[HTML][HTML] Ultraluminous X-ray sources

A King, JP Lasota, M Middleton - New Astronomy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) has changed dramatically over the last
decade. In this review we first describe the most important observations of ULXs in various …

Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s

M Bailes, BK Berger, PR Brady, M Branchesi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity saw
significant development of the understanding of the theory, the identification of potential …

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 …

One channel to rule them all? Constraining the origins of binary black holes using multiple formation pathways

M Zevin, SS Bavera, CPL Berry… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The second LIGO–Virgo catalog of gravitational-wave (GW) transients has more than
quadrupled the observational sample of binary black holes. We analyze this catalog using a …

Modified gravity and cosmology

EN Saridakis, R Lazkoz, V Salzano, PV Moniz… - 2021 - Springer
The dawn of the twenty-first century came with very positive prospects for gravity, cosmology,
and astrophysics. Technological progress made it possible for cosmology to enter to its …

Constraints on black-hole charges with the 2017 EHT observations of M87

P Kocherlakota, L Rezzolla, H Falcke, CM Fromm… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Our understanding of strong gravity near supermassive compact objects has recently
improved thanks to the measurements made by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). We use …

Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

IM Romero-Shaw, C Talbot… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Gravitational waves provide a unique tool for observational astronomy. While the first LIGO–
Virgo catalogue of gravitational-wave transients (GWTC-1) contains 11 signals from black …

Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The second LIGO/Virgo observing run (O2) spanned 9 months between 2016 November
and 2017 August, building on the first, 4-month run (O1) in 2015. The LIGO/Virgo …

GW170104: observation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We describe the observation of GW170104, a gravitational-wave signal produced by the
coalescence of a pair of stellar-mass black holes. The signal was measured on January 4 …

Primordial black holes—perspectives in gravitational wave astronomy

M Sasaki, T Suyama, T Tanaka… - Classical and Quantum …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews current understanding of primordial black holes (PBHs), with particular
focus on those massive examples ($\gtrsim $$10^{15}~{\rm g} $) which remain at the …