6 papers
GWTC-5.0: Observations from the Second Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run and Updates to the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1827
Version 5.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-5.0) adds new candidates detected by the LIGO Virgo KAGRA network of observatories through the second part of the four…
Thermal Noise Measurement Below the Standard Quantum Limit
Ronald Pagano, Scott Aronson, Torrey Cullen +2
We present a method characterizing thermal noise in an optical cavity independent from quantum noise despite the thermal noise falling below the quantum noise limit. Using this met…
Tests of General Relativity with Binary Black Holes from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1344
Gravitational waves enable tests of general relativity in the highly dynamical and strong-field regime. Using events detected by LIGO-Virgo up to 1 October 2019, we evaluate the co…
Conditional Motional Squeezing of an Optomechanical Oscillator Approaching the Quantum Regime
Benjamin B. Lane, Junxin Chen, Ronald E. Pagano +5
Squeezed mechanical states are a highly coveted resource for quantum-enhanced sensing and serve as a compelling platform for probing the interplay between gravity and quantum mecha…
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…
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…