Distinct spin properties and astrophysical origin of low mass binary black holes in gravitational wave data
E. Flanagan et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters
2026
Transitions in the Mass-ratio and Spin Properties of Binary Black Holes in GWTC-5
E. Flanagan, F. Antonini, T. Callister, et al.
Submitted to Astrophys. J. Letters
Signatures of a Subpopulation of Hierarchical Mergers in the GWTC-4 Gravitational-Wave Dataset
PRL Editor's SuggestionC. Plunkett, S. Vitale, T. Callister, M. Zevin
Phys. Rev. Letters 137, 021404
Physics Viewpoint
Astrobites
Scientific American2025
Implications of GW241011 for rotating exotic compact objects
N. V. Krishnendu et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. Letters 137, 071402
A subpopulation of low-mass, spinning black holes: signatures of dynamical assembly
H. Tong, T. Callister, M. Fishbach, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 114, 083007
AAS Nova
Space.com
Astronomy
Evidence of the pair instability gap in the distribution of black hole masses
H. Tong et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Nature 652, 874
Gravitational-wave constraints on the pair-instability mass gap and nuclear burning in massive stars
F. Antonini, I. Romero-Shaw, T. Callister, et al.
Nature Astronomy 10, 1049
Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth Observing Run
LVKLIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA Collaborations (Writing Team & Core Analyst)
Phys. Rev. D 114, 042001
Compact Binary Coalescence Sensitivity Estimates with Injection Campaigns during the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaborations' Fourth Observing Run
R. Essick et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. D 112, 102001
Inferring the pair-instability mass gap from gravitational wave data
F. Antonini, T. Callister, F. Dosopoulou, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 112, 063040
The Stochastic Siren: Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background Measurements of the Hubble Constant
B. Cousins et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. Letters 136, 101003
No evidence that the binary black hole mass distribution evolves with redshift
Student-authoredM. Lalleman, K. Turbang, T. Callister, N. van Remortel
Astron. & Astrophys. 698, A85
Structure and Skewness of the Effective Inspiral Spin Distribution of Binary Black Hole Mergers
S. Banagiri, T. Callister, C. Adamcewicz, Z. Doctor, V. Kalogera
Astrophys. J. 990, 147
2024
Observed Gravitational-Wave Populations
First authorT. Callister
Encyclopedia of Astrophysics, 1st ed. (editor-in-chief I. Mandel), Elsevier
A neural network emulator of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo selection function
First authorT. Callister, R. Essick, D. Holz
Phys. Rev. D 110, 123041
A Star Cluster Population of High Mass Black Hole Mergers in Gravitational Wave Data
F. Antonini, I. Romero-Shaw, T. Callister
Phys. Rev. Letters 134, 011401
No need to know: astrophysics-free gravitational-wave cosmology
Student-authoredA. Farah, T. Callister, J. María Ezquiaga, M. Zevin, D. Holz
Astrophys. J. 978, 153
Background information: a study on the sensitivity of astrophysical gravitational-wave background searches
A. Renzini, T. Callister, K. Chatziioannou, W. Farr
Phys. Rev. D 110, 023014
Gravitational waves carry information beyond effective spin parameters but it is hard to extract
Student-authoredS. Miller, Z. Koe, T. Callister, K. Chatziioannou
Phys. Rev. D 109, 104036
2023
A New Probe of Gravitational Parity Violation Through (Non-)Observation of the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
First authorT. Callister, L. Jenks, D. Holz, N. Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 111, 044041
The metallicity dependence and evolutionary times of merging binary black holes: Combined constraints from individual gravitational-wave detections and the stochastic background
Student-authoredK. Turbang, M. Lalleman, T. Callister, N. van Remortel
Astrophys. J. 967, 142
pygwb: A Python-based Library for Gravitational-wave Background Searches
A. Renzini et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Astrophys. J. 952, 25
A parameter-free tour of the binary black hole population
First authorPRX Featured in PhysicsT. Callister, W. Farr
Phys. Rev. X 14, 021005
2022
No evidence that the majority of black holes in binaries have zero spin
First authorStudent-authoredT. Callister, S. Miller, K. Chatziioannou, W. Farr
Astrophys. J. Letters 937, L13
2021
Gravitational-wave geodesy: Defining false alarm probabilities with respect to correlated noise
Student-authoredK. Janssens, T. Callister, N. Christensen, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 105, 082001
The population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3
LVKLIGO, Virgo, & KAGRA Collaborations (Writing Team & Core Analyst)
