1 code implementation • 2 Dec 2020 • Colm Talbot, Eric Thrane
The currently used method leaves $10-50\%$ of the interesting black hole spin models inaccessible; our new method can probe $>99\%$ of the models and has a lower uncertainty for $>80\%$ of the models.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 9 Jun 2020 • Colm Talbot, Eric Thrane
In order to perform increasingly precise astrophysical inference and model selection, it will be essential to account for this uncertainty.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
1 code implementation • 23 Apr 2020 • Xing-Jiang Zhu, Eric Thrane
However, the periodicity search is prone to false positives from quasar red noise and quasi-periodic oscillations from the accretion disc of a single supermassive black hole---especially when the data span fewer than a few signal cycles.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 8 Feb 2019 • Nicholas Farrow, Xing-Jiang Zhu, Eric Thrane
We show that precise component mass measurements of $\approx 20$ double neutron stars are required in order to determine with high confidence (a Bayes factor of 150) if recycled and non-recycled neutron stars come from a common distribution.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
1 code implementation • 6 Jun 2018 • Xing-Jiang Zhu, Weiguang Cui, Eric Thrane
This yields a maximum characteristic signal amplitude at a period of one year $A_{\rm{yr}}<1. 8\times 10^{-15}$, which is comparable to the pulsar timing limits.
Astrophysics of Galaxies General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2 code implementations • 8 Jan 2018 • Colm Talbot, Eric Thrane
Gravitational-wave detections have revealed a previously unknown population of stellar mass black holes with masses above $20\, M_{\odot}$.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2 code implementations • 26 Apr 2017 • Colm Talbot, Eric Thrane
We present a framework in which observations of black hole mergers can be used to measure ensemble properties of black hole spin such as the typical black hole spin misalignment.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2 code implementations • 20 Oct 2013 • Eric Thrane, Joseph D. Romano
We propose a graphical representation of detector sensitivity curves for stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds that takes into account the increase in sensitivity that comes from integrating over frequency in addition to integrating over time.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
