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It is shown that accurate photometric observations of a relatively high--magnification microlensing event ($A\gg 1$), occurring close to the line of sight of a gravitational wave (GW) source, represented by a binary star, can allow the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Ragazzoni , G. Valente , E. Marchetti

Gravitational waves (GW), as light, are gravitationally lensed by intervening matter, deflecting their trajectories, delaying their arrival and occasionally producing multiple images. In theories beyond general relativity (GR), new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Jose María Ezquiaga , Miguel Zumalacárregui

We develop an accurate simulation-based inference framework for high-mass ($\gtrsim\!10^7 \rm{M_\odot}$) black-hole binaries observable by LISA. The method is implemented within the DINGO gravitational-wave parameter-estimation code,…

Gravitational lensing describes the bending of the trajectories of light and gravitational waves due to the gravitational potential of a massive object. Strong lensing by galaxies can create multiple images with different overall…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-26 Simon M. C. Yeung , Mark H. Y. Cheung , Joseph A. J. Gais , Otto A. Hannuksela , Tjonnie G. F. Li

The anticipated observation of the gravitational microlensing of gravitational waves (GWs) promises to shed light on a host of astrophysical and cosmological questions. However, extracting the parameters of the lens from the modulated GWs…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-15 Uddeepta Deka , Gopalkrishna Prabhu , Md Arif Shaikh , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Vijay Varma , Scott E. Field

Utilizing gravitational-wave (GW) lensing opens a new way to understand the small-scale structure of the universe. We show that, in spite of its coarse angular resolution and short duration of observation, LIGO can detect the GW lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 Sunghoon Jung , Chang Sub Shin

Gravitational waves are theorized to be gravitationally lensed when they propagate near massive objects. Such lensing effects cause potentially detectable repeated gravitational wave patterns in ground- and space-based gravitational wave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-07 Amit Jit Singh , Ivan S. C. Li , Otto A. Hannuksela , Tjonnie G. F. Li , Kyungmin Kim

A small fraction of the gravitational-wave (GW) signals that will be detected by second and third generation detectors are expected to be strongly lensed by galaxies and clusters, producing multiple observable copies. While optimal Bayesian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 Srashti Goyal , Harikrishnan D. , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Parameswaran Ajith

Based on the rate of gravitational-wave (GW) detections by Advanced LIGO and Virgo, we expect these detectors to observe hundreds of binary black hole mergers as they achieve their design sensitivities (within a few years). A small fraction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-19 K. Haris , Ajit Kumar Mehta , Sumit Kumar , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Parameswaran Ajith

Lensed gravitational waves (GWs) provide a new window into the study of dark matter substructures, yet the faint interference signatures they produce are buried in detector noise. To address this challenge, we develop a deep learning…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Mengfei Sun , Jie Wu , Jin Li , Nan Yang , Xianghe Ma , Borui Wang , Minghui Zhang , Yuanhong Zhong

We discuss the gravitational lensing of gravitational wave signals from coalescing binaries. We delineate the regime where wave effects are significant from the regime where geometric limit can be used. Further, we focus on the effect of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 Ashish Kumar Meena , J S Bagla

In this study, we investigate the impact of microlensing on gravitational wave (GW) signals in the LIGO$-$Virgo sensitivity band. Microlensing caused by an isolated point lens, with (redshifted) mass ranging from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-05 Anuj Mishra , Ashish Kumar Meena , Anupreeta More , Sukanta Bose

When gravitational waves pass through the nuclear star clusters of galactic lenses, they may be microlensed by the stars. Such microlensing can cause potentially observable beating patterns on the waveform due to waveform superposition and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 Mark H. Y. Cheung , Joseph Gais , Otto A. Hannuksela , Tjonnie G. F. Li

Gravitational wave predicted by General Relativity is the transverse wave of spatial strain. Several gravitational waveform signals from binary black holes and from a binary neutron star system accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-02 Kai Liao , Marek Biesiada , Xi-Long Fan

When gravitational waves (GWs) pass by a massive object on its way to Earth, a strong gravitational lensing effect will happen. Thus, the GW signal will be amplified, deflected, and delayed in time. Through analyzing the lensed GW waveform,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-09 Xin-yi Lin , Jian-dong Zhang , Liang Dai , Shun-Jia Huang , Jianwei Mei

Like light, gravitational waves can be gravitationally lensed by massive objects along their travel path. Strong lensing produces several images from the same binary coalescence and is forecasted to have a promising rate in ground-based…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-16 Justin Janquart , Otto A. Hannuksela , K. Haris , Chris Van Den Broeck

When gravitational waves pass near massive astrophysical objects, they can be gravitationally lensed. The lensing can split them into multiple wave-fronts, magnify them, or imprint beating patterns on the waves. Here we focus on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 A. Renske A. C. Wierda , Ewoud Wempe , Otto A. Hannuksela , Léon V. E. Koopmans , Chris Van Den Broeck

The gravitational lensing effect of gravitational waves (GWs) has been extensively discussed as a probe of small-mass dark matter halos, which can provide missing information about dark matter. We propose a multi-band observation of lensed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Katsuya T. Abe , Shun Arai , Ryoto Inui , Takahiro S. Yamamoto , Hirotaka Yarimoto , Shuichiro Yokoyama

As the interferometers detecting gravitational waves are upgraded, improving their sensitivity, the probability of observing strong lensing increases. Once a detection is made, it will be critical to gain as much information as possible…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-31 Mick Wright , Justin Janquart , Martin Hendry

One of the key challenges of real-time detection and parameter estimation of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers is the computational cost of conventional matched-filtering and Bayesian inference approaches. In particular, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-30 Plamen G. Krastev , Kiranjyot Gill , V. Ashley Villar , Edo Berger