Gravitational Wave Populations: Black Hole Mass & Spin Distributions

Presentations

• Semi-Parametric Heirarchical Inference of LIGO-Virgos Binary Black Hole Mass Distribution

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 10:45 AM – April 9, 2022, 10:57 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06137 -- accepted for and awaiting publication in The Astrophysical Journal

  Presenters

  • Bruce Edelman

    • University of Oregon

  Authors

  • Bruce Edelman

    • University of Oregon

  • Zoheyr Doctor

    • University of Oregon

  • Ben Farr

    • University of Oregon

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• Characterizing the observation bias in gravitational-wave detections and finding structured population properties

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 10:57 AM – April 9, 2022, 11:09 AM

  Publication: Doğa Veske et al 2021 ApJ 922 258

  Presenters

  • Doga Veske

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Doga Veske

    • Columbia University

  • Szabolcs Marka

    • Columbia University

  • Zsuzsanna Marka

    • Columbia University

  • Imre Bartos

    • University of Florida

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• Growing pains: preparing for gravitational-wave astronomy at scale

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 11:09 AM – April 9, 2022, 11:21 AM

  Presenters

  • Colm Talbot

    • LIGO Laboratory, MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Colm Talbot

    • LIGO Laboratory, MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Salvatore Vitale

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

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• Surprises from gravitational-wave spin measurements

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 11:21 AM – April 9, 2022, 11:33 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00521 (ApJL); https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.09693 (accepted PRL); https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.09692 (accepted PRD); Biscoveanu+ in prep

  Presenters

  • Salvatore Vitale

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  Authors

  • Salvatore Vitale

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Vijay Varma

    • Cornell University

  • Andrea S Biscoveanu

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Maximiliano Isi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Carl-Johan O Haster

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Will M Farr

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Thomas A Callister

    • Simons Foundation

  • Ken K Ng

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

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• Population measurements of the binary black hole effective spin after LIGO/Virgo's O3 observing run

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 11:33 AM – April 9, 2022, 11:45 AM

  Presenters

  • Simona J Miller

    • Smith College

  Authors

  • Simona J Miller

    • Smith College

  • Thomas A Callister

    • Simons Foundation

  • Katerina Chatziioannou

    • Caltech

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• Gravitational-wave populations and black-hole spin time travel

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 11:45 AM – April 9, 2022, 11:57 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2110.05507 [astro-ph.HE]

  Presenters

  • Davide Gerosa

    • University of Milan, Bicocca

  Authors

  • Davide Gerosa

    • University of Milan, Bicocca

  • Matthew Mould

    • Univ of Birmingham

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• Binary black hole mass distribution, the non-parametric way

  ORAL

  April 9, 2022, 11:57 AM – April 9, 2022, 12:09 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3224

  Presenters

  • Stefano Rinaldi

    • University of Pisa

  Authors

  • Stefano Rinaldi

    • University of Pisa

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