scholarly journals Search for Gravitational Waves from High-Mass-Ratio Compact-Binary Mergers of Stellar Mass and Subsolar Mass Black Holes

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander H. Nitz ◽  
Yi-Fan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Binary Mergers

scholarly journals Inferring the population properties of binary black holes from unresolved gravitational waves

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 3281-3290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rory J E Smith ◽  
Colm Talbot ◽  
Francisco Hernandez Vivanco ◽  
Eric Thrane
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
Design Sensitivity ◽  
Spin Distribution ◽  
Binary Black Holes ◽  
Compact Binaries ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Binary Mergers ◽  
The Universe

ABSTRACT The vast majority of compact binary mergers in the Universe produce gravitational waves that are too weak to yield unambiguous detections; they are unresolved. We present a method to infer the population properties of compact binaries – such as their merger rates, mass spectrum, and spin distribution – using both resolved and unresolved gravitational waves. By eliminating entirely the distinction between resolved and unresolved signals, we eliminate bias from selection effects. To demonstrate this method, we carry out a Monte Carlo study using an astrophysically motivated population of binary black holes. We show that some population properties of compact binaries are well constrained by unresolved signals after about one week of observation with Advanced LIGO at design sensitivity.

A ROBUST TEST OF GENERAL RELATIVITY IN SPACE

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (12a) ◽  
pp. 2319-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES GRABER
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Quadrupole Moment ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Uniqueness Theorems ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Robust Test

LISA may make it possible to test the black-hole uniqueness theorems of general relativity, also called the no-hair theorems, by Ryan's method of detecting the quadrupole moment of a black hole using high-mass-ratio inspirals. This test can be performed more robustly by observing inspirals in earlier stages, where the simplifications used in making inspiral predictions by the perturbative and post-Newtonian methods are more nearly correct. Current concepts for future missions such as DECIGO and BBO would allow even more stringent tests by this same method. Recently discovered evidence supports the existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). Inspirals of binary systems with one IMBH and one stellar-mass black hole would fall into the frequency band of proposed maximum sensitivity for DECIGO and BBO. This would enable us to perform the Ryan test more precisely and more robustly. We explain why tests based on observations earlier in the inspiral are more robust and provide preliminary estimates of possible optimal future observations.

scholarly journals RADIO COUNTERPARTS OF COMPACT BINARY MERGERS DETECTABLE IN GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: A SIMULATION FOR AN OPTIMIZED SURVEY

2016 ◽  
Vol 831 (2) ◽  
pp. 190 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hotokezaka ◽  
S. Nissanke ◽  
G. Hallinan ◽  
T. J. W. Lazio ◽  
E. Nakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Binary Mergers

scholarly journals Ranking candidate signals with machine learning in low-latency searches for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Tjonnie G. F. Li ◽  
Rico K. L. Lo ◽  
Surabhi Sachdev ◽  
Robin S. H. Yuen
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Low Latency ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Binary Mergers

Detecting Blackholes through Gravitational Waves

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Bailyn
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Current Technology

This chapter looks at the detection of black holes through gravitational waves. While further improvements can be expected in the ability to detect and measure electromagnetic radiation, it is possible that the next great advances in observational astrophysics will come from the detection of other kinds of information altogether. Currently, there is a great excitement about the possibility of directly detecting an entirely new “celestial messenger,” namely, gravitational radiation. The existence of gravitational waves is a prediction of general relativity, and current technology is very close to being able to detect them directly. The strongest sources of gravitational radiation are expected to be merging black holes. Since such mergers are expected to occur, both between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes, the detection of gravitational radiation would provide a new way not only to explore gravitational physics but also to look for and to study celestial black holes.

scholarly journals Inference on gravitational waves from coalescences of stellar-mass compact objects and intermediate-mass black holes

2016 ◽  
Vol 457 (4) ◽  
pp. 4499-4506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl-Johan Haster ◽  
Zhilu Wang ◽  
Christopher P. L. Berry ◽  
Simon Stevenson ◽  
John Veitch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Intermediate Mass Black Holes

scholarly journals mocca-survey Database I: Binary black hole mergers from globular clusters with intermediate mass black holes

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (3) ◽  
pp. 4287-4294
Author(s):  
Jongsuk Hong ◽  
Abbas Askar ◽  
Mirek Giersz ◽  
Arkadiusz Hypki ◽  
Suk-Jin Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Binary Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole Binaries ◽  
Binary Black Hole ◽  
Intermediate Mass Black Holes

ABSTRACT The dynamical formation of black hole binaries in globular clusters that merge due to gravitational waves occurs more frequently in higher stellar density. Meanwhile, the probability to form intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) also increases with the density. To explore the impact of the formation and growth of IMBHs on the population of stellar mass black hole binaries from globular clusters, we analyse the existing large survey of Monte Carlo globular cluster simulation data (mocca-survey Database I). We show that the number of binary black hole mergers agrees with the prediction based on clusters’ initial properties when the IMBH mass is not massive enough or the IMBH seed forms at a later time. However, binary black hole formation and subsequent merger events are significantly reduced compared to the prediction when the present-day IMBH mass is more massive than ${\sim}10^4\, \rm M_{\odot }$ or the present-day IMBH mass exceeds about 1 per cent of cluster’s initial total mass. By examining the maximum black hole mass in the system at the moment of black hole binary escaping, we find that ∼90 per cent of the merging binary black holes escape before the formation and growth of the IMBH. Furthermore, large fraction of stellar mass black holes are merged into the IMBH or escape as single black holes from globular clusters in cases of massive IMBHs, which can lead to the significant underpopulation of binary black holes merging with gravitational waves by a factor of 2 depending on the clusters’ initial distributions.

scholarly journals Extending the PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers to a global network

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth S. Davies ◽  
Thomas Dent ◽  
Márton Tápai ◽  
Ian Harry ◽  
Connor McIsaac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Binary Mergers

scholarly journals Gravitational Waves and Time-Domain Astronomy

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S285) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Centrella ◽  
Samaya Nissanke ◽  
Roy Williams
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Massive Black Hole ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Binary Mergers

AbstractThe gravitational-wave window onto the universe will open in roughly five years, when Advanced LIGO and Virgo achieve the first detections of high-frequency gravitational waves, most likely coming from compact binary mergers. Electromagnetic follow-up of these triggers, using radio, optical, and high energy telescopes, promises exciting opportunities in multi-messenger time-domain astronomy. In the decade, space-based observations of low-frequency gravitational waves from massive black hole mergers, and their electromagnetic counterparts, will open up further vistas for discovery. This two-part workshop featured brief presentations and stimulating discussions on the challenges and opportunities presented by gravitational-wave astronomy. Highlights from the workshop, with the emphasis on strategies for electromagnetic follow-up, are presented in this report.

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