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.
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Though black holes may start as strangers, interactions between several of them — not just the two component masses — can lead to LIGO-esque mergers.
Astronomy and Astrobites in 2017
A digestible summary of Astrobites in 2017 in one bite-size Astrobite.
Hunting for Gravitational Waves from Spinning Neutron Stars
Continuous gravitational waves produced by spinning neutron stars are another avenue for LIGO to listen to the Universe.
Astrobites at AAS 231: Day 4
We report on Day 4 of the winter AAS meeting in National Harbor, MD. Highlights include an overview of the electromagnetic counterparts to LIGO’s first neutron-star merger, a look at the powerful instrumentation that detected gravitational waves, and a discussion of science funding in the context of our political climate.