GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

Abstract The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of short-duration (transient) gravitational-wave signals identified by the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration in gravitational-wave data produced by the eponymous detectors. The catalog provides information about the identified candidates, such as the arrival time and amplitude of the signal and properties of the signal’s source as inferred from the observational data. GWTC is the data release of this dataset, and version 4.0 extends the catalog to include observations made during the first part of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run up until 2024 January 31. This Letter marks an introduction to a collection of articles related to this version of the catalog, GWTC-4.0. The collection of articles accompanying the catalog provides documentation of the methods used to analyze the data, summaries of the catalog of events, observational measurements drawn from the population, and detailed discussions of selected candidates.

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GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

R. Ciolfi, John B. Carlin, Suprovo Ghosh, Pratik Sarkar et al.
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
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GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

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Abstract The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of short-duration (transient) gravitational-wave signals identified by the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration in gravitational-wave data produced by the eponymous detectors. The catalog provides information about the identified candidates, such as the arrival time and amplitude of the signal and properties of the signal’s source as inferred from the observational data. GWTC is the data release of this dataset, and version 4.0 extends the catalog to include observations made during the first part of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run up until 2024 January 31. This Letter marks an introduction to a collection of articles related to this version of the catalog, GWTC-4.0. The collection of articles accompanying the catalog provides documentation of the methods used to analyze the data, summaries of the catalog of events, observational measurements drawn from the population, and detailed discussions of selected candidates.

The Astrophysical Journal LettersVol. 995(1)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Collège de France (FR), École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (FR), Université Paris Cité (FR), Aix-Marseille Université (FR), Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (FR), Observatoire de Paris (FR), Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (FR), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (FR), Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (FR), Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (FR), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR), École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR), Janssen (France) (FR), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (FR), Centre de physique des particules de Marseille (FR), Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (FR), Institut de Physique (FR), Le Mans Université (FR), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (FR), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Caen (FR), Lagrange Laboratory (FR), Institut Fresnel (FR), Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (FR), IMT Atlantique (FR), Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (FR), Institut Lumière Matière (FR), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (FR), Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l’information (FR), Laboratoire Ville Mobilité Transport (FR), Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lyon (FR), Université Gustave Eiffel (FR), Laboratoire des 2 Infinis Toulouse (FR), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (FR), École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (FR), Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (FR)
National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, Institut des Origines de Lyon, Leverhulme Trust, Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, European Commission, National Research Foundation, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Academia Sinica, Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, Generalitat de Catalunya, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Generalitat Valenciana, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, National Research Foundation of Korea, Israel Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, India, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Russian Science Foundation, Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, Vlaamse regering, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej, National Science and Technology Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Science and Engineering Research Board, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Great Southern Development Commission, Government of Western Australia, Division of Human Resource Development, European Social Fund
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