Accelerated binary black holes in globular clusters: forecasts and detectability in the era of space-based gravitational-wave detectors

A Tiwari, A Vijaykumar, SJ Kapadia… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The motion of the centre of mass of a coalescing binary black hole (BBH) in a gravitational
potential, imprints a line-of-sight acceleration (LOSA) on to the emitted gravitational-wave …

First constraints on compact binary environments from LIGO-Virgo data

GC Santoro, S Roy, R Vicente, M Haney… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The LIGO-Virgo analysis of the signals from compact binary mergers observed so far have
assumed in-vacuum isolated binary systems, neglecting the potential presence of …

Accelerated parameter estimation in Bilby with relative binning

K Krishna, A Vijaykumar, A Ganguly, C Talbot… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We describe an implementation of the relative binning technique to speed up parameter
estimation of gravitational-wave signals. We first give a pedagogical overview of relative …

Possible Causes of False General Relativity Violations in Gravitational Wave Observations

A Gupta, KG Arun, E Barausse, L Bernard… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
General relativity (GR) has proven to be a highly successful theory of gravity since its
inception. The theory has thrivingly passed numerous experimental tests, predominantly in …

First constraints on compact binary environments from LIGO-Virgo data

G Caneva Santoro, S Roy, R Vicente, M Haney… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The LIGO-Virgo analyses of signals from compact binary mergers observed so far have
assumed isolated binary systems in a vacuum, neglecting the potential presence of …

Constraining Binary Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei Disks Using the Nonobservation of Lensed Gravitational Waves

SHW Leong, J Janquart, AK Sharma… - The Astrophysical …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense and dynamic environments within active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks
may serve as prolific birthplaces for binary black holes (BBHs) and one possible origin for …

LISA double white dwarf binaries as Galactic accelerometers

R Ebadi, V Strokov, EH Tanin, E Berti, RL Walsworth - Physical Review D, 2025 - APS
Galactic double white dwarf (DWD) binaries are among the guaranteed sources for the
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an upcoming space-based gravitational wave …

Constraining binary mergers in AGN disks using the non-observation of lensed gravitational waves

SHW Leong, J Janquart, AK Sharma, P Martens… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The dense and dynamic environments within active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks
may serve as prolific birthplaces for binary black holes (BBHs) and one possible origin for …

Testing general relativity via direct measurement of black hole kicks

P Mahapatra, M Favata, KG Arun - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Asymmetric emission of gravitational waves during a compact binary coalescence results in
the loss of linear momentum and a corresponding “kick” or recoil on the binary's center of …

The dynamics and gravitational-wave signal of a binary flying closely by a Kerr supermassive black hole

Z Zhang, X Chen - The Astrophysical Journal, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent astrophysical models predict that stellar-mass binary black holes (BBHs) could form
and coalesce within a few gravitational radii of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) …