1.5k citations · 22k across the 236 of their papers we have counts for
20 papers · 1 filter
Plasma-photon interaction in curved spacetime I: formalism and quasibound states around nonspinning black holes
Enrico Cannizzaro, Andrea Caputo, Laura Sberna +1
We investigate the linear dynamics of an electromagnetic field propagating in curved spacetime in the presence of plasma. The dynamical equations are generically more involved and…
Constraining the primordial black hole scenario with Bayesian inference and machine learning: the GWTC-2 gravitational wave catalog
Kaze W. K. Wong, Gabriele Franciolini, Valerio De Luca +4
Primordial black holes (PBHs) might be formed in the early Universe and could comprise at least a fraction of the dark matter. Using the recently released GWTC-2 dataset from the t…
Detectable environmental effects in GW190521-like black-hole binaries with LISA
Alexandre Toubiana, Laura Sberna, Andrea Caputo +9
GW190521 is the compact binary with the largest masses observed to date, with at least one in the pair-instability gap. This event has also been claimed to be associated with an op…
The tune of the universe: the role of plasma in tests of strong-field gravity
Vitor Cardoso, Wen-di Guo, Caio F. B. Macedo +1
Gravitational-wave astronomy, together with precise pulsar timing and long baseline interferometry, is changing our ability to perform tests of fundamental physics with astrophysic…
The Importance of Priors on LIGO-Virgo Parameter Estimation: the Case of Primordial Black Holes
S. Bhagwat, V. De Luca, G. Franciolini +2
The black holes detected by current and future interferometers can have diverse origins. Their expected mass and spin distributions depend on the specifics of the formation mechani…
The multipolar structure of fuzzballs
Massimo Bianchi, Dario Consoli, Alfredo Grillo +3
We extend and refine a general method to extract the multipole moments of arbitrary stationary spacetimes and apply it to the study of a large family of regular horizonless solutio…