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 …

Rates of compact object coalescences

I Mandel, FS Broekgaarden - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2022 - Springer
Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of
binaries composed of two compact objects—neutron stars and/or black holes. The …

GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
On May 21, 2019 at 03: 02: 29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short
duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise …

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 …

All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
This paper presents the results of a search for generic short-duration gravitational-wave
transients in data from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo …

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 …

Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

D Kasen, B Metzger, J Barnes, E Quataert… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The cosmic origin of elements heavier than iron has long been uncertain. Theoretical
modelling,,,,,, shows that the matter that is expelled in the violent merger of two neutron stars …

GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
On August 17, 2017 at 12∶ 41: 04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral …

Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger

BP Abbott - 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated
GW170817) with merger time 12: 41: 04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: A tale of two elements–chemical evolution of magnesium and europium

JP Naiman, A Pillepich, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The distribution of elements in galaxies provides a wealth of information about their
production sites and their subsequent mixing into the interstellar medium. Here we …