Joint population and strong-lensing inference for resolved gravitational-wave events probes the black-hole merger rate beyond the peak of star formation

arXiv:2606.30144 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-06-29 · Read on arXiv

Matthew Mould

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-06-29

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures

Code: https://github.com/mdmould/gwax

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes

Sources

• Strong Lensing by Galaxies
• GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
• Advanced LIGO
• Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
• Overview of KAGRA: Detector design and construction history
• GWTC-5.0: Observations from the Second Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run and Updates to the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
• GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run
• GWTC-4.0: Searches for Gravitational-Wave Lensing Signatures
• Precise LIGO Lensing Rate Predictions for Binary Black Holes
• What if LIGO's gravitational wave detections are strongly lensed by massive galaxy clusters?
• Constraining the lensing of binary neutron stars from their stochastic background
• GW231123: a Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190-265 $M_{\odot}$
• GW231123: extreme spins or microglitches?
• Measuring Eccentricity and Addressing Waveform Systematics in GW231123
• GW231123: Overlapping Gravitational Wave Signals?
• Assessing the imprint of eccentricity in GW signatures using two independent waveform models
• GW231123: False Massive Graviton Signatures from Unmodeled Point-Mass Lensing
• Eccentricity in Disguise? Insights from GW231123 and Numerically Simulated Binary Black Hole Merger Signals
• Can we discern millilensed gravitational-wave signals from signals produced by precessing binary black holes with ground-based detectors?
• Spin Precession Signatures as an Indicator of Microlensing in Strongly Lensed Gravitational Waves

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