Research theme 02

Black-hole populations

What gravitational-wave catalogues reveal about how binary black holes form, including distinct subpopulations at different masses.

27 papers

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Papers on this theme 27

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  1. 2026

    Fortifying gravitational-wave population inference with normalizing flows

    Adamcewicz (group member), McDougall, Lasky & Thrane

  2. 2026
  3. 2026

    Evidence for Three Subpopulations of Merging Binary Black Holes at Different Primary Masses

    Banagiri (group member), Thrane & Lasky

  4. 2026
  5. 2026

    Is GW231123 a Hierarchical Merger?

    Passenger (group member), Banagiri (group member), Thrane, Lasky, Borchers, Fishbach & Ye

  6. 2026
  7. 2025

    Do Both Black Holes Spin in Merging Binaries? Evidence from GWTC-4 and Astrophysical Implications

    Adamcewicz (group member), Guttman (group member), Lasky & Thrane

  8. 2025

    GW231123: extreme spins or microglitches?

    Ray, Banagiri (group member), Thrane & Lasky

  9. 2024
  10. 2024

    No Evidence for a Dip in the Binary Black Hole Mass Spectrum

    Adamcewicz (group member), Lasky, Thrane & Mandel

  11. 2024

    Which Black Hole Is Spinning? Probing the Origin of Black Hole Spin with Gravitational Waves

    Adamcewicz (group member), Galaudage, Lasky & Thrane

  12. 2023
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  1. 2022
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  3. 2022

    A Rosetta Stone for Eccentric Gravitational Waveform Models

    Knee, Romero-Shaw, Lasky, McIver & Thrane

  4. 2022
  5. 2021
  6. 2021

    Implications of Eccentric Observations on Binary Black Hole Formation Channels

    Zevin, Romero-Shaw, Kremer, Thrane & Lasky

  7. 2021

    Gravitational waves as a probe of globular cluster formation and evolution

    Romero-Shaw, Kremer, Lasky, Thrane & Samsing

  8. 2021

    Temperature dependent appearance of exotic matter makes nascent neutron stars spin faster

    Hernandez-Vivanco, Lasky, Thrane, Smith, Chatterjee, Banik, Motta & Thomas

  9. 2020

    Searching for anisotropy in the distribution of binary black hole mergers

    Payne, Banagiri (group member), Lasky & Thrane

  10. 2020
  11. 2019
  12. 2019
  13. 2018
  14. 2018
  15. 2015