Detection Papers

GWTC-3

• Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion History from GWTC–3
  Submitted to Astrophys. J.
  arxiv.org/abs/2111.03604
• GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the Second Half of the Third Observing Run
  Submitted to Phys. Rev. X
  arxiv.org/abs/2111.03606
• Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3b
  Submitted to Astrophys. J.
  arxiv.org/abs/2111.03608
• Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3
  Submitted to Phys. Rev. D
  arxiv.org/abs/2112.06861
• The Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3
  To be submitted to Phys. Rev. X
  arxiv.org/abs/2111.03634

GWTC-3 Data Release

 

GW200105 and GW200115

• Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences (open access)
  arxiv.org/abs/2106.15163
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 915, L5 (2021)
• Data releases: GW200105_162426 · GW200115_042309

 

GWTC-2

• GWTC-2.1: Deep Extended Catalog of Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01045
  (An update of GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run, arxiv.org/abs/2010.14527, published in Phys. Rev. X 11, 021053 (2021))
• Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
  arxiv.org/abs/2010.14533
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 913, L7 (2021)
• Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift During the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a
  arxiv.org/abs/2010.14550
  Published in Astrophys. J. 915, 86 (2021)
• Search for Lensing Signatures in the Gravitational-Wave Observations from the First Half of LIGO–Virgo's Third Observing Run
  arxiv.org/abs/2105.06384
  Published in Astrophys. J. 923, 14 (2021)
• Tests of General Relativity with Binary Black Holes from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
  arxiv.org/abs/2010.14529
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 103, 122002 (2021)
• GWTC-2 Data Release

 

GW190521

Discovery paper

• GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M_o
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 101102 (2020)
• GW190521 Data Release

Related papers

• Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521 (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 900, L13 (2020)
• GW190521 parameter estimation samples and figure data

 

GW190814

Discovery paper

• GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Msun Black Hole with a 2.6 Msun Compact Object (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 896, L44 (2020)
• GW190814 Data Release

 

GW190412

Discovery paper

• GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 102, 043015 (2020)
• GW190412 Data Release

 

GW190425

Discovery paper

• GW190425: Observation of a compact binary coalescence with total mass ~3.4 Msun (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 892, L3 (2020)
  arxiv.org/abs/2001.01761
• GW190425 Data Release

 

GWTC-1

• GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. X 9, 031040 (2019)
• Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 882, L24 (2019)
• Tests of General Relativity with the Binary Black Hole Signals from the LIGO-Virgo Catalog GWTC-1
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 100, 104036 (2019)
• A Gravitational-wave Measurement of the Hubble Constant Following the Second Observing Run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. 909, 218 (2021)
• O1-O2 Data Download

 

GW170817

Discovery paper

• GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 161101 (2017)
• GW170817 Data Release

Related papers

• Multi-Messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger (open access, authored by the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations together with 50 teams of electromagnetic and neutrino astronomers)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 848, L12 (2017)
• Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB170817A (open access, authored by the LIGO, Virgo, Fermi GBM, and INTEGRAL Collaborations)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 848, L13 (2017)
• A Gravitational-Wave Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant (currently free to read, authored by the LIGO, Virgo, 1M2H, DECam GW-EM / DES, DLT40, LCO, VINROUGE, and MASTER Collaborations)
  Published in Nature 551, 85 (2017)
• Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817 (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 850, L39 (2017)
• GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 091101 (2018)
• GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 161101 (2018)
  arxiv.org/abs/1805.11581
• On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 850, L40
• Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory (open access, authored by the ANTARES, IceCube, Pierre Auger, LIGO, and Virgo Collaborations)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 850, L35
• Search for Post-merger Gravitational Waves from the Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 851, L16
• Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. X 9, 011001 (2019)
  arxiv.org/abs/1805.11579
• Constraining the p-Mode--g-Mode Tidal Instability with GW170817
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 061104 (2019)
• Tests of General Relativity with GW170817
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 011102 (2019)
• Search for Gravitational Waves from a Long-lived Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
  Published in Astroph. J. 875, 160 (2019)
• Model Comparison from LIGO-Virgo Data on GW170817's Binary Components and Consequences for the Merger Remnant
  Published in Class. Quant. Grav. 37, 045006 (2020)

 

GW170814

Discovery paper

• GW170814: A Three-detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 141101 (2017)
• GW170814 Data Release

Related papers

• First Measurement of the Hubble Constant from a Dark Standard Siren using the Dark Energy Survey Galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo Binary Black-hole Merger GW170814
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 876, L7 (2019)

 

GW170608

• GW170608: Observation of a 19-Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence (open access)
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 851, L35 (2017)
• GW170608 Data Release

 

GW170104

• GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 221101 (2017)
• GW170104 Data Release

 

GW151226

Discovery paper

• GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241103 (2016)
• GW151226 Data Release

Related papers

• Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run
  Published in Phys. Rev. X 6, 041015 (2016)
  arxiv.org/abs/1606.04856v3
• Effects of Data Quality Vetoes on a Search for Compact Binary Coalescences in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run
  Published in Class. Quant. Grav. 35, 065010 (2018)
• Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Gravitational Wave Event GW151226 and Candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 96, 022005 (2017)

 

GW150914 -- LIGO's First Detection

Discovery Paper

• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger (open access)
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016)
• GW150914 Data Release

Related papers

• Observing Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914 with Minimal Assumptions
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 93, 122004 (2016) -- Abstract
• GW150914: First Results from the Search for Binary Black Hole Coalescence with Advanced LIGO
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 93, 122003 (2016) -- Abstract
• Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241102 (2016) -- Open access article
• The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 833, 1 (2016)
• Astrophysical Implications of the Binary Black-Hole Merger GW150914
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 818, L22 (2016) -- Open access article
• Tests of General Relativity with GW150914
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 221101 (2016) -- Abstract
• GW150914: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from Binary Black Holes
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 131102 (2016) -- Abstract
• Calibration of the Advanced LIGO Detectors for the Discovery of the Binary Black-hole Merger GW150914
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 95, 062003 (2017) -- Abstract
• Characterization of Transient Noise in Advanced LIGO Relevant to Gravitational Wave Signal GW150914
  Published in CQG 33, 134001 (2016) -- Open access article
• High-energy Neutrino Follow-up Search of Gravitational Wave Event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 93, 122010 (2016) -- Abstract
• GW150914: The Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of First Discoveries
  Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 131103 (2016) -- Abstract
• Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914
  Published in Astrophys. J. Lett. 826, L13 (2016) -- Open access article
• Effects of Waveform Model Systematics on the Interpretation of GW150914
  Published in Class. Quant. Grav. 34, 104002 (2017)
• The Basic Physics of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914
  Published in Annal. der Phys. 529, 1600209 (2017)
• Improved Analysis of GW150914 Using a Fully Spin-Precessing Waveform Model
  Published in Phys. Rev. X 6, 041014 (2016)
• Directly Comparing GW150914 with Numerical Solutions of Einstein's Equations for Binary Black Hole Coalescence
  Published in Phys. Rev. D 94, 064035 (2016)

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