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A subpopulation of low-mass, spinning black holes: signatures of dynamical assembly

Hui Tong, Thomas A. Callister, Maya Fishbach +5

Gravitational-wave observations of massive, rapidly spinning binary black holes mergers provide increasing evidence for the dynamical origin of some mergers. Previous studies have…

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GW231123: extreme spins or microglitches?

Anarya Ray, Sharan Banagiri, Eric Thrane +1

The recently reported binary black hole merger, GW231123, has unusual properties that make it hard to explain astrophysically. Parameter estimation studies are consistent with maxi…

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Trends in the Population of Binary Black Holes Following the Fourth Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog: a Data-Driven Analysis

Nir Guttman, Ethan Payne, Paul D. Lasky +1

Current population models of binary black hole distributions are difficult to interpret because standard population inferences hinge on modeling choices, which can mask or mimic re…

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Do both black holes spin in merging binaries? Evidence from GWTC-4 and astrophysical implications

Christian Adamcewicz, Nir Guttman, Paul D. Lasky +1

Angular momentum transport in high-mass stars is commonly modeled by extrapolating the behavior of better-observed low-mass stars. According to the conventional picture, the cores…

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Model-independent dark matter detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Liam Pinchbeck, Csaba Balazs, Eric Thrane

Searches for annihilating dark matter are often designed with a specific dark matter candidate in mind. However, the space of potential dark matter models is vast, which raises the…

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A search for extra polarisations using a Gaussian process in Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalogue 3

Shun Yin Cheung, Lachlan Passenger, Paul D. Lasky +1

General relativity predicts that gravitational waves are described by two polarisation states: the plus state and cross state. However, alternate theories of gravity a…