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Rapid identification, characterization, and localization of gravitational waves from binary compact object mergers can enable well-informed follow-on multimessenger observations. In this work, we investigate a small modification to the RIFT…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-05 A. B. Yelikar , V. Delfavero , R. O'Shaughnessy

To enable detection and maximise the physics output of gravitational wave observations from compact binary systems, it is crucial the availability of accurate waveform models. The present work aims at giving an overview for non-experts of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-22 Soichiro Isoyama , Riccardo Sturani , Hiroyuki Nakano

The two interferometric LIGO gravitational-wave observatories provide the most sensitive data to date to study the gravitational-wave Universe. As part of a global network, they have just completed their third observing run in which they…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-24 Gregory Ashton , Sarah Thiele , Yannick Lecoeuche , Jess McIver , Laura K Nuttall

Many astronomical surveys are limited by the brightness of the sources, and gravitational-wave searches are no exception. The detectability of gravitational waves from merging binaries is affected by the mass and spin of the constituent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-04 Colm Talbot , Eric Thrane

Matched-filtering detection techniques for gravitational-wave (GW) signals in ground-based interferometers rely on having well-modeled templates of the GW emission. Such techniques have been traditionally used in searches for compact binary…

Compact binary coalescence (CBC) is one of the most promising sources of gravitational waves. These sources are usually searched for with matched filters which require accurate calculation of the GW waveforms and generation of large…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Pankow , S. Klimenko , G. Mitselmakher , I. Yakushin , G. Vedovato , M. Drago , R. A. Mercer , P. Ajith

We present a method of searching for, and parameterizing, signals from known radio pulsars in data from interferometric gravitational wave detectors. This method has been applied to data from the LIGO and GEO 600 detectors to set upper…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Réjean J. Dupuis , Graham Woan

Bayesian inference is the workhorse of gravitational-wave astronomy, for example, determining the mass and spins of merging black holes, revealing the neutron star equation of state, and unveiling the population properties of compact…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Colm Talbot , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Gregory B. Poole

The advanced gravitational wave (GW) detector network has started {routine detection of } signals from merging compact binaries. Data indicate that in a fair fraction of these sources, at least one component was a neutron star, bringing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-29 Akshat Singhal , Sourav Palit , Suman Bala , Gaurav Waratkar , Harsh Kumar , Varun Bhalerao

With the advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors taking observations the detection of gravitational waves is expected within the next few years. Extracting astrophysical information from gravitational wave detections is a well-posed problem and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Tyson B. Littenberg , Jonah B. Kanner , Neil J. Cornish , Margaret Millhouse

Compact binary coalescences are a promising source of gravitational waves for second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Although matched filtering is the optimal search method for well-modeled systems, alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Coughlin , Eric Thrane , Nelson Christensen

In a recent paper we have deduced the basic equations that predict the emission of gravitational waves (GW) according to the Einstein gravitation theory. In a subsequent paper these equations have been used to calculate the luminosities and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-15 M. Cattani

The first observations by a worldwide network of advanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors offer a unique opportunity for the astronomical community. At design sensitivity, these facilities will be able to detect coalescing…

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron stars (BNSs) with possible telescope follow-ups opens a window to ground-breaking discoveries in the field of multi-messenger astronomy. With the improved sensitivity of current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-17 Ana Martins , Melissa Lopez , Quirijn Meijer , Gregory Baltus , Marc van der Sluys , Chris Van Den Broeck , Sarah Caudill

We describe the implementation of a search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences in LIGO and Virgo data. This all-sky, all-time, multi-detector search for binary coalescence has been used to search data taken in recent…

Gravitational waves provide us with an extraordinary tool to study the matter inside neutron stars. In particular, the postmerger signal probes an extreme temperature and density regime and will help reveal information about the equation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Anna Puecher , Tim Dietrich , Ka Wa Tsang , Chinmay Kalaghatgi , Soumen Roy , Yoshinta Setyawati , Chris Van Den Broeck

The detection rate for compact binary mergers has grown as the sensitivity of the global network of ground based gravitational wave detectors has improved, now reaching the stage where robust automation of the analyses is essential.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 Neil J. Cornish

Understanding and dealing with inference biases in gravitational-wave (GW) parameter estimation when a plethora of signals are present in the data is one of the key challenges for the analysis of data from future GW detectors. Working…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-25 Andrea Antonelli , Ollie Burke , Jonathan R. Gair

Inspiraling compact binaries have been identified as one of the most promising sources of gravitational waves for interferometric detectors. Most of these binaries are expected to have circularized by the time their gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Karl Martel , Eric Poisson

A number of detections have been made in the past few years of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences. While there exist well-understood waveform models for signals from compact binary coalescences, many sources of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 Sharan Banagiri , Ling Sun , Michael W. Coughlin , Andrew Melatos