Further constraining the neutron star-black hole merger rate - INSPIRE

DataBETA

Further constraining the neutron star-black hole merger rate

Ian Harry
(
- Portsmouth U., ICG
)
,
Charlie Hoy
(
- Portsmouth U., ICG
)

Mar 12, 2025

8 pages

e-Print:

2503.09773 [hep-ex]

Report number:

LIGO-P2500058

View in:

ADS Abstract Service

reference search0 citations

Citations per year

0 Citations

Abstract: (arXiv)

Current template-based gravitational-wave searches for compact binary mergers neglect the general relativistic phenomenon of spin-induced orbital precession. Owing to their asymmetric masses, gravitational-waves from neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binaries are prime candidates for displaying strong imprints of spin-precession. As a result, current searches may be missing a significant fraction of the astrophysical population, and the detected NSBH population may be significantly suppressed or biased. Here we report the most sensitive search for NSBH binaries to date by including spin-precession for the first time. We analyze data from the entirety of the third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational-wave observing run and show that when accounting for spin-precession, our search is up to 100% more sensitive than the search techniques currently adopted by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration (for systems with strong precessional effects). This allows us to more tightly constrain the rate of NSBH mergers in the local Universe. Firstly, we focus on a precessing subpopulation of NSBH mergers; the lack of observed candidates allows us to place an upper limit on the merger rate of

R_{90} = 79\, \mathrm{Gpc}^{-3}\mathrm{yr}^{-1}

with 90% confidence. Secondly, we tighten the overall rate of NSBH mergers; we show that if there is no preferred direction of component spin, the rate of NSBH mergers is on average 16% smaller than previously believed. Finally, we report four new subthreshold NSBH candidates, all with strong imprints of spin precession, but note that these are most likely to be of terrestrial origin.

Note:

8 pages, 3 figures

References(66)

Figures(5)

[1]

The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence

Samantha A. Usman
(
- Syracuse U. and
- Cardiff U.
)
,
Alexander H. Nitz
(
- Syracuse U. and
- Hannover, Max Planck Inst. Grav.
)
,
Ian W. Harry
(
- Syracuse U. and
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.
)
,
Christopher M. Biwer
(
- Syracuse U.
)
,
Duncan A. Brown
(
- Syracuse U.
)

et al.

- Class.Quant.Grav. 33 (2016) 21, 215004
•
e-Print:
- 1508.02357
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/0264-9381/33/21/215004

[2]

The GstLAL Search Analysis Methods for Compact Binary Mergers in Advanced LIGO's Second and Advanced Virgo's First Observing Runs

Surabhi Sachdev
(
)
,
Sarah Caudill
(
- Wisconsin U., Milwaukee and
- Nikhef, Amsterdam
)
,
Heather Fong
(
- Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys. and
- Tokyo U., RESCEU
)
,
Rico K.L. Lo
(
- Hong Kong, Chinese U. and
- LIGO Lab., Caltech
)
,
Cody Messick
(
- Penn State U. and
- Penn State U., University Park, IGC
)

et al.

e-Print:
- 1901.08580

[3]

SPIIR online coherent pipeline to search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences

Qi Chu
(
- ARC, CoEPP, Australia and
- Western Australia U.
)
,
Manoj Kovalam
(
- ARC, CoEPP, Australia and
- Western Australia U.
)
,
Linqing Wen
(
- ARC, CoEPP, Australia and
- Western Australia U.
)
,
Teresa Slaven-Blair
(
- ARC, CoEPP, Australia and
- Western Australia U.
)
,
Joel Bosveld
(
- Western Australia U.
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 2, 024023
•
e-Print:
- 2011.06787
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.024023

[4]

The MBTA pipeline for detecting compact binary coalescences in the third LIGO–Virgo observing run

et al.

- Class.Quant.Grav. 38 (2021) 9, 095004
•
e-Print:
- 2012.11512
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1361-6382/abe913

[5]

Spin induced orbital precession and its modulation of the gravitational wave forms from merging binaries

Theocharis A. Apostolatos
(
- Caltech
)
,
Curt Cutler
(
- Caltech and
- Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.
)
,
Gerald J. Sussman
(
- Caltech
)
,
Kip S. Thorne
(
- Caltech
)

- Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 6274-6297
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.49.6274

[6]

Search technique to observe precessing compact binary mergers in the advanced detector era

Connor McIsaac
(
- Portsmouth U., ICG
)
,
Charlie Hoy
(
- Portsmouth U., ICG
)
,
Ian Harry
(
- Portsmouth U., ICG
)

- Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 12, 123016
•
e-Print:
- 2303.17364
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.108.123016

[7]

Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO

Collaborations

•

R. Abbott
(
- LIGO Lab., Caltech
)

et al.

