Updated Sep 16, 2026

Short-author papers, along with papers from the SXS and LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) collaborations. The complete list is on INSPIRE-HEP and the other profiles below.

Short author papers 22

Papers with a short author list. Also on INSPIRE-HEP and SciX.

2026

  1. Merger remnant and eccentricity dynamics surrogates for eccentric nonspinning black hole binaries

    Ravichandran, A., Nee, P. J., Mitman, K., Islam, T., Field, S. E., Varma, V., Boyle, M., Ceja, A., Deppe, N., Ghadiri, N., Kidder, L. E., Kumar, P., Morales, M., Moxon, J., Nelli, K. C., Pfeiffer, H. P., Ramos-Buades, A., Rink, K., Rüter, H. R., Scheel, M. A., Shaikh, M. A., Stein, L. C., Tellez, D., Throwe, W. and Vu, N. L.

    Preprint arXiv:2605.00124 PDF

  2. Including higher-order modes in a quadrupolar eccentric numerical relativity surrogate using universal eccentric modulation functions

    Islam, T., Ravichandran, A., Nee, P. J., Field, S. E., Varma, V., Pfeiffer, H. P., Ceja, A., Ghadiri, N., Kidder, L. E., Kumar, P., Morales, M., Ravishankar, A., Ramos-Buades, A., Rink, K., Ruter, H. R., Scheel, M. A., Shaikh, M. A. and Tellez, D.

    Phys. Rev. D 114, 044078 arXiv:2604.17868 PDF DOI

  3. Effect of disc heights on acoustic surface gravity for accreting Kerr black holes

    Maity, S., Tarafdar, P., Shaikh, M. A., Ghose, S. and Das, T. K.

    Eur. Phys. J. C 86, 127 DOI

  4. Eccentric binary black holes: A new framework for numerical relativity waveform surrogates

    Nee, P. J., Ravichandran, A., Field, S. E., Islam, T., Pfeiffer, H. P., Varma, V., Boyle, M., Ceja, A., Ghadiri, N., Kidder, L. E., Kumar, P., Maurya, A., Morales, M., Ramos-Buades, A., Ravishankar, A., Rink, K., Rüter, H. R., Scheel, M. A., Shaikh, M. A. and Tellez, D.

    Phys. Rev. Res. 8, 023362 arXiv:2510.00106 PDF DOI

2025

  1. Testing the nature of GW200105 by probing the frequency evolution of eccentricity

    Tiwari, A., Bhat, S. A., Shaikh, M. A. and Kapadia, S. J.

    Astrophys. J. 995, 48 arXiv:2509.26152 PDF DOI

  2. Eccentricity evolution consistency test to distinguish eccentric gravitational-wave signals from eccentricity mimickers

    Bhat, S. A., Tiwari, A., Shaikh, M. A. and Kapadia, S. J.

    Phys. Rev. D 112, 124004 arXiv:2508.14850 PDF DOI

  3. Defining eccentricity for spin-precessing binaries

    Shaikh, M. A., Varma, V., Ramos-Buades, A., Pfeiffer, H. P., Boyle, M., Kidder, L. E. and Scheel, M. A.

    Class. Quant. Grav. 42, 195012 arXiv:2507.08345 PDF DOI

  4. Comparison between best-fit eccentricity definitions and the standardized definition of eccentricity

    Chartier, N., Shaikh, M. A., Lee, H. M. and Kim, J.

    Phys. Rev. D 112, 024029 arXiv:2503.19538 PDF DOI

  5. Surrogate modeling of gravitational waves microlensed by spherically symmetric potentials

    Deka, U., Prabhu, G., Shaikh, M. A., Kapadia, S. J., Varma, V. and Field, S. E.

    Phys. Rev. D 111, 104042 arXiv:2501.02974 PDF DOI

  6. Probing the charge of compact objects with gravitational microlensing of gravitational waves

    Deka, U., Chakraborty, S., Kapadia, S. J., Shaikh, M. A. and Ajith, P.

    Phys. Rev. D 111, 064028 arXiv:2401.06553 PDF DOI

2024

  1. A study of the inspiral-merger-ringdown consistency test with gravitational-wave signals from compact binaries in eccentric orbits

    Shaikh, M. A., Bhat, S. A. and Kapadia, S. J.

    Phys. Rev. D 110, 024030 arXiv:2402.15110 PDF DOI

2023

  1. Defining eccentricity for gravitational wave astronomy

    Shaikh, M. A., Varma, V., Pfeiffer, H. P. and Ramos-Buades, A., van de Meent, M.

    Phys. Rev. D 108, 104007 arXiv:2302.11257 PDF DOI

2022

  1. Improved early-warning estimates of luminosity distance and orbital inclination of compact binary mergers using higher modes of gravitational radiation

    Singh, M. K., Divyajyoti, D., Kapadia, S. J., Shaikh, M. A. and Ajith, P.

