GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae771e

GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
LIGO Hanford
Dipartimento di Farmacia
Universit di Salerno
Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo
University of Warwick
OzGrav
Monash University
Pennsylvania State University
Leibniz Universit t Hannover
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
California Institute of Technology
Louisiana State University
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Université Catholique de Louvain
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Queen Mary University of London
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sejong University
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
University of the West of Scotland
Universit di Roma Tor Vergata
Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata
Universiteit Antwerpen
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Advanced Technology Center
Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut
Friedrich-Schiller-Universit t Jena
INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Glasgow
University of Western Australia
CNRS
Université de Savoie
Cardiff University
Australian National University
LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maastricht University
Nikhef
Aix Marseille Univ
Institut Fresnel
Université Paris-Saclay
Department of Physics
The University of Tokyo
Universitat de Barcelona
Campus UAB
Gran Sasso Science Institute
University of Florida
Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche
Università di Udine
Sezione di Trieste
Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias
Université Côte d'Azur
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
Sezione di Perugia
Dipartimento di Fisica
University of Washington
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Original language	English
Article number	L51
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	1005
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae771e
State	Published - Jul 10 2026
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

Astrophysical black holes (98)
Compact binary stars (283)
Gravitational waves (678)
Neutron stars (1108)

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GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

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