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We demonstrate an end-to-end technique for observing and characterizing massive black hole binary signals before they merge with the LISA space-based gravitational-wave observatory. Our method uses a zero-latency whitening filter,…

We present a novel machine learning framework tailored to detect massive black hole binaries observed by spaceborne gravitational wave detectors like the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and predict their future merger times. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-21 Niklas Houba , Stefan H. Strub , Luigi Ferraioli , Domenico Giardini

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

We characterize the expected statistical errors with which the parameters of black-hole binaries can be measured from gravitational-wave (GW) observations of their inspiral, merger and ringdown by a network of second-generation ground-based…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Archisman Ghosh , Walter Del Pozzo , Parameswaran Ajith

The sensitivity of gravitational wave searches for binary black holes is estimated via the injection and posterior recovery of simulated gravitational wave signals in the detector data streams. When a search reports no detections, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 Juan Calderón Bustillo , Francesco Salemi , Tito dal Canton , Karan Jani

Gravitational wave detection has opened up new avenues for exploring and understanding some of the fundamental principles of the universe. The optimal method for detecting modelled gravitational-wave events involves template-based matched…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-15 Damon Beveridge , Alistair McLeod , Linqing Wen , Andreas Wicenec

We study the validity of inspiral templates in gravitational wave data analysis with Advanced LIGO sensitivity for low mass binary black holes with total masses of $M \leq 30 Msun$. We mainly focus on the nonspinning system. As our complete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-10 Hee-Suk Cho

With one exception, previous analyses of the measurement accuracy of gravitational wave experiments for comparable-mass binary systems have neglected either spin-precession effects or subdominant harmonics and amplitude modulations. Here we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Antoine Klein , Philippe Jetzer , Mauro Sereno

This paper proposes a novel learning to learn method, called learning to learn iterative search algorithm (LISA), for signal detection in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. The idea is to regard the signal detection problem as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Jianyong Sun , Yiqing Zhang , Jiang Xue , Zongben Xu

The massive black holes we observe in galaxies today are the natural end-product of a complex evolutionary path, in which black holes seeded in proto-galaxies at high redshift grow through cosmic history via a sequence of mergers and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-23 Alberto Sesana , Jonathan R. Gair , Emanuele Berti , Marta Volonteri

The gravitational wave measurements of spin-induced multipole moment coefficients of a binary black hole system can be used to distinguish black holes from other compact objects [N. V. Krishnendu et al., PRL 119, 091101 (2017)]. Here, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-14 N. V. Krishnendu , Anjali B. Yelikar

Accurate and efficient modeling of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) response is crucial for gravitational-wave (GW) data analysis. A key computational challenge lies in evaluating time-delay interferometry (TDI) variables,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-15 Jorge Valencia , Sascha Husa

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a planned space-based gravitational wave telescope with the goal of measuring gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency band, which is dominated by millions of Galactic binaries. While…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-11 Stefan H. Strub , Luigi Ferraioli , Cédric Schmelzbach , Simon C. Stähler , Domenico Giardini

Gravitational wave detection requires an in-depth understanding of the physical properties of gravitational wave signals, and the noise from which they are extracted. Understanding the statistical properties of noise is a complex endeavor,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-05 Wei Wei , E. A. Huerta

One of the scientific objectives of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is to probe the expansion of the Universe using gravitational wave observations. Indeed, as gravitational waves from the coalescence of a massive black hole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 Alberto Mangiagli , Chiara Caprini , Sylvain Marsat , Lorenzo Speri , Robert R. Caldwell , Nicola Tamanini

With increasing sensitivity of the gravitational wave (GW) detectors, we expect a significant rise in the detectable GW events. To process, analyse and identify such large amounts of GW signals arising from mergers of Binary Black Holes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Soorya Narayan , Anupreeta More , Sunil Choudhary , Sudhagar Suyamprakasam , Sukanta Bose

The observation of massive black hole binary systems is one of the main science objectives of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). The instrument's design requirements have recently been revised: they set a requirement at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-05 Geraint Pratten , Antoine Klein , Christopher J. Moore , Hannah Middleton , Nathan Steinle , Patricia Schmidt , Alberto Vecchio

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

LISA can detect higher harmonics of the ringdown gravitational-wave signal from massive black-hole binary mergers with large signal-to-noise ratio. The most massive black-hole binaries are more likely to have electromagnetic counterparts,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-29 Vishal Baibhav , Emanuele Berti , Vitor Cardoso

We present a convolutional neural network, designed in the auto-encoder configuration that can detect and denoise astrophysical gravitational waves from merging black hole binaries, orders of magnitude faster than the conventional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-05 Chinthak Murali , David Lumley