    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 513, 3798–3809 arXiv:2202.05802 PDF DOI

  2. Carter-Penrose diagrams for emergent spacetime in axisymmetrically accreting black hole systems

    Maity, S., Shaikh, M. A., Tarafdar, P. and Das, T. K.

    Phys. Rev. D 106, 044062 arXiv:2106.07598 PDF DOI

2021

  1. Deep Learning with Quantized Neural Networks for Gravitational-wave Forecasting of Eccentric Compact Binary Coalescence

    Wei, W., Huerta, E. A., Yun, M., Loutrel, N., Shaikh, M. A., Kumar, P., Haas, R. and Kindratenko, V.

    Astrophys. J. 919, 82 arXiv:2012.03963 PDF DOI

  2. Improved early warning of compact binary mergers using higher modes of gravitational radiation: A population study

    Singh, M. K., Kapadia, S. J., Shaikh, M. A., Chatterjee, D. and Ajith, P.

    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 502, 1612–1622 arXiv:2010.12407 PDF DOI

2020

  1. Of Harbingers and Higher Modes: Improved gravitational-wave early-warning of compact binary mergers

    Kapadia, S. J., Singh, M. K., Shaikh, M. A., Chatterjee, D. and Ajith, P.

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 898, L39 arXiv:2005.08830 PDF DOI

2019

  1. Effective sound speed in relativistic accretion discs around Schwarzschild black holes

    Shaikh, M. A., Maity, S., Nag, S. and Das, T. K.

    New Astron. 69, 48–57 arXiv:1806.04084 PDF DOI

2018

  1. Linear perturbations of low angular momentum accretion flow in the Kerr metric and the corresponding emergent gravity phenomena

    Shaikh, M. A. and Das, T. K.

    Phys. Rev. D 98, 123022 arXiv:1803.09896 PDF DOI

  2. Relativistic sonic geometry for isothermal accretion in the Kerr metric

    Shaikh, M. A..

    Class. Quant. Grav. 35, 055002 arXiv:1705.04918 PDF DOI

  3. Acoustic geometry obtained through the perturbation of the Bernoulli's constant

    Datta, S., Shaikh, M. A. and Das, T. K.

    New Astron. 63, 65–74 arXiv:1612.07954 PDF DOI

2017

  1. Relativistic sonic geometry for isothermal accretion in the Schwarzschild metric

    Shaikh, M. A., Firdousi, I. and Das, T. K.

    Class. Quant. Grav. 34, 155008 arXiv:1612.07963 PDF DOI

SXS collaboration papers 1

Papers from the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) collaboration.

2025

  1. The SXS collaboration third catalog of binary black hole simulations

    Scheel, M. A. et al.

    Class. Quant. Grav. 42, 195017 arXiv:2505.13378 PDF DOI

LVK collaboration papers 53

Papers from the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration.

2026

  1. GWTC-5.0: An Introduction to Version 5.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    Abac, N. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2605.27223 PDF

  2. Searches for Binary Mergers with Sub-solar Mass Components in Data from the First Part of LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2605.05444 PDF

  3. GW240925 and GW250207: Astrophysical Calibration of Gravitational-wave Detectors

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2605.11703 PDF DOI

  4. Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Supernova Remnants in the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Fourth Observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.25808 PDF

  5. Narrowband searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first two parts of the fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.25938 PDF

  6. GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. III. Tests of the Remnants

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.19021 PDF

  7. GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. I. Overview and General Tests

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.19019 PDF

  8. GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. II. Parameterized Tests

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.19020 PDF

  9. All-sky Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Isolated Neutron Stars in the Data from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2603.14168 PDF

  10. Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with IceCube during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

    Abbasi, R. et al. IceCube, LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. 1003, 41 arXiv:2601.07595 PDF DOI

  11. Black Hole Spectroscopy and Tests of General Relativity with GW250114

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 041403 arXiv:2509.08099 PDF DOI

  12. All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. KAGRA, LIGO Scientific, Virgo

    Phys. Rev. D 113, 082004 arXiv:2507.12282 PDF DOI

2025

  1. Constraints on gravitational waves from the 2024 Vela pulsar glitch

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2512.17990 PDF

  2. GWTC-4.0: Searches for Gravitational-Wave Lensing Signatures

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2512.16347 PDF

  3. Search for planetary-mass ultra-compact binaries using data from the first part of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA fourth observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2511.19911 PDF

  4. All-sky search for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2511.16863 PDF

  5. Direct multi-model dark-matter search with gravitational-wave interferometers using data from the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2510.27022 PDF

