Search for gravitational-wave lensing

New publication by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration

Artist impression of lenses gravitational waves (R. Buscicchio)
Artist impression of lensed gravitational waves. Credit: R. Buscicchio (木瓜福利影视 of Birmingham)

Scientists from the LIGO and Virgo collaboration have looked for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave signals. So far no evidence is found for it. The findings of these gravitational waves observations with the LIGO and Virgo detectors, have been published in a new paper.

Researchers from the Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and Nikhef were intensively involved in this study from the first half of LIGO-Virgo鈥檚 third observing run.

Publication: 

Search for lensing signatures in the gravitational-wave observations from the first half of LIGO-Virgo's third observing run
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 
13 May 2021, . 

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