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most citedSensitivity and Performance of the Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Third Observing Run

415 citations · 3.2k across the 69 of their papers we have counts for

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71 papers

gr-qc2026

Noisy Pipelines I: An end-to-end pipeline to perform multivariate noise inference for LISA

Ollie Burke, Joseph Bayley, Charlie Hoy +1

Instrumental data from the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) must be post-processed prior to any global-fit based analysis. For example, it is critical to filter, downsampl…

astro-ph.IM2026

LIGO Detector Characterization in the Second and Third Parts of the Fourth Observing Run

J. Glanzer, A. F. Helmling-Cornell, A. Calafat +244

LIGO detector characterization efforts enabled the confident detection of gravitational waves from hundreds of compact binary coalescences during the fourth observing run. Reliable…

gr-qc2026

A parametric signal plus noise inference framework for short duration non-Gaussian noise transients

Charlie Hoy, Ruxandra Bondarescu, Andrew Lundgren +1

Gravitational waves are now routinely detected with ground-based observatories, and, through a process known as Bayesian inference, their source properties are inferred. However, t…

astro-ph.HE2026

Failed jet breakout in the metal-poor broad-lined type Ic supernova 2026gzf

Antonio Martin-Carrillo, Christina C. Thöne, James K. Leung +103

A long-standing question in the death of massive stars is the role of relativistic jets. While many gamma-ray bursts and some fast X-ray transients seem to be associated with broad…

astro-ph.HE2026

Early Multiwavelength Observations of AT 2026fgk: The Luminous Afterglow to Sub-luminous GRB 260310A, Identified Independently of a Gamma-ray Trigger

K. -R. Hinds, A. Y. Q. Ho, Y. Wagh +103

The origins of sub-luminous (\,erg\,s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with broad-lined Type~Ic supernovae (Ic-BL SNe) are poorly u…

astro-ph.SR2026

Searching for outbursts from Symbiotic Binaries in GOTO and ATLAS data

G. Ramsay, K. Ackley, S. Belkin +46

Symbiotic Binaries contain a white dwarf accreting material from a red giant star typically through a wind. We present the results of a search for outbursts from Symbiotic Binaries…

astro-ph.EP2026

Time-Domain Photometry and Activity Evolution of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS with BHTOM

A. Fraser Gillan, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Przemysław J. Mikołajczyk +69

Time-domain photometric monitoring is essential for characterizing cometary evolution, particularly for rare interstellar objects with limited observing opportunities. We aimed to…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 2 cited

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) data pipeline and workflow for transient discovery

J. D. Lyman, D. O'Neill, T. Killestein +45

Wide-field and high-cadence sky surveys are the first step in the chain of discovery and characterisation of astrophysical transients such as supernovae, kilonovae, and tidal disru…

astro-ph.HE2026

GOTO identification and broadband modelling of the counterpart to the SVOM GRB 250818B

S. Belkin, G. P. Lamb, K. Ackley +61

Rapid localisation and follow-up of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) increasingly rely on low-latency triggers from new missions coupled to wide-field robotic optical facilities. We present…

gr-qc2025

The Missing Multipole Problem: Investigating biases from model starting frequency in gravitational-wave analyses

Ryan Ursell, Charlie Hoy, Ian Harry +1

Our ability to infer the true source properties of colliding black holes from gravitational wave observations requires not only accurate waveform models but also their correct use.…

astro-ph.HE2025

SN 2024cld: unveiling the complex mass-loss histories of evolved supergiant progenitors to core collapse supernovae

T. L. Killestein, M. Pursiainen, R. Kotak +52

Pre-explosion mass loss in supernova (SN) progenitors is a crucial unknown factor in stellar evolution, yet has been illuminated recently by the diverse zoo of interacting transien…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Discovery and Analysis of Afterglows from Poorly Localised GRBs with the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) All-sky Survey

Amit Kumar, B. P. Gompertz, B. Schneider +86

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), particularly those detected by wide-field instruments such as the Fermi/GBM, pose a challenge for optical follow-up due to their large initial localisation…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

GRB 241105A: A test case for GRB classification and rapid r-process nucleosynthesis channels

Dimple, B. P. Gompertz, A. J. Levan +85

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offer a powerful window to probe the progenitor systems responsible for the formation of heavy elements through the rapid neutron capture (r-) process, than…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

SN 2024bfu, SN 2025qe, and the early light curves of type Iax supernovae

M. R. Magee, T. L. Killestein, M. Pursiainen +39

Type Iax supernovae (SNe Iax) are one of the most common subclasses of thermonuclear supernova and yet their sample size, particularly those observed shortly after explosion, remai…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

GOTO065054+593624: a 8.5 mag amplitude dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers

T. L. Killestein, G. Ramsay, M. Kennedy +62

Dwarf novae are astrophysical laboratories for probing the nature of accretion, binary mass transfer, and binary evolution -- yet their diverse observational characteristics contin…

hep-ex2024

Premerger observation and characterization of massive black hole binaries

Gareth Cabourn Davies, Ian Harry, Michael J. Williams +11

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

SN 2023tsz: A helium-interaction driven supernova in a very low-mass galaxy

B. Warwick, J. Lyman, M. Pursiainen +49

SN 2023tsz is a Type Ibn supernova (SNe Ibn) discovered in an extremely low-mass host. SNe Ibn are an uncommon subtype of stripped-envelope core-collapse SNe. They are characterise…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 60 cited

LIGO Detector Characterization in the first half of the fourth Observing run

S. Soni, B. K. Berger, D. Davis +232

Progress in gravitational-wave astronomy depends upon having sensitive detectors with good data quality. Since the end of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA third Observing run in March 2020, de…

gr-qc2024

A rapid multi-modal parameter estimation technique for LISA

Charlie Hoy, Connor Weaving, Laura K. Nuttall +1

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will observe gravitational-wave signals from a wide range of sources, including massive black hole binaries. Although numerous techniq…

astro-ph.IM2024

GERry: A Code to Optimise the Hunt for the Electromagnetic Counter-parts to Gravitational Wave Events

David O'Neill, Joseph Lyman, Kendall Ackley +19

The search for the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) events has been rapidly gathering pace in recent years thanks to the increasing number and capabilities o…

astro-ph.IM2024

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

Martin J. Dyer, Kendall Ackley, Felipe Jiménez-Ibarra +19

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a project dedicated to identifying optical counter-parts to gravitational-wave detections using a network of dedicated,…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

: the GOTO project for real-time citizen science in time-domain astrophysics

T. L. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens +51

Time-domain astrophysics continues to grow rapidly, with the inception of new surveys drastically increasing data volumes. Democratised, distributed approaches to training sets for…

gr-qc2024★ 56 cited

Possible Causes of False General Relativity Violations in Gravitational Wave Observations

Anuradha Gupta, K. G. Arun, Enrico Barausse +40

General relativity (GR) has proven to be a highly successful theory of gravity since its inception. The theory has thrivingly passed numerous experimental tests, predominantly in w…

astro-ph.IM2023

BILBY in space: Bayesian inference for transient gravitational-wave signals observed with LISA

Charlie Hoy, Laura K. Nuttall

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is scheduled to launch in the mid 2030s, and is expected to observe gravitational-wave candidates from massive black-hole binary merge…