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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…
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…
GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1809
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of candidate gravitational-wave transient signals identified and characterized by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration…
GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1808
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of short-duration (transient) gravitational wave signals identified by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration in gravita…
GW231123: a Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190-265
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1771
On 2023 November 23 the two LIGO observatories both detected GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal consistent with the merger of two black holes with masses $137^{+23}_{-18}\, M_\o…
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…
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…
Swift-BAT GUANO follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers in the third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
Gayathri Raman, Samuele Ronchini, James Delaunay +1819
We present results from a search for X-ray/gamma-ray counterparts of gravitational-wave (GW) candidates from the third observing run (O3) of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) network usin…
Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1800
Among the various candidates for dark matter (DM), ultralight vector DM can be probed by laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors through the measurement of oscillating l…
The unresolved stochastic background from compact binary mergers detectable by next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatories
Darsan S. Bellie, Sharan Banagiri, Zoheyr Doctor +1
The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will look much deeper into the Universe and have unprecedented sensitivities and low-frequency capabilities. Especi…
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…
Gravity Spy: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward
Michael Zevin, Corey B. Jackson, Zoheyr Doctor +23
The Gravity Spy project aims to uncover the origins of glitches, transient bursts of noise that hamper analysis of gravitational-wave data. By using both the work of citizen-scienc…
A Unified for Gravitational Waves: Consistently Combining Information from Multiple Search Pipelines
Sharan Banagiri, Christopher P. L. Berry, Gareth S. Cabourn Davies +2
Recent gravitational-wave transient catalogs have used \pastro{}, the probability that a gravitational-wave candidate is astrophysical, to select interesting candidates for further…
Search for gravitational-lensing signatures in the full third observing run of the LIGO-Virgo network
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1692
Gravitational lensing by massive objects along the line of sight to the source causes distortions of gravitational wave-signals; such distortions may reveal information about funda…
Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1741
The global network of gravitational-wave observatories now includes five detectors, namely LIGO Hanford, LIGO Livingston, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO 600. These detectors collected data…
Dropping Anchor: Understanding the Populations of Binary Black Holes with Random and Aligned Spin Orientations
Vishal Baibhav, Zoheyr Doctor, Vicky Kalogera
The relative spin orientations of black holes (BHs) in binaries encode their evolutionary history: BHs assembled dynamically should have isotropically distributed spins, while spin…
Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1702
We describe a search for gravitational waves from compact binaries with at least one component with mass 0.2 -- and mass ratio in Advanced LIGO…
Direct Statistical Constraints on the Natal Kick velocity of a Black Hole in an X-ray Quiet Binary
Sharan Banagiri, Zoheyr Doctor, Vicky Kalogera +2
In recent years, a handful of ``dark" binaries have been discovered with a non-luminous compact object. Astrometry and radial velocity measurements of the bright companion allow us…
A Black Hole Kicked At Birth: MAXI J1305-704
Chase Kimball, Sam Imperato, Vicky Kalogera +12
When a compact object is formed in a binary, any mass lost during core collapse will impart a kick on the binary's center of mass. Asymmetries in this mass loss or neutrino emissio…
Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo data from the third observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1667
Gravitational waves are expected to be produced from neutron star oscillations associated with magnetar giant flares and short bursts. We present the results of a search for short-…
Cover Your Basis: Comprehensive Data-Driven Characterization of the Binary Black Hole Population
Bruce Edelman, Ben Farr, Zoheyr Doctor
We introduce the first complete non-parametric model for the astrophysical distribution of the binary black hole (BBH) population. Constructed from basis splines, we use these mode…
The Missing Link Between Black Holes in High-Mass X-ray Binaries and Gravitational-Wave Sources: Observational Selection Effects
Camille Liotine, Michael Zevin, Christopher Berry +2
There are few observed high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) that harbor massive black holes, and none are likely to result in a binary black hole (BBH) that merges within a Hubble time…