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Manuel Arca Sedda
astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HEgr-qcastro-ph.COastro-ph.SRastro-ph.IMBlack holesGravitational waveshep-thBinary evolution
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The STARfall pathway: forging intermediate-mass black holes through stellar collisions in dense star clusters
with Filippo Simonato, Taeho Ryu, Jakub Klencki, Giuliano Iorio +13
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120 papers in the corpus · 2011–2026Search for Compact Binary Coalescences with Sub-solar Mass Components in Data from the Second Part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run2610.20276v1 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GW240925 and GW250207: Astrophysical Calibration of Gravitational Wave Detectors.42675396 · Abac, A G, Abouelfettouh, I, Acernese, F et al.2026 · 2 citationsPhysical review letters. 2026;137(7):071401
Assessing the Impact of Instrumental Requirements on the Scientific Performance of the Einstein Telescope2607.27311v1 · Ulyana Dupletsa, Francesco Iacovelli, Mikhail Korobko et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: Tests of General Relativity2607.19293v1 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Sub-Torque-Balance Upper Limits on Continuous Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-12607.07765v1 · the Precision Ephemerides for Gravitational-Wave Searches, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Pebbles to Gems: Intermediate-mass black holes in the first star clusters2607.03536v1 · Benedetta Mestichelli, Manuel Arca Sedda, Marta Volonteri et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The impact of stellar binaries and star cluster dynamics on pair-instability supernovae2606.28299v2 · Francesco Gabrielli, Cristiano Ugolini, Lavinia Paiella et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Intermediate-mass black hole seeding in galactic nuclei from star cluster migration2606.14852v1 · Stefano Torniamenti, Nils Hoyer, Nadine Neumayer et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the Second Part of the Fourth Observing Run2605.27090v2 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: An Introduction to Version 5.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog2605.27223v2 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients2605.27224v2 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: Observations from the Second Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run and Updates to the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog2605.27225v3 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries2605.27226v2 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-5.0: Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate and Modified Gravitational-wave Propagation2605.27227v2 · A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Searches for Binary Mergers with Sub-solar Mass Components in Data from the First Part of LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run2605.05444v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Dawn: Tracing Cosmic Black Hole Binaries with ET, LGWA, and LISA2604.18173v2 · Nazanin Davari, Rosa Valiante, Alessandro Trinca et al.2026 · 0 citationsA&A, 714 (2026) A516
Direct N-body simulations of rotating and extremely massive Population III star clusters2603.29657v2 · Kai Wu, Ataru Tanikawa, Francesco Flammini Dotti et al.2026 · 1 citationA&A 709, A142 (2026)
Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Supernova Remnants in the first part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Fourth Observing run2603.25808v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 2 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, 1004 204 (2026)
Narrowband searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first two parts of the fourth LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA observing run2603.25938v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 1 citationThe Astrophysical Journal, 1005:221, 2026 July 10
Advanced Virgo Plus for O5 -- Design Report Overview2603.20342v2 · F. Acernese, A. Agapito, D. Agarwal et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Isolated or Dynamical? Tracing Black Hole Binary Formation through the Population of Gravitational-Wave Sources2603.20430v1 · Manuel Arca Sedda, Lavinia Paiella, Cristiano Ugolini et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. I. Overview and General Tests2603.19019v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. II. Parameterized Tests2603.19020v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. III. Tests of the Remnants2603.19021v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
Calibrating spectral siren cosmology with synthetic catalogs of binary black hole mergers2603.15332v2 · Arianna Scarpa, Simone Mastrogiovanni, Filippo Santoliquido et al.2026 · 0 citationsArianna Scarpa et al 2026 Class. Quantum Grav. 43 185003
