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Article
Publication Date
12-9-2025
Abstract
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC) is a collection of short-duration (transient) gravitational-wave signals identified by the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration in gravitational-wave data produced by the eponymous detectors. The catalog provides information about the identified candidates, such as the arrival time and amplitude of the signal and properties of the signal’s source as inferred from the observational data. GWTC is the data release of this dataset, and version 4.0 extends the catalog to include observations made during the first part of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run up until 2024 January 31. This Letter marks an introduction to a collection of articles related to this version of the catalog, GWTC-4.0. The collection of articles accompanying the catalog provides documentation of the methods used to analyze the data, summaries of the catalog of events, observational measurements drawn from the population, and detailed discussions of selected candidates.
Recommended Citation
Abac, A. G., I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, S. Adhicary, D. Adhikari, N. Adhikari et al. "GWTC-4.0: An introduction to version 4.0 of the gravitational-wave transient catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 995, no. 1 (2025): L18. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06
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Publication Title
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
DOI
10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06
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