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Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

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Authors

  • The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • The Virgo Collaboration
  • the KAGRA Collaboration
  • M. Brinkmann
  • M. Carlassara
  • K. Danzmann
  • M. Heurs
  • N. Johny
  • J. Junker
  • N. Knust
  • H. Lück
  • M. Matiushechkina
  • B. W. Schulte
  • H. Vahlbruch
  • D. Wilken
  • B. Willke
  • D. S. Wu

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • Australian National University
  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • University of Adelaide
  • University of Western Australia
  • University of Florida (UF)
  • Maastricht University
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)
  • Institute for Plasma Research
  • University of Utah
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Glasgow
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Department of Astronomy and Space Science
  • Chungnam National University
  • Cardiff University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Seoul National University
  • Inje University
  • National Central University
  • University of Oregon
  • California Institute of Caltech (Caltech)
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  • Utrecht University
  • Marquette University
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Toyama
  • Stanford University
  • National Tsing Hua University

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Original languageEnglish
Article numberad65ce
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume973
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 26 Sept 2024

Abstract

Despite the growing number of binary black hole coalescences confidently observed through gravitational waves so far, the astrophysical origin of these binaries remains uncertain. Orbital eccentricity is one of the clearest tracers of binary formation channels. Identifying binary eccentricity, however, remains challenging due to the limited availability of gravitational waveforms that include the effects of eccentricity. Here, we present observational results for a waveform-independent search sensitive to eccentric black hole coalescences, covering the third observing run (O3) of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. We identified no new high-significance candidates beyond those that have already been identified with searches focusing on quasi-circular binaries. We determine the sensitivity of our search to high-mass (total source-frame mass M > 70 Me) binaries covering eccentricities up to 0.3 at 15 Hz emitted gravitational-wave frequency, and use this to compare model predictions to search results. Assuming all detections are indeed quasi-circular, for our fiducial population model, we place a conservative upper limit for the merger rate density of high-mass binaries with eccentricities 0 < e ≤ 0.3 at 16.9 Gpc−3 yr−1 at the 90% confidence level.

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Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. / The LIGO Scientific Collaboration; The Virgo Collaboration; the KAGRA Collaboration et al.
In: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 973, No. 2, ad65ce, 26.09.2024.

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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Brinkmann, M, Carlassara, M, Danzmann, K, Heurs, M, Johny, N, Junker, J, Knust, N, Lehmann, J, Lück, H, Matiushechkina, M, Schulte, BW, Vahlbruch, H, Wilken, D, Willke, B, Wu, DS, Affeldt, C, Bergamin, F, Bisht, A, Bode, N, Booker, P, Carter, J, Ghosh, S, Hochheim, S, Kastaun, W, Kirchhoff, R, Koch, P, Kranzhoff, SL, Kringel, V, Kuehn, G, Leavey, S, Lough, J, Mehmet, M, Meylahn, F, Mukund, N, Nadji, SL, Ohme, F, Schneewind, M, Venneberg, J, von Wrangel, J, Weinert, M, Wellmann, F & Woehler, J 2024, 'Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 973, no. 2, ad65ce. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Brinkmann, M., Carlassara, M., Danzmann, K., Heurs, M., Johny, N., Junker, J., Knust, N., Lehmann, J., Lück, H., Matiushechkina, M., Schulte, B. W., Vahlbruch, H., Wilken, D., Willke, B., Wu, D. S., Affeldt, C., ... Woehler, J. (2024). Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal, 973(2), Article ad65ce. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, Brinkmann M, Carlassara M, Danzmann K et al. Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical Journal. 2024 Sept 26;973(2):ad65ce. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad65ce
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ; The Virgo Collaboration ; the KAGRA Collaboration et al. / Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo. In: Astrophysical Journal. 2024 ; Vol. 973, No. 2.
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