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Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with <scp>bilby</scp>: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with <scp>bilby</scp>: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

ABSTRACT Gravitational waves provide a unique tool for observational astronomy. While the first LIGO–Virgo catalogue of gravitational-wave transients (GWTC-1) contains 11 signals from black hole and neutron star binaries, the number of observations is increasing rapidly as detector sensitivity improves. To extract information from the observed signals, it is imperative …