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gr-qc2026★ 1 cited

Generating anisotropic models for relativistic stellar objects

Paulo Luz, Sante Carloni

We introduce a new type of generating theorems in General Relativity for anisotropic, static, spherically symmetric solutions of the Einstein field equations. The results are used…

gr-qc2026★ 1 cited

Spontaneous particle creation by oscillating compact stars

Adrián del Río, Pau López-Oliver

Quantum field theory predicts that dynamical curved spacetimes can spontaneously excite particle pairs from the quantum vacuum, a phenomenon extensively studied in expanding univer…

gr-qc2025★ 100 cited

GW250114: testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1785

The gravitational-wave signal GW250114 was observed by the two LIGO detectors with a network matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 80. The signal was emitted by the coalescence o…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Locally Rotationally Symmetric Spacetimes in Einstein-Cartan Theory and Their Classification

Ujjwal Agarwal, Sante Carloni

We present the complete set of covariant equations that govern the locally rotationally symmetric torsion spacetimes sourced by Weyssenhoff fluid in Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble g…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

Emergent Lorentzian dispersion relations from a Euclidean scalar-tensor theory

Justin C. Feng, Shinji Mukohyama, Sante Carloni

Can one be fooled into thinking that space and time are fundamentally described by a Lorentzian manifold? In this article, we describe a scenario in which a theory constructed on a…

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Bounce Cosmologies in Generalized Coupling Theories

Antonio Troisi, Sante Carloni

We describe an exact solution representing a bouncing cosmology in the Minimal Exponential Measure (MEMe) model. Such a solution, obtained by means of the linearization around smal…

gr-qc2024★ 2 cited

Classical characters of spinor fields in torsion gravity

Luca Fabbri

We consider the problem of having relativistic quantum mechanics re-formulated with hydrodynamic variables, and specifically the problem of deriving the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon…

gr-qc2024★ 3 cited

A note on the junction conditions in f(Q)-gravity

Stefano Vignolo, Fabrizio Esposito, Sante Carloni

Using the notion of distribution-valued tensor, we discuss the junction conditions within the framework of f(Q)-gravity. We obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions for two d…

gr-qc2023★ 4 cited

Singularity at the demise of a black hole

Justin C. Feng, Shinji Mukohyama, Sante Carloni

We consider a class of quasiregular singularities characterized by points possessing two future-directed light cones and two past-directed light cones. Such singularities appear in…

gr-qc2023

Integrability of Dirac equations in static spherical space-times

Roberto Cianci, Stefano Vignolo, Luca Fabbri

We consider the Dirac equations in static spherically-symmetric space-times, and we present a type of spinor field whose structure allows the separation of elevation angle and radi…

gr-qc2023★ 402 cited

Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

Marica Branchesi, Michele Maggiore, David Alonso +73

The Einstein Telescope (ET), the European project for a third-generation gravitational-wave detector, has a reference configuration based on a triangular shape consisting of three…

gr-qc2023★ 4 cited

Junction conditions for LRS spacetimes in the covariant formalism

João Luís Rosa, Sante Carloni

We use the distribution formalism to derive the complete set of junction conditions for general Local Rotationally Symmetric (LRS) spacetimes in the covariant formalism. We…

gr-qc2023★ 331 cited

Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1741

The global network of gravitational-wave observatories now includes five detectors, namely LIGO Hanford, LIGO Livingston, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO 600. These detectors collected data…

gr-qc2022★ 19 cited

Effective one body Hamiltonian in scalar-tensor gravity at third post-Newtonian order

Tamanna Jain, Piero Rettegno, Michalis Agathos +2

We determine the general local-in-time effective-one-body (EOB) Hamiltonian for massless Scalar-Tensor (ST) theories at third post-Newtonian (PN) order. Starting from the Lagrangia…

gr-qc2022★ 6 cited

Impact of signal clusters in wide-band searches for continuous gravitational waves

Lorenzo Pierini, Pia Astone, Cristiano Palomba +9

In this paper we present a study of some relevant steps of the hierarchical frequency-Hough (FH) pipeline, used within the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations for wide-parameter space se…

gr-qc2022★ 1 cited

Tidal heating in a Riemann-Cartan spacetime

Sudipta Hensh, Stefano Liberati, Vincenzo Vitagliano

We consider possible perturbations of the black hole event horizon induced by matter with spin, extending the derivation of the Hawking-Hartle formula (tidal heating) in the presen…

gr-qc2022★ 22 cited

The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +486

Sources of geophysical noise (such as wind, sea waves and earthquakes) or of anthropogenic noise impact ground-based gravitational-wave interferometric detectors, causing transient…

gr-qc2022★ 3 cited

First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector, KAGRA, with GEO600

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1669

We report the results of the first joint observation of the KAGRA detector with GEO600. KAGRA is a cryogenic and underground gravitational-wave detector consisting of a laser inter…

gr-qc2022★ 37 cited

Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1669

Results are presented for a semi-coherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass X-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to allow for spin…

gr-qc2022★ 103 cited

All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1667

We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves which can be produced by spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis, using data…

gr-qc2021★ 74 cited

Narrowband searches for continuous and long-duration transient gravitational waves from known pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo third observing run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1658

Isolated neutron stars that are asymmetric with respect to their spin axis are possible sources of detectable continuous gravitational waves. This paper presents a fully-coherent s…

gr-qc2021★ 133 cited

Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1682

The ever-increasing number of detections of gravitational waves (GWs) from compact binaries by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors allows us to perform ever-more sensiti…

gr-qc2021★ 24 cited

The flavor vacuum in the expanding universe and dark matter

Antonio Capolupo, Sante Carloni, Aniello Quaranta

We analyze fermion mixing in the framework of field quantization in curved spacetime. We compute the expectation value of the energy momentum tensor of mixed fermions on the flavor…

gr-qc2021★ 40 cited

Search of the Early O3 LIGO Data for Continuous Gravitational Waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. Supernova Remnants

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1411

We present directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from the neutron stars in the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. We carry out the searches in the…