Ideal cosmic yardstick: neutron star black hole mergers as standard sirens
Neutron star black hole mergers are an ideal way to measure the Hubble constant.
Small black hole meets big black hole
What happens as a small black hole spirals into a supermassive black hole?
Things that go bump in the detector: dealing with glitches in LIGO data
Transient noise in the LIGO detector – called “glitches” – can contaminate gravitational wave signals. We need to know how to deal with them, particularly in the case when we don’t know what the signal will look like.
Triple Threat: Uncovering Triple Systems with Gravitational Waves
How do we identify whether gravitational waves are produced by triple systems?
Recoil detectives: searching for black hole kicks using gravitational waves
Gravitational waves are believed to be able to “kick” black hole merger remnants out of their host galaxy. We can search for signatures of that kick directly in gravitational wave signals.