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LIGO A: Detector Design and Science Prospects Beyond A+
L. Sun, K. Kuns, B. J. J. Slagmolen +1153
We present the LIGO A detector concept, an upgrade for the LIGO observatories based on room-temperature interferometers beyond the fifth observing run (O5). Building on th…
Establishing Compactness as a Population Observable in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Shrobana Ghosh, Charlie Hoy, Mark Hannam +1
Classically, black holes (BHs) are the most compact objects predicted in nature with C=0.5 in the Schwarzschild limit; C is defined as the mass-to-radius ratio in geometric units.…
Compactness Inference in Gravitational-Wave Mergers with PhenomDECO: Catalog Benchmarks and Robustness Diagnostics
Shrobana Ghosh, Charlie Hoy, Mark Hannam +1
Several gravitational wave (GW) observations have been identified as binary black hole (BBH) mergers, including systems with component masses that challenge typical formation scena…
Mapping the star formation peak with LIGO A# and Next-Generation detectors
Divyajyoti, Stephen Fairhurst, Mark Hannam +1
Measuring the redshift evolution of star formation rate density is crucial in understanding the origin and evolution of galaxies and large scale structure in the universe. It is cu…
The High-Mass-Ratio Challenge in Gravitational Waveform Modelling
Parthapratim Mahapatra, Jonathan E. Thompson, Edward Fauchon-Jones +1
Binary black hole (BBH) mergers detected via gravitational waves are addressing key open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. Our scientific conclusions r…
PhenomXPNR: An improved gravitational wave model linking precessing inspirals and NR-calibrated merger-ringdown
Eleanor Hamilton, Marta Colleoni, Jonathan E. Thompson +10
We present the frequency-domain quasi-circular precessing binary-black-hole model PhenomXPNR. This model combines the most precise available post-Newtonian description of the evolu…