Publication
New Virgo papers
September 2, 2020
Gravitational Waves GroupTwo new papers have been published by the group
“A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo” . Thanks to the relevant contributions by C. Karathanasis (PhD student from IFAE), he has been invited as author of this flagship paper from O2 submitted to Submitted to ApJ.
“Determination of the light exposure on the photodiodes of a new instrumented baffle for the Virgo input mode cleaner end-mirror” . Submitted to CQG Journal.
Results
LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed 'second generation' black holes for the first time
October 29, 2025
LVK announced the detection of two gravitational-wave signals — designated GW241011 and GW241110 — that indicate the merger of binary black holes exhibiting unusual mass ratios and spin orientations.