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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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gr-qc2015★ 38 cited

Second Einstein Telescope Mock Data and Science Challenge: Low Frequency Binary Neutron Star Data Analysis

Duncan Meacher, Kipp Cannon, Chad Hanna +2

The Einstein Telescope is a conceived third generation gravitational-wave detector that is envisioned to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than advanced LIGO, Virgo and Kagra…

gr-qc2015★ 101 cited

Can we measure individual black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations?

Michael Pürrer, Mark Hannam, Frank Ohme

Measurements of black-hole spins from gravitational-wave observations of black-hole binaries with ground-based detectors are expected to be hampered by partial degeneracies in the…

gr-qc2015★ 179 cited

Frequency domain reduced order model of aligned-spin effective-one-body waveforms with generic mass-ratios and spins

Michael Pürrer

I provide a frequency domain reduced order model (ROM) for the aligned-spin effective-one-body (EOB) model "SEOBNRv2" for data analysis with second and third generation ground base…

gr-qc2015★ 92 cited

Impact of gravitational radiation higher order modes on single aligned-spin gravitational wave searches for binary black holes

Juan Calderón Bustillo, Sascha Husa, Alicia M. Sintes +1

Current template-based gravitational wave searches for compact binary coalescences (CBC) use waveform models that neglect the higher order modes content of the gravitational radiat…

gr-qc2015★ 492 cited

Science with the space-based interferometer eLISA. I: Supermassive black hole binaries

Antoine Klein, Enrico Barausse, Alberto Sesana +8

We compare the science capabilities of different eLISA mission designs, including four-link (two-arm) and six-link (three-arm) configurations with different arm lengths, low-freque…

gr-qc2015★ 33 cited

All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with LIGO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +934

We present the results of a search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in two sets of data collected by the LIGO Hanford and LIGO Livingston detectors between November…

gr-qc2015★ 23 cited

A search of the Orion spur for continuous gravitational waves using a "loosely coherent" algorithm on data from LIGO interferometers

J. Aasi, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott +920

We report results of a wideband search for periodic gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars within the Orion spur towards both the inner and outer regions of our Galaxy. As…

gr-qc2015★ 1.1k cited

Frequency-domain gravitational waves from non-precessing black-hole binaries. II. A phenomenological model for the advanced detector era

Sebastian Khan, Sascha Husa, Mark Hannam +4

We present a new frequency-domain phenomenological model of the gravitational-wave signal from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of non-precessing (aligned-spin) black-hole binarie…

gr-qc2015★ 792 cited

Frequency-domain gravitational waves from non-precessing black-hole binaries. I. New numerical waveforms and anatomy of the signal

Sascha Husa, Sebastian Khan, Mark Hannam +4

In this paper we discuss the anatomy of frequency-domain gravitational-wave signals from non-precessing black-hole coalescences with the goal of constructing accurate phenomenologi…

gr-qc2015★ 78 cited

Gravitational-wave cutoff frequencies of tidally disruptive neutron star-black hole binary mergers

Francesco Pannarale, Emanuele Berti, Koutarou Kyutoku +2

Tidal disruption has a dramatic impact on the outcome of neutron star-black hole mergers. The phenomenology of these systems can be divided in three classes: nondisruptive, mildly…

gr-qc2015★ 20 cited

A fully-coherent all-sky search for gravitational-waves from compact binary coalescences

D. M. Macleod, I. W. Harry, S. Fairhurst

We introduce a fully-coherent method for searching for gravitational wave signals generated by the merger of black hole and/or neutron star binaries. This extends the coherent anal…

gr-qc2015★ 58 cited

Aligned spin neutron star-black hole mergers: a gravitational waveform amplitude model

Francesco Pannarale, Emanuele Berti, Koutarou Kyutoku +2

The gravitational radiation emitted during the merger of a black hole with a neutron star is rather similar to the radiation from the merger of two black holes when the neutron sta…

gr-qc2015★ 78 cited

Improving the Data Quality of Advanced LIGO Based on Early Engineering Run Results

L. K. Nuttall, T. J. Massinger, J. Areeda +16

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors have completed their initial upgrade phase and will enter the first observing run in late 2015, wi…

gr-qc2015★ 649 cited

The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence

Samantha A. Usman, Alexander H. Nitz, Ian W. Harry +18

We describe the PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact-object binary coalescences in advanced gravitational-wave detector data. The search was used in the first Advanced…

gr-qc2015★ 59 cited

Gravitational waves from Sco X-1: A comparison of search methods and prospects for detection with advanced detectors

C. Messenger, H. J. Bulten, S. G. Crowder +13

The low-mass X-ray binary Scorpius X-1 (Sco X-1) is potentially the most luminous source of continuous gravitational-wave radiation for interferometers such as LIGO and Virgo. For…

gr-qc2015★ 102 cited

The Missing Link: Bayesian Detection and Measurement of Intermediate-Mass Black-Hole Binaries

Philip B. Graff, Alessandra Buonanno, B. S. Sathyaprakash

We perform Bayesian analysis of gravitational-wave signals from non-spinning, intermediate-mass black-hole binaries (IMBHBs) with observed total mass, , from $50\…

gr-qc2015★ 1.5k cited

Testing General Relativity with Present and Future Astrophysical Observations

Emanuele Berti, Enrico Barausse, Vitor Cardoso +50

One century after its formulation, Einstein's general relativity has made remarkable predictions and turned out to be compatible with all experimental tests. Most of these tests pr…

gr-qc2015★ 1 cited

Cost-benefit analysis for commissioning decisions in GEO600

T. Adams, J. R. Leong, J. Slutsky +17

Gravitational wave interferometers are complex instruments, requiring years of commissioning to achieve the required sensitivities for the detection of gravitational waves, of orde…