The first stars: formation, properties, and impact

RS Klessen, SCO Glover - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The first generation of stars, often called Population III (or Pop III), form from metal-free
primordial gas at redshifts z∼ 30 and below. They dominate the cosmic star-formation …

Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

Population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
We report on the population properties of compact binary mergers inferred from gravitational-
wave observations of these systems during the first three LIGO-Virgo observing runs. The …

Cosmology with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Auclair, D Bacon, T Baker, T Barreiro… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has two scientific objectives of
cosmological focus: to probe the expansion rate of the universe, and to understand …

GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The second Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-2, reported on 39 compact binary
coalescences observed by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors between 1 …

Tests of general relativity with binary black holes from the second LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalog

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review D, 2021 - APS
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 …

Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We report results of a search for an isotropic gravitational-wave background (GWB) using
data from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run (O3) combined with …

A horizon study for cosmic explorer: science, observatories, and community

M Evans, RX Adhikari, C Afle, SW Ballmer… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
This Horizon Study describes a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave
observatory: Cosmic Explorer. With ten times the sensitivity of Advanced LIGO, Cosmic …