GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the Second Half of the Third Observing Run

These pages are complementary to the data and figures released with the GWTC-3 catalog.


Comparison between un-modeled and modeled waveform reconstructions: cWB vs LALInference

cWB is a wavelet-based burst method while LALInference is a parameter estimation method that uses the best available binary coalescence models. The comparisons shown here are performed between the cWB wavelet-based reconstruction and the LALInference results on the models listed in the GWTC-3 catalog.

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Comparison of cWB and LALInference(LI) maximum likelihood waveforms

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GW events in O3b (i.e. the second half of the third observing run by LIGO and Virgo)

cWB GW events list: detected and reconstructed events are shown with a green badge. Those reconstructed with a fine tuning of production thresholds are shown with an orange badge.

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