- Astrophys.J.Suppl. 267 (2023) 2, 29
•
e-Print:
- 2302.03676
•
DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4365/acdc9f

[8]

Towards models of gravitational waveforms from generic binaries II: Modelling precession effects with a single effective precession parameter

Patricia Schmidt
(
- Cardiff U. and
- LIGO Lab., Caltech and
- Caltech
)
,
Frank Ohme
(
- Cardiff U.
)
,
Mark Hannam
(
- Cardiff U.
)

- Phys.Rev.D 91 (2015) 2, 024043
•
e-Print:
- 1408.1810
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.024043

[9]

Impact of precession on aligned-spin searches for neutron-star–black-hole binaries

- Phys.Rev.D 91 (2015) 6, 062010
•
e-Print:
- 1411.6815
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.062010

[10]

Searching for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binaries with Precessing Spins

- Phys.Rev.D 94 (2016) 2, 024012
•
e-Print:
- 1603.02444
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.024012

[11]

An Increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system

et al.

- Nature 426 (2003) 531-533
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/0312071
•
DOI:
- 10.1038/nature02124

[12]

Illuminating Black Hole Binary Formation Channels with Spins in Advanced LIGO

Carl L. Rodriguez
(
- MIT, MKI and
- Northwestern U.
)
,
Michael Zevin
(
- Northwestern U.
)
,
Chris Pankow
(
- Northwestern U.
)
,
Vasilliki Kalogera
(
- Northwestern U.
)
,
Frederic A. Rasio
(
- Northwestern U.
)

- Astrophys.J.Lett. 832 (2016) 1, L2
•
e-Print:
- 1609.05916
•
DOI:
- 10.3847/2041-8205/832/1/L2

[13]

Spin orbit misalignment in close binaries with two compact objects

Vassiliki Kalogera
(
- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.
)

- Astrophys.J. 541 (2000) 319-328
•
e-Print:
- astro-ph/9911417
•
DOI:
- 10.1086/309400

[14]

Measuring the spin of black holes in binary systems using gravitational waves

Salvatore Vitale
(
- MIT, MKI
)
,
Ryan Lynch
(
- MIT, MKI
)
,
John Veitch
(
- NIKHEF, Amsterdam and
- Birmingham U.
)
,
Vivien Raymond
(
- LIGO Lab., Caltech
)
,
Riccardo Sturani
(
- Sao Paulo, IFT and
- ICTP-SAIFR, Sao Paulo
)

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 112 (2014) 25, 251101
•
e-Print:
- 1403.0129
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.251101

[15]

The multi-messenger picture of compact object encounters: binary mergers versus dynamical collisions

S. Rosswog
(
- UC, Santa Cruz, Astron. Astrophys. and
- Jacobs U., Bremen
)
,
T. Piran
(
- Hebrew U.
)
,
E. Nakar
(
- Tel Aviv U.
)

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 430 (2013) 2585
•
e-Print:
- 1204.6240
•
DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/sts708

[16]

Measuring the Hubble constant with neutron star black hole mergers

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 121 (2018) 2, 021303
•
e-Print:
- 1804.07337
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.021303

[17]

Estimation of the Sensitive Volume for Gravitational-wave Source Populations Using Weighted Monte Carlo Integration

Vaibhav Tiwari
(
- Cardiff U.
)

- Class.Quant.Grav. 35 (2018) 14, 145009
•
e-Print:
- 1712.00482
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1361-6382/aac89d

[18]

First direct comparison of nondisrupting neutron star-black hole and binary black hole merger simulations

et al.

- Phys.Rev.D 88 (2013) 6, 064017
•
e-Print:
- 1307.7685
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.064017

[19]

Will black hole-neutron star binary inspirals tell us about the neutron star equation of state?

Francesco Pannarale
(
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.
)
,
Luciano Rezzolla
(
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. and
- Louisiana State U.
)
,
Frank Ohme
(
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.
)
,
Jocelyn S. Read
(
- Mississippi U.
)

- Phys.Rev.D 84 (2011) 104017
•
e-Print:
- 1103.3526
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.104017

[20]

Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3

Collaborations

•

R. Abbott
(
- LIGO Lab., Caltech
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.X 13 (2023) 1, 011048
•
e-Print:
- 2111.03634
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.011048

[21]

General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary

et al.

- Nature 610 (2022) 7933, 652-655
•
e-Print:
- 2112.11300
•
DOI:
- 10.1038/s41586-022-05212-z

[22]

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

Collaborations

•

R. Abbott
(
- LIGO Lab., Caltech
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.X 13 (2023) 4, 041039,
- Phys. Rev. X; 13(4):041039; 2023
•
e-Print:
- 2111.03606
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041039

[23]

Formation of the black-hole binary M33 X-7 via mass-exchange in a tight massive system

et al.

- Nature 468 (2010) 77
•
e-Print:
- 1010.4809
•
DOI:
- 10.1038/nature09463

[24]

Understanding Compact Object Formation and Natal Kicks. III. The case of Cygnus X-1

- Astrophys.J. 747 (2012) 111
•
e-Print:
- 1107.5585
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/747/2/111

[25]

Re-estimating the Spin Parameter of the Black Hole in Cygnus X-1

Xueshan Zhao
(
- NAOC, Beijing
)
,
Lijun Gou
(
- NAOC, Beijing
)
,
Yanting Dong
(
- NAOC, Beijing
)
,
Xueying Zheng
(
- NAOC, Beijing
)
,
James F. Steiner
(
- Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.
)

et al.

- Astrophys.J. 908 (2021) 2, 117
•
e-Print:
- 2102.09093
•
DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/abbcd6

1-25 of 66
1
2
3
25 / page