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Narrow spectral artifact investigation and mitigation in LIGO data from the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
E. Goetz, A. Neunzert, A. M. Knee +258
We present efforts to identify, characterize, and mitigate narrow spectral artifacts in LIGO detector data during the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run. Narrow spectral artifac…
Sub-Torque-Balance Upper Limits on Continuous Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-1
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1836
We present the results of a search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass X-ray binary Scorpius X-1 using LIGO data from the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA…
GW240925 and GW250207: Astrophysical Calibration of Gravitational-wave Detectors
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1839
GW240925 and GW250207 are two loud gravitational-wave signals from binary black hole coalescences observed with network signal-to-noise ratios and , respectively…
Searches for Binary Mergers with Sub-solar Mass Components in Data from the First Part of LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1832
We report on a gravitational wave search for compact binary coalescences involving at least one component with mass between to , and ratio of component m…
Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Supernova Remnants in the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Fourth Observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1764
We present results from directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from a sample of 15 nearby supernova remnants, likely hosting young neutron star candidates, using data…
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. III. Tests of the Remnants
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1779
This is the third paper of the set recording the results of the suite of tests of general relativity (GR) performed on the signals from the fourth Gravitational-Wave Transient Cata…
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. I. Overview and General Tests
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1781
The worldwide LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network of gravitational-wave (GW) detectors continues to increase in sensitivity, thus increasing the quantity and quality of the detected GW signal…
Narrowband searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first two parts of the fourth LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1853
Rotating non-axisymmetric neutron stars (NSs) are promising sources for continuous gravitational waves (CWs). Such CWs can, if detected, inform us about the internal structure and…
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. II. Parameterized Tests
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1785
In this second of three papers on tests of general relativity (GR) applied to the compact binary coalescence signals in the 4th Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-4.0), we…
Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of population-level torque law parameters from young radio pulsars observed with the Murriyang telescope
Andrés F. Vargas, Andrew Melatos, Julian B. Carlin +3
Abridged. The measured braking index, , of a rotation-powered pulsar with spin frequency and braking torque , features secular and stochast…
GW230814: investigation of a loud gravitational-wave signal observed with a single detector
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, The Kagra Collaboration +1783
GW230814, detected by the LIGO Livingston observatory with a signal-to-noise ratio of 42.4, represents the loudest gravitational-wave signal in the GWTC-4.0 catalog. Its source is…
How much spin wandering can continuous gravitational wave search algorithms handle?
Julian B. Carlin, Andrew Melatos
The canonical signal model in continuous gravitational wave searches is deterministic, and stable over the long integration times needed to separate a putative signal from the nois…
Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of population-level torque law parameters from anomalous pulsar braking indices
Andrés F. Vargas, Julian B. Carlin, Andrew Melatos
Abridged. Stochastic fluctuations in the spin frequency of a rotation-powered pulsar affect how accurately one measures the power-law braking index, , defined throu…
State-space algorithm for detecting the nanohertz gravitational wave background
Tom Kimpson, Andrew Melatos, Joseph O'Leary +11
The stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) can be observed in the nanohertz band using a pulsar timing array (PTA). Here a computationally efficient state-space framework…
Search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1816
Continuous gravitational waves (CWs) emission from neutron stars carries information about their internal structure and equation of state, and it can provide tests of General Relat…
State-space analysis of a continuous gravitational wave source with a pulsar timing array: inclusion of the pulsar terms
Tom Kimpson, Andrew Melatos, Joseph O'Leary +11
Pulsar timing arrays can detect continuous nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by individual supermassive black hole binaries. The data analysis procedure can be formulated withi…
Search for gravitational waves emitted from SN 2023ixf
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1780
We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave transients associated with core-collapse supernova SN 2023ixf, which was observed in the galaxy Messier 101 via optical em…
A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1780
The magnetar SGR 1935+2154 is the only known Galactic source of fast radio bursts (FRBs). FRBs from SGR 1935+2154 were first detected by CHIME/FRB and STARE2 in 2020 April, after t…
Kalman tracking and parameter estimation of continuous gravitational waves with a pulsar timing array
Tom Kimpson, Andrew Melatos, Joseph O'Leary +11
Continuous nanohertz gravitational waves from individual supermassive black hole binaries may be detectable with pulsar timing arrays. A novel search strategy is developed, wherein…
Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a Compact Object and a Neutron Star
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1793
We report the observation of a coalescing compact binary with component masses and (all measurements quoted at the 90% credible le…
Persistent gravitational radiation from glitching pulsars. II. Updated scaling with vortex number
Thippayawis Cheunchitra, Andrew Melatos, Julian B. Carlin +1
Superfluid vortices pinned to nuclear lattice sites or magnetic flux tubes in a neutron star evolve abruptly through a sequence of metastable spatial configurations, punctuated by…
Search for continuous gravitational waves directed at sub-threshold radiometer candidates in O3 LIGO data
Alan M. Knee, Helen Du, Evan Goetz +7
We present results of a follow-up search for continuous gravitational waves (CWs) associated with sub-threshold candidates from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) All-Sky All-Frequency (AS…
A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-Wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run
C. Fletcher, J. Wood, R. Hamburg +1696
We present Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) and Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift-BAT) searches for gamma-ray/X-ray counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) candidate even…
Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1772
Despite the growing number of confident binary black hole coalescences observed through gravitational waves so far, the astrophysical origin of these binaries remains uncertain. Or…