Author

Cailin Plunkett

Observed names: C. Plunkett, Plunkett, Cailin

Institutions: LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Observed institutions: University of Pisa, Amherst College, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ORCID: 0000-0002-1144-6708

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-1144-6708

OpenAlex ID: A5020497085

GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 337

GW231123: A Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190–265 M ⊙

2025 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 321

GW250114: Testing Hawking’s Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes

2025 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 281

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

2025 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 167

GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 148

GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 124

GWTC-4.0: Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate and Modified Gravitational-wave Propagation

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 101

GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-spin Black Hole Coalescences

2025 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 98

Signatures of a Subpopulation of Hierarchical Mergers in the GWTC-4 Gravitational-Wave Dataset

2026 · Cailin Plunkett, Salvatore Vitale, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 49

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Cosmological and High-Energy Physics Implications from Gravitational-Wave Background Searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s O1–O4a Runs

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical Review X · 37

GW230814: Investigation of a Loud Gravitational-wave Signal Observed with a Single Detector

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 36

The Comprehensive Archive of Substellar and Planetary Accretion Rates

2023 · S. K. Betti, K. B. Follette, et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 33

Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 27

Concurrent estimation of noise and compact-binary signal parameters in gravitational-wave data

2022 · Cailin Plunkett, Sophie Hourihane, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 22

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Directional search for persistent gravitational waves: Results from the first part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s fourth observing run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 20

Measurement prospects for the pair-instability mass cutoff with gravitational waves

2026 · Matthew Mould, Jack Heinzel, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 19

Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 18

Direct Multimodel Dark Matter Search with Gravitational-Wave Interferometers Using Data from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 16

GW240925 and GW250207: Astrophysical Calibration of Gravitational Wave Detectors

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 14

Constraining Population III stellar demographics with next-generation gravitational-wave observatories

2025 · Cailin Plunkett, Matthew Mould, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 14

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Search for planetary-mass ultracompact binaries using data from the first part of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA fourth observing run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 13

Narrowband Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from known Pulsars in the First Two Parts of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 9

Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Supernova Remnants in the First Part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Fourth Observing Run

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 7

Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the 2024 Vela Pulsar Glitch

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 6

Sub-torque-balance Upper Limits on Continuous Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-1

2026 · A. G. Abac, I. Abouelfettouh, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 4

Works count: 36

Citation count: 1,934

H-index: 17

I10-index: 21