Selected papers

GW170817: Measurements of neutron star radii and equation of state



Submitted to PRL (2018)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817



Submitted to PRX (2018)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

exocartographer: A Bayesian Framework for Mapping Exoplanets in Reflected Light



Submitted to AJ (2018)

B. Farr, W. Farr, N. Cowan, H. Haggard, T. Robinson

Using spin to understand the formation of LIGO's black holes



ApJL (2018)

B. Farr, D. Holz, W. Farr

GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral



PRL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger



ApJL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, et al.

A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant



Nature (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, 1M2H Collaboration, Dark Energy Survey and Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration, et al.

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart



ApJL (2017)

M. Soares-Santos, et al. (Dark Energy Survey and Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration)

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models



ApJL (2017)

P. Cowperthwaite, et al. (Dark Energy Survey and Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration)

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. III. Optical and UV Spectra of a Blue Kilonova From Fast Polar Ejecta



ApJL (2017)

M. Nicholl, et al. (Dark Energy Survey and Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration)

Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A



ApJL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, Fermi GBM, INTEGRAL

Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817



ApJL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817



ApJL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence



PRL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Distinguishing spin-aligned and isotropic black hole populations with gravitational waves



Nature (2017)

W. Farr, S. Stevenson, C. Miller, I. Mandel, B. Farr, A. Vecchio

Statistical Gravitational Waveform Models: What to Simulate Next?



Submitted to PRD (2017)

Z. Doctor, B. Farr, D. Holz, M. Pürrer

Are LIGO's Black Holes Made from Smaller Black Holes?



ApJL (2017)

M. Fishbach, D. Holz, B. Farr

GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2



PRL (2017)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey



ApJ (2017)

Z. Doctor, R. Kessler, H. Y. Chen, B. Farr, et. al

GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence



PRL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run



PRX (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger



PRL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914



PRL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Tests of general relativity with GW150914



PRL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Astrophysical Implications of the Binary Black-Hole Merger GW150914



ApJL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions



Phys. Rev. D (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914



Phys. Rev. D (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914



ApJL (2016)

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Systematic errors in low latency gravitational wave parameter estimation impact electromagnetic follow-up observations



ApJ (2016)

T. Littenberg, B. Farr, S. Coughlin, V. Kalogera

Parameter estimation on gravitational waves from neutron-star binaries with spinning components



ApJ (2016)

B. Farr, C. P. L. Berry, W. M. Farr, et. al

Neutron stars versus black holes: probing the mass gap with LIGO/Virgo



ApJ (2015)

T. Littenberg, B. Farr, S. Coughlin, et. al

Robust parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using LALInference



Phys. Rev. D (2015)

J. Veitch, V. Raymond, B. Farr, et. al

The first two years of electromagnetic follow-up with advanced LIGO and Virgo



ApJ (2014)

L. Singer, L. Price, B. Farr, et. al

A more effective coordinate system for parameter estimation of precessing compact binaries from gravitational waves



Phys. Rev. D (2014)

B. Farr, E. Ochsner, W. M. Farr, R. O'Shaughnessy

Parameter estimation of gravitational waves from precessing BH-NS inspirals with higher harmonics



Phys. Rev. D (2014)

R. O'Shaughnessy, B. Farr, et al.

Efficient estimation of highly structured posteriors of gravitational-wave signals with Markov-chain Monte Carlo



Phys. Rev. D (2014)

B. Farr, V. Kalogera, E. Luijten

Basic parameter estimation of binary neutron star systems by the advanced LIGO/Virgo network



ApJ (2014)

C. Rodriguez, B. Farr, et. al

Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network



Phys. Rev. D (2013)

J. Aasi, et. al

Gravitational wave science in the high school classroom



Am. J. Phys. (2012)

B. Farr, G. Schelbert, L. Trouille