Phys. Rev. X 13, 011048
The redshift evolution of the binary black hole merger rate: a weighty matter
L. van Son, S. de Mink, T. Callister, et al.
Astrophys. J. 931, 17
LIGO-Virgo correlations between mass ratio and effective inspiral spin: Testing the active galactic nuclei channel
B. McKernan, K. E. S. Ford, T. Callister, et al.
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 514, 3886
Who Ordered That? Unequal-mass binary black hole mergers have larger effective spins
First authorT. Callister, C. J. Haster, K. Y. Ng, S. Vitale, W. Farr
Astrophys. J. Letters 922, L5
A Thesaurus for Common Priors in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
First authorT. Callister
ArXiv Note
Implications for first-order cosmological phase transitions from the third LIGO-Virgo observing run
Student-authoredA. Romero, K. Martinovic, T. Callister, et al.
Phys. Rev. Letters 126, 151301
Prospects of gravitational-wave detections from common-envelope evolution with LISA
M. Renzo, T. Callister, K. Chatziioannou, L. A. C. van Son, et al.
Astrophys. J. 919, 128
Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s Third Observing Run
LVKLIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA Collaborations (Writing Team & Core Analyst)
Phys. Rev. D 104, 022004
When are LIGO/Virgo’s Big Black-Hole Mergers?
M. Fishbach, Z. Doctor, T. Callister, et al.
Astrophys. J. 912, 98
2020
State of the field: Binary black hole spins, natal kicks, and prospects for isolated field formation after GWTC-2
First authorT. Callister, W. M. Farr, M. Renzo
Astrophys. J. 920, 157
Joint constraints on the field-cluster mixing fraction, common envelope efficiency, and globular cluster radii from a population of binary hole mergers via deep learning
K. Wong et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. D 103, 083021
The Low Effective Spin of Binary Black Holes and Implications for Individual Gravitational-Wave Events
Student-authoredS. Miller, T. Callister, W. Farr
Astrophys. J. 895, 128
2019
New Limits on the Low-Frequency Radio Transient Sky Using 31 hr of All-Sky Data with the OVRO-LWA
M. M. Anderson et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Astrophys. J. 886, 123
A search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run
LVKLIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (Lead authors: A. Matas & T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. D 100, 061101
2018
First Search for a Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Ultralight Bosons
L. Tsukada, T. Callister, A. Matas, P. Meyers
Phys. Rev. D 99, 103015
Gravitational-Wave Geodesy: A New Tool for Validating Detection of the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
First authorT. Callister, M. W. Coughlin, J. B. Kanner
Astrophys. J. Letters 869, L28
A Search for Tensor, Vector, and Scalar Polarizations in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
LVKPRL Editor's SuggestionLIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (Lead author: T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. Letters 120, 201102
Identification and mitigation of narrow spectral artifacts that degrade searches for persistent gravitational waves in the first two observing runs of Advanced LIGO
P. B. Covas et al. (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. D 97, 082002
2017
Polarization-based tests of gravity with the stochastic gravitational-wave background
First authorStudent-authoredT. Callister, S. A. Biscoveanu, N. Christensen, M. Isi, A. Matas, et al.
Phys. Rev. X 7, 041058
Observing gravitational waves with a single detector
First authorT. Callister, J. B. Kanner, T. J. Massinger, S. Dhurandhar, and A. J. Weinstein
Class. Quantum Grav. 34, 155007
2016
Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO's first observing run
LVKLIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (incl. T. Callister)
Phys. Rev. Letters 118, 121101
Limits of astrophysics with gravitational-wave backgrounds
First authorT. Callister, L. Sammut, S. Qiu, I. Mandel, and E. Thrane
Phys. Rev. X 6, 031018
Gravitational-wave constraints on the progenitors of fast radio bursts
First authorT. Callister, J. Kanner, and A. Weinstein
Astrophys. J. Letters 825, L12