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 …

Compact binary coalescences: Astrophysical processes and lessons learned

M Spera, AA Trani, M Mencagli - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
On 11 February 2016, the LIGO and Virgo scientific collaborations announced the first direct
detection of gravitational waves, a signal caught by the LIGO interferometers on 14 …

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 …

The Evolution of Massive Binary Stars

P Marchant, J Bodensteiner - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Massive stars play a major role in the evolution of their host galaxies and serve as important
probes of the distant Universe. It has been established that the majority of massive stars …

GWTC-1: a gravitational-wave transient catalog of compact binary mergers observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first and second observing runs

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact
binaries with component masses above 1 M⊙ during the first and second observing runs of …

3-OGC: Catalog of gravitational waves from compact-binary mergers

AH Nitz, CD Capano, S Kumar, YF Wang… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the third open gravitational-wave catalog (3-OGC) of compact-binary
coalescences, based on the analysis of the public LIGO and Virgo data from 2015 through …

Mind the gap: the location of the lower edge of the pair-instability supernova black hole mass gap

R Farmer, M Renzo, SE de Mink… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Detections of gravitational waves are now starting to probe the mass distribution of stellar
mass black holes (BHs). Robust predictions from stellar models are needed to interpret …

4-OGC: Catalog of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers

AH Nitz, S Kumar, YF Wang, S Kastha… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the fourth Open Gravitational-wave Catalog (4-OGC) of binary neutron star
(BNS), binary black hole (BBH), and neutron star–black hole (NSBH) mergers. The catalog …

2-OGC: Open Gravitational-wave Catalog of binary mergers from analysis of public Advanced LIGO and Virgo data

AH Nitz, T Dent, GS Davies, S Kumar… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the second Open Gravitational-wave Catalog (2-OGC) of compact-binary
coalescences, obtained from the complete set of public data from Advanced LIGO's first and …