq , Thomas Dent , Daniel Wysocki

In the local universe, black holes of $10^{5-6}$ M$_{\odot}$ are hosted in galaxies displaying a variety of stellar profiles and morphologies. These black holes are the anticipated targets of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-01 Nadia Biava , Monica Colpi , Pedro R. Capelo , Matteo Bonetti , Marta Volonteri , Tomas Tamfal , Lucio Mayer , Alberto Sesana

In this study, we explore the possibility of testing the no-hair theorem with gravitational waves from massive black hole binaries in the frequency band of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Based on its sensitivity, we consider…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-01 Chantal Pitte , Quentin Baghi , Marc Besançon , Antoine Petiteau

Gravitational waves provide a powerful probe of both the astrophysical processes driving black hole mergers and the dynamics of the Universe, but these measurements rely on accurately inferring the unknown underlying population. We perform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-17 Vasco Gennari , Tom Bertheas , Nicola Tamanini

We present a semi analytic forecast for the detection of intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) binaries with the space based detectors LISA (millihertz band) and AMIGO (deci hertz band). A redshift dependent population model is built from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-10 Marcelo M. Lapola , Oswaldo D. Miranda

Since the pioneering detection of gravitational wave (GW) from a binary black hole merger by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration, GW has become a powerful probe for astrophysics and cosmology. If compact dark matter (DM) candidates, e.g.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-04 Xin-Yi Lin , Xi-Jing Wang , Huan Zhou , Zhengxiang Li , Kai Liao , Zong-Hong Zhu

The planned Laser Interferometric Space Antenna (LISA) will be able to detect gravitational waves (GWs) from intermediate mass binary black holes (IMBBHs) in the mass range $\sim 10^{2} \mbox{-} 10^{4}\,M_{\odot}$ up to a redshift…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-21 Pankaj Saini , Sajad A. Bhat , K. G. Arun

Self-lensing (SL) in binary systems has the potential to provide a unique observational window into the Galactic population of compact objects. Using the $\mathtt{startrack}$ and COSMIC population synthesis codes, we investigate how…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-18 Grzegorz Wiktorowicz , Matthew Middleton , Aleksandra Olejak , Cordelia Dashwood-Brown , Madeleine-Mai Ward , Adam Ingram

I present an overview of the Galactic binaries that form the foreground for the ESA/NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The currently known population is discussed, as well as current and near-future large-scale surveys that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-21 G. Nelemans

Gravitational-wave (GW) observations of binary black-hole (BBH) coalescences are expected to address outstanding questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. Realizing the full discovery potential of upcoming…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 Arnab Dhani , Sebastian H. Völkel , Alessandra Buonanno , Hector Estelles , Jonathan Gair , Harald P. Pfeiffer , Lorenzo Pompili , Alexandre Toubiana

We probe the astrophysical gravitational-wave background resulting from compact binary coalescences, focusing on Population III binary black holes. We exploit results of state-of-the-art simulations on the evolution of Population I-II and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-26 Nikolaos Kouvatsos , Mairi Sakellariadou

The scientific aim of the space gravitational wave (GW) detector Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) that was scheduled to launch in the early 2030s is to detect the low-frequency GW signals in the Galaxy. Its main candidate GW…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-25 Wen-Cong Chen

We analyze the properties of VIRGO detector with the aim of studying its ability to search for coalescing black hole binaries. We focus on the remnants of the Population III stars, which currently should be massive black holes ($\sim…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Kulczycki , T. Bulik , K. Belczynski , B. Rudak

The coalescences of massive black hole binaries are one of the main targets of space-based gravitational wave observatories. Such gravitational wave sources are expected to be accompanied by electromagnetic emissions. Low latency detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Wen-Hong Ruan , He Wang , Chang Liu , Zong-Kuan Guo

Maximizing the number of detections in matched filter searches for compact binary coalescence (CBC) gravitational wave (GW) signals requires a model of the source population distribution. In previous searches using the PyCBC framework,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-13 Praveen Kumar , Thomas Dent

Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy has revolutionized our capacity to explore nature. The next generation of observatories, among which the space-borne detector Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISA, is expected to yield orders of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-06 Henri Inchauspé , Silvia Gasparotto , Diego Blas , Lavinia Heisenberg , Jann Zosso , Shubhanshu Tiwari
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