Gravitational lensing of gravitational waves by galaxy clusters

arXiv:2609.16891 · astro-ph.GA, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-09-15 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Comments: 17 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PRD

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

Terminology

• Microlensing — 66× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Mass Function (IMF) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Selection Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Simulation-based Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Please repeat: Strong lensing of gravitational waves as a probe of compact binary and galaxy populations
• Uncovering faint lensed gravitational-wave signals and reprioritizing their follow-up analysis using galaxy lensing forecasts with detected counterparts
• How well can modified gravitational wave propagation be constrained with strong lensing?
• Follow-up Analyses to the O3 LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Lensing Searches
• On the detection and precise localisation of merging black holes events through strong gravitational lensing
• Probing lens-induced gravitational-wave birefringence as a test of general relativity
• Lensing of gravitational waves as a probe of compact dark matter
• Gravitational wave lensing as a probe of halo properties and dark matter
• Coexistence Test of Primordial Black Holes and Particle Dark Matter from Diffractive Lensing
• Probing minihalo lenses with diffracted gravitational waves
• Discovering gravitationally lensed gravitational waves: predicted rates, candidate selection, and localization with the Vera Rubin Observatory
• Multi-messenger Gravitational Lensing
• Microlensing bias on the detection of strong lensing gravitational wave
• Residual test to search for microlensing signatures in strongly lensed gravitational wave signals
• Spin Precession Signatures as an Indicator of Microlensing in Strongly Lensed Gravitational Waves
• Strong gravitational-wave lensing posterior odds
• Lensing, not luck! Detection prospects of strongly lensed gravitational waves
• Identifying strongly lensed gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers
• LensingFlow: An Automated Workflow for Gravitational Wave Lensing Analyses
• The Return of GOLUM: Improving Distributed Joint Parameter Estimation for Strongly-Lensed Gravitational Waves

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