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

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06

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

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L18
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	995
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2025

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title = "GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog",

author = "\{LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration\} and T. Baka and S. Caudill and P. Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty and Chan, \{J. C. L.\} and M. Chan and Chen, \{A. H.-Y.\} and Chen, \{A. H.-Y.\} and D. Chen and H. Chen and H. Chen and S. Chen and Y. Chen and Cheng, \{H. P.\} and A. Dasgupta and D. Davis and U. Deka and T. Dietrich and T. Dooney and B. Gadre and G. Greco and H. Guo and Y. Guo and Gupta, \{N. C.\} and P. Gupta and Gupta, \{S. K.\} and Hannuksela, \{O. A.\} and J. Hanson and J. Harms and D. Hofman and Q. Hu and Huang, \{H. Y.\} and Huang, \{Y. T.\} and Huang, \{Y. T.\} and J. Irwin and J. Janquart and Jin, \{S. J.\} and Jones, \{E. J.\} and Joshi, \{S. K.\} and F. Khan and Kim, \{J. C.\} and Kim, \{J. C.\} and Kim, \{M. H.\} and S. Kim and S. Kulkarni and A. Kumar and Praveen Kumar and S. Lai and Lane, \{B. B.\} and Lee, \{H. M.\} and Lee, \{H. M.\} and J. Lee and Li, \{A. K. Y.\} and Li, \{T. G. F.\} and X. Li and Y. Li and Z. Li and C-Y. Lin and Lin, \{L. C.-C.\} and Y.-C. Lin and A. Liu and Liu, \{G. C.\} and L.-T. Ma and M. Mantovani and Martins, \{J. C.\} and Q. Meijer and K. Merfeld and T. Mishra and Mitchell, \{A. L.\} and H. Narola and S. Ng and Pace, \{A. E.\} and A. Pal and Pang, \{P. T. H.\} and J. Park and K. Paul and Phukon, \{K. S.\} and F. Pilo and Pinto, \{I. M.\} and M. Pinto and A. Puecher and D. Rana and A. Rijal and M. Robinson and S. Roy and S. Roy and S. Saha and A. Samajdar and Sanchez, \{L. E.\} and R. Sato and S. Schmidt and J. Scott and Sharma, \{A. K.\} and Sharma, \{A. K.\} and H. Siegel and A. Singh and S. Singh and Smith, \{J. R.\} and Smith, \{R. J. E.\} and S. Soni and Srivastava, \{A. K.\} and L. Sun and T. Suzuki and D. Tang and M. Thomas and Thompson, \{J. E.\} and \{van den Brand\}, \{J. F. J.\} and \{Van Den Broeck\}, C. and \{van der Sluys\}, M. and \{van Dongen\}, J. and J. Veitch and Vermeulen, \{S. M.\} and L. Wallace and H. Wang and Wang, \{J. Z.\} and Wang, \{W. H.\} and Wang, \{Y. F.\} and Z. Wang and P. Wessels and Wong, \{H. T.\} and M. Wright and H. Wu and Y. Xu and F. Yang and F. Yang and Yang, \{K. Z.\} and Y. Yang and X. Yin and H. Yu and L. Zhang and R. Zhang and T. Zhang and Y. Zhang and C. Zhao and Yue Zhao and Y. Zheng and H. Zhong and Z.-H. Zhu",

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AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and KAGRA Collaboration

AU - Baka, T.

AU - Caudill, S.

AU - Chakraborty, P.

AU - Chakraborty, S.

AU - Chan, J. C. L.

AU - Chan, M.

AU - Chen, A. H.-Y.

AU - Chen, D.

AU - Chen, H.

AU - Chen, S.

AU - Chen, Y.

AU - Cheng, H. P.

AU - Dasgupta, A.

AU - Davis, D.

AU - Deka, U.

AU - Dietrich, T.

AU - Dooney, T.

AU - Gadre, B.

AU - Greco, G.

AU - Guo, H.

AU - Guo, Y.

AU - Gupta, N. C.

AU - Gupta, P.

AU - Gupta, S. K.

AU - Hannuksela, O. A.

AU - Hanson, J.

AU - Harms, J.

AU - Hofman, D.

AU - Hu, Q.

AU - Huang, H. Y.

AU - Huang, Y. T.

AU - Irwin, J.

AU - Janquart, J.

AU - Jin, S. J.

AU - Jones, E. J.

AU - Joshi, S. K.

AU - Khan, F.

AU - Kim, J. C.

AU - Kim, M. H.

AU - Kim, S.

AU - Kulkarni, S.

AU - Kumar, A.

AU - Kumar, Praveen

AU - Lai, S.

AU - Lane, B. B.

AU - Lee, H. M.

AU - Lee, J.

AU - Li, A. K. Y.

AU - Li, T. G. F.

AU - Li, X.

AU - Li, Y.

AU - Li, Z.

AU - Lin, C-Y.

AU - Lin, L. C.-C.

AU - Lin, Y.-C.

AU - Liu, A.

AU - Liu, G. C.

AU - Ma, L.-T.

AU - Mantovani, M.

AU - Martins, J. C.

AU - Meijer, Q.

AU - Merfeld, K.

AU - Mishra, T.

AU - Mitchell, A. L.

AU - Narola, H.

AU - Ng, S.

AU - Pace, A. E.

AU - Pal, A.

AU - Pang, P. T. H.

AU - Park, J.

AU - Paul, K.

AU - Phukon, K. S.

AU - Pilo, F.

AU - Pinto, I. M.

AU - Pinto, M.

AU - Puecher, A.

AU - Rana, D.

AU - Rijal, A.

AU - Robinson, M.

AU - Roy, S.

AU - Saha, S.

AU - Samajdar, A.

AU - Sanchez, L. E.

AU - Sato, R.

AU - Schmidt, S.

AU - Scott, J.

AU - Sharma, A. K.

AU - Siegel, H.

AU - Singh, A.

AU - Singh, S.

AU - Smith, J. R.

AU - Smith, R. J. E.

AU - Soni, S.

AU - Srivastava, A. K.

AU - Sun, L.

AU - Suzuki, T.

AU - Tang, D.

AU - Thomas, M.

AU - Thompson, J. E.

AU - van den Brand, J. F. J.

AU - Van Den Broeck, C.

AU - van der Sluys, M.

AU - van Dongen, J.

AU - Veitch, J.

AU - Vermeulen, S. M.

AU - Wallace, L.

AU - Wang, H.

AU - Wang, J. Z.

AU - Wang, W. H.

AU - Wang, Y. F.

AU - Wang, Z.

AU - Wessels, P.

AU - Wong, H. T.

AU - Wright, M.

AU - Wu, H.

AU - Xu, Y.

AU - Yang, F.

AU - Yang, K. Z.

AU - Yang, Y.

AU - Yin, X.

AU - Yu, H.

AU - Zhang, L.

AU - Zhang, R.

AU - Zhang, T.

AU - Zhang, Y.

AU - Zhao, C.

AU - Zhao, Yue

AU - Zheng, Y.

AU - Zhong, H.

AU - Zhu, Z.-H.

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