Search Results - "Gair, Jonathan R."

Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors by Gair, Jonathan R., Vallisneri, Michele, Larson, Shane L., Baker, John G.

“…We review the tests of general relativity that will become possible with space-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the ∼ 10 −5 − 1 Hz low-frequency…”
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Catalog Approach for Dark Siren Gravitational-wave Cosmology by Gair, Jonathan R., Ghosh, Archisman, Gray, Rachel, Holz, Daniel E., Mastrogiovanni, Simone, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Palmese, Antonella, Tamanini, Nicola, Baker, Tessa, Beirnaert, Freija, Bilicki, Maciej, Chen, Hsin-Yu, Dálya, Gergely, Ezquiaga, Jose Maria, Farr, Will M., Fishbach, Maya, Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Ghosh, Tathagata, Huang, Hsiang-Yu, Karathanasis, Christos, Leyde, Konstantin, Hernandez, Ignacio Magaña, Noller, Johannes, Pierra, Gregoire, Raffai, Peter, Romano, Antonio Enea, Seglar-Arroyo, Monica, Steer, Danièle A., Turski, Cezary, Vaccaro, Maria Paola, Vallejo-Peña, Sergio Andrés

“…Abstract We outline the “dark siren” galaxy catalog method for cosmological inference using gravitational wave (GW) standard sirens, clarifying some common…”
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LISA extreme-mass-ratio inspiral events as probes of the black hole mass function by Gair, Jonathan R., Tang, Christopher, Volonteri, Marta

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Rates and Characteristics of Intermediate Mass Ratio Inspirals Detectable by Advanced LIGO by Mandel, Ilya, Brown, Duncan A, Gair, Jonathan R, Miller, M. Coleman

“…Gravitational waves (GWs) from the inspiral of a neutron star (NS) or stellar-mass black hole (BH) into an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) with mass…”
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Extracting distribution parameters from multiple uncertain observations with selection biases by Mandel, Ilya, Farr, Will M, Gair, Jonathan R

“…Abstract We derive a Bayesian framework for incorporating selection effects into population analyses. We allow for both measurement uncertainty in individual…”
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Noisy neighbours: inference biases from overlapping gravitational-wave signals by Antonelli, Andrea, Burke, Ollie, Gair, Jonathan R

“…ABSTRACT Understanding and dealing with inference biases in gravitational-wave (GW) parameter estimation when a plethora of signals are present in the data is…”
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Using an ecosystem service model to inform restoration planning: A spatially explicit oyster filtration model for Pensacola Bay, Florida by zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E., Gair, Jonathan R., Jarvis, Brandon, Geselbracht, Laura, Birch, Anne, Scheffel, Whitney A., Smith, Kent, DeAngelis, Bryan

“…The development of science‐based restoration goals that reflect the primary motivation of stakeholders is a key factor leading to large‐scale, long‐term…”
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Prospects for detection of gravitational waves from intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals by Brown, Duncan A, Brink, Jeandrew, Fang, Hua, Gair, Jonathan R, Li, Chao, Lovelace, Geoffrey, Mandel, Ilya, Thorne, Kip S

“…We explore prospects for detecting gravitational waves from stellar-mass compact objects spiraling into intermediate mass black holes (BHs) M approximately 50M…”
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A Fisher matrix for gravitational-wave population inference by Gair, Jonathan R, Antonelli, Andrea, Barbieri, Riccardo

“…ABSTRACT We derive a Fisher matrix for the parameters characterizing a population of gravitational-wave events. This provides a guide to the precision with…”
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Is there an excess of black holes around 20 M⊙? Optimizing the complexity of population models with the use of reversible jump MCMC by Toubiana, A, Katz, Michael L, Gair, Jonathan R

“…ABSTRACT Some analyses of the third gravitational wave catalogue released by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration (LVK) suggest an excess of black holes around…”
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The black hole symphony: probing new physics using gravitational waves by Gair, Jonathan R

“…The next decade will very likely see the birth of a new field of astronomy as we become able to directly detect gravitational waves (GWs) for the first time…”
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Eryn: a multipurpose sampler for Bayesian inference by Karnesis, Nikolaos, Katz, Michael L, Korsakova, Natalia, Gair, Jonathan R, Stergioulas, Nikolaos

“…ABSTRACT In recent years, methods for Bayesian inference have been widely used in many different problems in physics where detection and characterization are…”
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Mapping gravitational-wave backgrounds of arbitrary polarisation using pulsar timing arrays by Gair, Jonathan R., Romano, Joseph D., Taylor, Stephen R.

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Quality over quantity: Optimizing pulsar timing array analysis for stochastic and continuous gravitational wave signals by Speri, Lorenzo, Porayko, Nataliya K, Falxa, Mikel, Chen, Siyuan, Gair, Jonathan R, Sesana, Alberto, Taylor, Stephen R

“…ABSTRACT The search for gravitational waves using Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) is a computationally expensive complex analysis that involves source-specific…”
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Detection of eccentric supermassive black hole binaries with pulsar timing arrays: Signal-to-noise ratio calculations by Huerta, E. A., McWilliams, Sean T., Gair, Jonathan R., Taylor, Stephen R.

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Novel method for incorporating model uncertainties into gravitational wave parameter estimates by Moore, Christopher J, Gair, Jonathan R

“…Posterior distributions on parameters computed from experimental data using Bayesian techniques are only as accurate as the models used to construct them. In…”
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Probing Accretion Physics with Gravitational Waves by Speri, Lorenzo, Antonelli, Andrea, Sberna, Laura, Babak, Stanislav, Barausse, Enrico, Gair, Jonathan R., Katz, Michael L.

“…Gravitational-wave observations of extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) offer the opportunity to probe the environments of active galactic nuclei (AGN) through…”
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Exploring intermediate and massive black-hole binaries with the Einstein Telescope by Gair, Jonathan R., Mandel, Ilya, Miller, M. Coleman, Volonteri, Marta

“…We discuss the capability of a third-generation ground-based detector such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) to enhance our astrophysical knowledge through…”
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Quantifying fish and mobile invertebrate production from a threatened nursery habitat by Ermgassen, Philine S. E, Grabowski, Jonathan H, Gair, Jonathan R, Powers, Sean P, Jones, Julia

“…Quantification of ecosystem services is increasingly valuable for conservation and restoration decision‐making. Structured habitats serve as nursery grounds by…”
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Cosmology using advanced gravitational-wave detectors alone by Taylor, Stephen R., Gair, Jonathan R., Mandel, Ilya

“…We investigate a novel approach to measuring the Hubble constant using gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binaries by exploiting the narrowness of…”
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