GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the Second Part of the Third Observing Run

(LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, and KAGRA Collaboration)

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Abstract

The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the previous GWTC-2.1, we present candidate gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences during the second half of the third observing run (O3b) between 1 November 2019, 15∶00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and 27 March 2020, 17∶00 UTC. There are 35 compact binary coalescence candidates identified by at least one of our search algorithms with a probability of astrophysical origin pastro>0.5. Of these, 18 were previously reported as low-latency public alerts, and 17 are reported here for the first time. Based upon estimates for the component masses, our O3b candidates with pastro>0.5 are consistent with gravitational-wave signals from binary black holes or neutron-star-black-hole binaries, and we identify none from binary neutron stars. However, from the gravitational-wave data alone, we are not able to measure matter effects that distinguish whether the binary components are neutron stars or black holes. The range of inferred component masses is similar to that found with previous catalogs, but the O3b candidates include the first confident observations of neutron-star-black-hole binaries. Including the 35 candidates from O3b in addition to those from GWTC-2.1, GWTC-3 contains 90 candidates found by our analysis with pastro>0.5 across the first three observing runs. These observations of compact binary coalescences present an unprecedented view of the properties of black holes and neutron stars.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041039
JournalPhysical Review X
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Ministry of Education, India
Australian Research Council
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research
National Research Foundation of Korea
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Scottish Funding Council
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
French Lyon Institute of Origins
Leverhulme Trust
Advanced Technology Center of NAOJ
Science and Engineering Research Board
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Kavli Foundation
KISTI-GSDC
European Commission
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
Vicepresidència i Conselleria d’Innovació, Recerca i Turisme
Russian Science Foundation
Actions de Recherche Concertées and Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—Vlaanderen
College of Natural Resources and Sciences, Humboldt State University
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, Generalitat Valenciana
Royal Society
Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap
National Research Foundation
Universitat de les Illes Balears
European Regional Development Fund
University of Tokyo
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science18K03630, 17H06133, JP17H06361, 26000005, JP17H06364, 20H05854, JP17H06358
UK Research and Innovation134029
Barcelona Supercomputing CenterRES-AECT-2021-2-0021
Ministry of Science and Technology, TaiwanAS-CDA-105-M06
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme945298
Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaIncentivo/SAU/LA0001/2013

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