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 Run2603.14168v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Teen TITANS simulations -- I. Inefficient intermediate-mass black hole seeding via stellar collisions in young massive clusters2602.17762v1 · Benedetta Mestichelli, Sara Rastello, Michela Mapelli et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Constraints on gravitational waves from the 2024 Vela pulsar glitch2512.17990v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 1 citationThe Astrophysical Journal 1005:12 (2026)
Search for planetary-mass ultra-compact binaries using data from the first part of the LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA fourth observing run2511.19911v3 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 0 citationsPhys. Rev. D 114, 022005 (2026)
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 run2511.16863v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Seeds to success: growing heavy black holes in dense star clusters2511.00200v1 · Lavinia Paiella, Manuel Arca Sedda, Benedetta Mestichelli et al.2025 · 6 citationsarXiv
Cosmological and High Energy Physics implications from gravitational-wave background searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's O1-O4a runs2510.26848v3 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 0 citationsPhys. Rev. X 16, 041023 (2026)
GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-Spin Black Hole Coalescence2510.26931v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 34 citationsAstrophys. J. Letters, 993, L21 (2025)
Directional Search for Persistent Gravitational Waves: Results from the First Part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's Fourth Observing Run2510.17487v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 3 citationsPhys.Rev.D 114 (2026) 2, 022001
Assembling GW231123 in star clusters through the combination of stellar binary evolution and hierarchical mergers2509.10609v1 · Lavinia Paiella, Cristiano Ugolini, Mario Spera et al.2025 · 14 citationsarXiv
GW230814: investigation of a loud gravitational-wave signal observed with a single detector2509.07348v2 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 9 citationsAstrophys.J.Lett. 1004 (2026) 2, L23
Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth Observing Run2508.20721v1 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients2508.18081v3 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 24 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2026, Volume 1004, Number 2
Efficient black hole seed formation in low metallicity and dense stellar clusters with implications for JWST sources2508.14260v1 · M.C. Vergara, A. Askar, F. Flammini Dotti et al.2025 · 13 citationsarXiv
Comparing astrophysical models to gravitational-wave data in the observable space2507.13249v2 · Alexandre Toubiana, Davide Gerosa, Matthew Mould et al.2025 · 3 citationsPhys. Rev. D 113 (2026) 083006
GW231123: a Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190-265 2507.08219v3 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese et al.2025 · 128 citationsApJL 993 L25 (2025)
Black Hole - Neutron Star and Binary Neutron Star Mergers from Population III and II stars2506.13870v2 · Benedetta Mestichelli, Michela Mapelli, Filippo Santoliquido et al.2025 · 1 citationA&A 704, A54 (2025)
Rapid formation of a very massive star >50000 and subsequently an IMBH from runaway collisions. Direct N-body and Monte Carlo simulations of dense star clusters2505.07491v2 · Marcelo C. Vergara, Abbas Askar, Albrecht W. H. Kamlah et al.2025 · 20 citationsA&A 704, A321 (2025)
Fast and accurate parameter estimation of high-redshift sources with the Einstein Telescope2504.21087v2 · Filippo Santoliquido, Jacopo Tissino, Ulyana Dupletsa et al.2025 · 6 citationsPhys. Rev. D 112 (2025) 103015
The Science of the Einstein Telescope2503.12263v2 · Adrian Abac, Raul Abramo, Simone Albanesi et al.2025 · 117 citationsJCAP 03 (2026) 081
GWnext 2024: Meeting Summary2406.03498v1 · Alejandro Torres-Orjuela, Veronica Vazquez-Aceves, Rui Xu et al.2024 · 0 citationsarXiv
Binary black hole mergers from Population III star clusters2405.06037v1 · Benedetta Mestichelli, Michela Mapelli, Stefano Torniamenti et al.2024 · 16 citationsA&A 690, A106 (2024)
The boring history of Gaia BH3 from isolated binary evolution2404.17568v3 · Giuliano Iorio, Stefano Torniamenti, Michela Mapelli et al.2024 · 17 citationsA&A 690, A144 (2024)
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: Mission Studies and Science Case2404.09181v2 · Parameswaran Ajith, Pau Amaro Seoane, Manuel Arca Sedda et al.2024 · 47 citationsJCAP 01 (2025) 108
LISA Definition Study Report2402.07571v1 · Monica Colpi, Karsten Danzmann, Martin Hewitson et al.2024 · 79 citationsarXiv
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