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Universal features of gravitational waves emitted by superkick binary black hole systems
Sizheng Ma, Matthew Giesler, Vijay Varma +2
We use numerical relativity to study the merger and ringdown stages of "superkick" binary black hole systems (those with equal mass and anti-parallel spins). We find a universal wa…
Extending superposed harmonic initial data to higher spin
Sizheng Ma, Matthew Giesler, Mark Scheel +1
Numerical simulations of binary black holes are accompanied by an initial spurious burst of gravitational radiation (called `junk radiation') caused by a failure of the initial dat…
Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1587
We report results of a search for an isotropic gravitational-wave background (GWB) using data from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run (O3) combined with upper…
Testing the black-hole area law with GW150914
Maximiliano Isi, Will M. Farr, Matthew Giesler +2
We present observational confirmation of Hawking's black-hole area theorem based on data from GW150914, finding agreement with the prediction with 97% (95%) probability when we mod…
Spin and Eccentricity Evolution in Triple Systems: from the Lidov-Kozai Interaction to the Final Merger of the Inner Binary
Hang Yu, Sizheng Ma, Matthew Giesler +1
We study the spin and eccentricity evolution of black-hole (BH) binaries that are perturbed by tertiary masses and experience the Lidov-Kozai (LK) excitation. We focus on three asp…
Testing the no-hair theorem with GW150914
Maximiliano Isi, Matthew Giesler, Will M. Farr +2
We analyze gravitational-wave data from the first LIGO detection of a binary black-hole merger (GW150914) in search of the ringdown of the remnant black hole. Using observations be…