GWTC-5.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients

@misc{collaboration2026gwtc50,
  title = {{GWTC-5.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients}},
  author = {The LIGO Scientific collaboration and The LIGO Scientific collaboration and The LIGO Scientific collaboration and Adrian Abac and A. Abe and I. Abouelfettouh and F. Acernese and K.Ackley and A. Adam and S. Adhicary and D. Adhikari and R. X. Adhikari and V. K. Adkins and S. Afroz and A. Agapito and D. Agarwal and M. Agathos and Nancy Aggarwal and S. Aggarwal and O. D. Aguiar and I.-L. Ahrend and L. Aiello and A Ain and P. Ajith and T.Akutsu and L. Albers and W. Ali and S. Al-Kershi and C. Allene and A Allocca and S. Al-Shammari and J. A. Alvarez and S. Álvarez-López and W. Amar and O. Amarasinghe and A. Amato and F. Amicucci and Claude Amra and A. B. Anand and C. Anand and A. Ananyeva and S. B. Anderson and W. G. Anderson and M. Andia and M. Ando and F. Andrade-Oliveira and M. Andrés-Carcasona and J. L. Andrey and T. Andrić and J. Anglin and J. Anna and J. M. Antelis and S. Antier and T. Aoki and M. Aoumi and E. Z. Appavuravther and E. Appelt and S. Appert and S. K. Apple and K Arai},
  howpublished = {arXiv (Cornell University)},
  year = {2026},
  month = may,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.27224},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27224},
  note = {CC BY},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - GWTC-5.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients
AU  - The LIGO Scientific collaboration
AU  - The LIGO Scientific collaboration
AU  - The LIGO Scientific collaboration
AU  - Adrian Abac
AU  - A. Abe
AU  - I. Abouelfettouh
AU  - F. Acernese
AU  - K.Ackley
AU  - A. Adam
AU  - S. Adhicary
AU  - D. Adhikari
AU  - R. X. Adhikari
AU  - V. K. Adkins
AU  - S. Afroz
AU  - A. Agapito
AU  - D. Agarwal
AU  - M. Agathos
AU  - Nancy Aggarwal
AU  - S. Aggarwal
AU  - O. D. Aguiar
AU  - I.-L. Ahrend
AU  - L. Aiello
AU  - A Ain
AU  - P. Ajith
AU  - T.Akutsu
AU  - L. Albers
AU  - W. Ali
AU  - S. Al-Kershi
AU  - C. Allene
AU  - A Allocca
AU  - S. Al-Shammari
AU  - J. A. Alvarez
AU  - S. Álvarez-López
AU  - W. Amar
AU  - O. Amarasinghe
AU  - A. Amato
AU  - F. Amicucci
AU  - Claude Amra
AU  - A. B. Anand
AU  - C. Anand
AU  - A. Ananyeva
AU  - S. B. Anderson
AU  - W. G. Anderson
AU  - M. Andia
AU  - M. Ando
AU  - F. Andrade-Oliveira
AU  - M. Andrés-Carcasona
AU  - J. L. Andrey
AU  - T. Andrić
AU  - J. Anglin
AU  - J. Anna
AU  - J. M. Antelis
AU  - S. Antier
AU  - T. Aoki
AU  - M. Aoumi
AU  - E. Z. Appavuravther
AU  - E. Appelt
AU  - S. Appert
AU  - S. K. Apple
AU  - K Arai
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/26
PB  - arXiv (Cornell University)
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.27224
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27224
AB  - The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of candidate gravitational-wave transient signals identified and characterized by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration. Producing the contents of the GWTC from detector data requires complex analysis methods. These comprise techniques to model the signal; identify the transients in the data; evaluate the quality of the data and mitigate possible instrumental issues; infer the parameters of each transient; compare the data with the waveform models for compact binary coalescences, and handle the large amount of results associated with all these different analyses. In this paper, we describe the methods employed to produce the catalog's fifth release, GWTC-5.0, focusing on the analysis of the second part of the fourth observing run of LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA.
SN  - 2331-8422
ER  -