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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…

The Einstein Telescope (ET), a wide-band, future third generation gravitational wave detector, is expected to have detection rates of $\sim 10^5 - 10^6$ binary black hole (BBH) detections and $\sim 7 \times 10^4$ binary neutron star (BNS)…

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Excess energy method is used in searches of gravitational waves (GWs) produced from sources with poorly modeled characteristics. It identifies GW events by searching for a coincidence appearance of excess energy in a GW detector network.…

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We present an improved search for binary compact-object mergers using a network of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. We model a volumetric, isotropic source population and incorporate the resulting distribution over signal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-29 Alexander H. Nitz , Thomas Dent , Tito Dal Canton , Stephen Fairhurst , Duncan A. Brown

Gravitational wave signals from compact binary coalescences offer a powerful and reliable probe of General Relativity. To date, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has provided stringent consistency tests of General Relativity predictions.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-12 Andrea Begnoni , Walter Del Pozzo , Matteo Pegorin , Joachim Pomper , Angelo Ricciardone

Global network of advanced Interferometric gravitational wave (GW) detectors are expected to be on-line soon. Coherent observation of GW from a distant compact binary coalescence (CBC) with a network of interferometers located in different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-17 K Haris , Archana Pai

Weakly-modelled searches for gravitational waves are essential for ensuring that all potential sources are accounted for in detection efforts, as they make minimal assumptions regarding source morphology. While these searches primarily…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-06 Leigh Smith , Matteo Scialpi , Francesco di Clemente , Michał Bejger

Gravitational waves (GWs) have rapidly become important cosmological probes since their first detection in 2015. As the number of detected events continues to rise, upcoming instruments like the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-03 Stefano Zazzera , José Fonseca , Tessa Baker , Chris Clarkson

Searching for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence (CBC) is performed by matched filtering the observed strain data from gravitational-wave observatories against a discrete set of waveform templates designed to accurately…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-12 Rahul Dhurkunde , Henning Fehrmann , Alexander H. Nitz

Searches for gravitational-wave transients from binary black hole coalescences typically rely on one of two approaches: matched filtering with templates and morphology-independent excess power searches. Multiple algorithmic implementations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-16 Satya Mohapatra , Laura Cadonati , Sarah Caudill , James Clark , Chad Hanna , Sergey Klimenko , Chris Pankow , Ruslan Vaulin , Gabriele Vedovato , Salvatore Vitale

Combined gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) observations of compact binary mergers should enable detailed studies of astrophysical processes in the strong-field gravity regime. Networks of GW interferometers have poor angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Samaya Nissanke , Mansi Kasliwal , Alexandra Georgieva

We present the implementation of an anomaly-detection algorithm based on a deep convolutional autoencoder for the search for gravitational waves (GWs) in time-frequency spectrograms. Our method targets short-duration ($\lesssim…

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Future gravitational-wave (GW) detectors are expected to detect tens of thousands of compact binary coalescences (CBC) per year, depending also on the final detectors layout. For this reason, it is essential to have a fast, reliable tool…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-27 Andrea Begnoni , Stefano Anselmi , Mauro Pieroni , Alessandro Renzi , Angelo Ricciardone

Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors like the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, currently in their preparatory phase, have the potential to significantly improve our understanding of astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-23 Michael Ebersold , Tania Regimbau , Nelson Christensen

Compact binary coalescences are a promising source of gravitational waves for second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detectors such as advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. While most binaries are expected to possess circular…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Michael Coughlin , Patrick Meyers , Eric Thrane , Jialun Luo , Nelson Christensen

The Einstein Telescope (ET), a planned third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatory, will offer significantly improved sensitivity, introducing new challenges for data analysis and computing. To prepare for these demands, the ET…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-09 Regimbau Tania , Suresh Jishnu

Despite the observation of nearly 100 compact binary coalescence (CBC) events up to the end of the Advanced gravitational-wave (GW) detectors' third observing run (O3), there remain fundamental open questions regarding their astrophysical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-22 Ana Lorenzo-Medina , Thomas Dent

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

The detection of the events GW150914 and GW151226, both consistent with the merger of a binary black hole system (BBH), opened the era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. Besides BBHs, the most promising GW sources are the coalescences of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 Barbara Patricelli , Massimiliano Razzano , Giancarlo Cella , Francesco Fidecaro , Elena Pian , Marica Branchesi , Antonio Stamerra

With a fantastic sensitivity improving significantly over the advanced GW detectors, Einstein Telescope (ET) will be able to observe hundreds of thousand inspiralling double compact objects per year. By virtue of gravitational lensing…

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