  6. Cosmological and High Energy Physics implications from gravitational-wave background searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's O1-O4a runs

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2510.26848 PDF

  7. GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-spin Black Hole Coalescences

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 993, L21 arXiv:2510.26931 PDF DOI

  8. Directional Search for Persistent Gravitational Waves: Results from the First Part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2510.17487 PDF

  9. Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2509.07352 PDF

  10. GW250114: Testing Hawking Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 111403 arXiv:2509.08054 PDF DOI

  11. GWTC-4.0: Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate and Modified Gravitational-wave Propagation

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2509.04348 PDF

  12. Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2508.20721 PDF

  13. Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2508.18079 PDF

  14. GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2508.18082 PDF

  15. GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2508.18083 PDF

  16. GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Preprint arXiv:2508.18081 PDF

  17. GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 995, L18 arXiv:2508.18080 PDF DOI

  18. All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

    Abac, A. G. et al. KAGRA, LIGO Scientific, Virgo

    Phys. Rev. D 112, 102005 arXiv:2507.12374 PDF DOI

  19. GW231123: A Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190–265 M☉

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 993, L25 arXiv:2507.08219 PDF DOI

  20. The SXS collaboration third catalog of binary black hole simulations

    Scheel, M. A. et al.

    Class. Quant. Grav. 42, 195017 arXiv:2505.13378 PDF DOI

  21. Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. 983, 99 arXiv:2501.01495 PDF DOI

  22. Search for Gravitational Waves Emitted from SN 2023ixf

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. 985, 183 arXiv:2410.16565 PDF DOI

  23. Swift-BAT GUANO Follow-up of Gravitational-wave Triggers in the Third LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run

    Raman, G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo, Swift, Swift-BAT/GUANO

    Astrophys. J. 980, 207 arXiv:2407.12867 PDF DOI

  24. Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Phys. Rev. D 112, 084080 arXiv:2112.06861 PDF DOI

2024

  1. A Search Using GEO600 for Gravitational Waves Coincident with Fast Radio Bursts from SGR 1935+2154

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. 977, 255 arXiv:2410.09151 PDF DOI

  2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5–4.5 M ☉ Compact Object and a Neutron Star

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 970, L34 arXiv:2404.04248 PDF DOI

  3. Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run

    Abac, A. G. et al. KAGRA, LIGO Scientific, Virgo

    Phys. Rev. D 110, 042001 arXiv:2403.03004 PDF DOI

  4. A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run

    Fletcher, C. et al. Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team, LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. 964, 149 arXiv:2308.13666 PDF DOI

  5. Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo

    Abac, A. G. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. 973, 132 arXiv:2308.03822 PDF DOI

  6. Search for Gravitational-lensing Signatures in the Full Third Observing Run of the LIGO–Virgo Network

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. 970, 191 arXiv:2304.08393 PDF DOI

  7. Search for Gravitational-wave Transients Associated with Magnetar Bursts in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo Data from the Third Observing Run

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. 966, 137 arXiv:2210.10931 PDF DOI

2023

  1. Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO

    Abbott, R. et al. KAGRA, Virgo, LIGO Scientific

    Astrophys. J. Suppl. 267, 29 arXiv:2302.03676 PDF DOI

  2. Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo third observing run

    Abbott, R. et al. LVK

    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 524, 5984–5992 arXiv:2212.01477 PDF DOI

  3. Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion History from GWTC–3

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. 949, 76 arXiv:2111.03604 PDF DOI

2022

  1. Model-based Cross-correlation Search for Gravitational Waves from the Low-mass X-Ray Binary Scorpius X-1 in LIGO O3 Data

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, KAGRA, Virgo

    Astrophys. J. Lett. 941, L30 arXiv:2209.02863 PDF DOI

  2. Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky~Way center in O3 LIGO-Virgo data

    Abbott, R. et al. KAGRA, LIGO Scientific, Virgo

    Phys. Rev. D 106, 042003 arXiv:2204.04523 PDF DOI

  3. First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector KAGRA with GEO 600

    Abbott, R. et al. KAGRA, Virgo, LIGO Scientific

    PTEP 2022, 063F01 arXiv:2203.01270 PDF DOI

  4. Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

    Abbott, R. et al. KAGRA, Virgo, LIGO Scientific

    Phys. Rev. D 106, 062002 arXiv:2201.10104 PDF DOI

  5. All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data

    Abbott, R. et al. KAGRA, LIGO Scientific, Virgo

    Phys. Rev. D 106, 102008 arXiv:2201.00697 PDF DOI

  6. All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Phys. Rev. D 105, 102001 arXiv:2111.15507 PDF DOI

  7. Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs

    Abbott, R. et al. LIGO Scientific, Virgo, KAGRA

    Astrophys. J. 935, 1 arXiv:2111.13106 PDF DOI