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Dr Isobel Romero-Shaw
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Publication
2026
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2026. Astrophysical implications of eccentricity in gravitational waves from neutron star-black hole binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10.1093/mnras/stag323)
- Grishin, E. , Romero-Shaw, I. M. and Trani, A. A. 2026. Gravitational-wave signatures of highly eccentric stellar-mass binary black holes in galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society stag262. (10.1093/mnras/stag262)
- Dorozsmai, A. et al., 2026. Hierarchical triples versus globular clusters: binary black hole merger eccentricity distributions compete and evolve with redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 545 (2) staf1938. (10.1093/mnras/staf1938)
2025
- Stegmann, J. et al., 2025. Distinguishing the origin of eccentric black hole mergers with gravitational-wave spin measurements. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 994 L47. (10.3847/2041-8213/ae1d66)
- Mandel, I. et al., 2025. Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS: Methods paper II. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 280 (1) 43. (10.3847/1538-4365/adf8d0)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2025. GW200208_222617 as an eccentric black-hole binary merger: Properties and astrophysical implications. Physical Review D 112 063052. (10.1103/jj7m-x66y)
- Antonini, F. et al. 2025. Inferring the pair-instability mass gap from gravitational wave data. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 112 (6) 063040. (10.1103/nxnr-pdyx)
- Antonini, F. , Romero-Shaw, I. M. and Callister, T. 2025. Star cluster population of high mass black hole mergers in gravitational wave data. Physical Review Letters 134 (1) 011401. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.011401)
2024
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2024. Eccentric signatures of stellar-mass binary black holes with circumbinary discs in LISA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 534 (1), pp.L58-L64. (10.1093/mnrasl/slae081)
- Evstafyeva, T. et al., 2024. Gravitational-wave data analysis with high-precision numerical relativity simulations of boson star mergers. Physical Review Letters 133 131401. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.131401)
- Knee, A. M. et al., 2024. Detecting gravitational-wave bursts from black hole binaries in the galactic center with LISA. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 971 L38. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad6a10)
- Divyajyoti, D. et al. 2024. Blind spots and biases: the dangers of ignoring eccentricity in gravitational-wave signals from binary black holes. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 109 (4) 043037. (10.1103/PhysRevD.109.043037)
2023
- Chattopadhyay, D. et al. 2023. Double black hole mergers in nuclear star clusters: eccentricities, spins, masses, and the growth of massive seeds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526 (4), pp.4908–4928. (10.1093/mnras/stad3048)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2023. Rapid population synthesis of black hole high-mass X-ray binaries: implications for binary stellar evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524 (1), pp.245-259. (10.1093/mnras/stad1732)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Loutrel, N. and Zevin, M. 2023. Inferring interference: Identifying a perturbing tertiary with eccentric gravitational wave burst timing. Physical Review D 107 122001. (10.1103/physrevd.107.122001)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Gerosa, D. and Loutrel, N. 2023. Eccentricity or spin precession? Distinguishing subdominant effects in gravitational-wave data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519 (4), pp.5352-5357. (10.1093/mnras/stad031)
2022
- Clarke, T. A. et al., 2022. Gravitational-wave inference for eccentric binaries: the argument of periapsis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517 (3), pp.3778-3784. (10.1093/mnras/stac2965)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Lasky, P. and Thrane, E. 2022. Four eccentric mergers increase the evidence that LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s binary black holes form dynamically. The Astrophysical Journal 940 171. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac9798)
- Davis, D. et al., 2022. Subtracting glitches from gravitational-wave detector data during the third LIGO-Virgo observing run. Classical and Quantum Gravity 39 (24) 245013. (10.1088/1361-6382/aca238)
- Hannam, M. et al. 2022. General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary. Nature 610 (7933), pp.652-655. (10.1038/s41586-022-05212-z)
- Knee, A. M. et al., 2022. A Rosetta Stone for eccentric gravitational waveform models. The Astrophysical Journal 936 172. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac8b02)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Thrane, E. and Lasky, P. 2022. When models fail: An introduction to posterior predictive checks and model misspecification in gravitational-wave astronomy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 39 e025. (10.1017/pasa.2022.24)
2021
- Zevin, M. et al., 2021. Implications of eccentric observations on binary black hole formation channels. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 921 (2) L43. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac32dc)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Lasky, P. and Thrane, E. 2021. Signs of eccentricity in two gravitational-wave signals may indicate a subpopulation of dynamically assembled binary black holes. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 921 L31. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac3138)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2021. Gravitational waves as a probe of globular cluster formation and evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 506 (2), pp.2362-2372. (10.1093/mnras/stab1815)
2020
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (3), pp.3295-3319. (10.1093/mnras/staa2850)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. GW190521: Orbital eccentricity and signatures of dynamical formation in a binary black hole merger signal. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 903 L5. (10.3847/2041-8213/abbe26)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. On the origin of GW190425. MNRAS Letters 496 (1), pp.L64-L69. (10.1093/mnrasl/slaa084)
2019
- Romero-Shaw, I. M. , Lasky, P. D. and Thrane, E. 2019. Searching for eccentricity: signatures of dynamical formation in the first gravitational-wave transient catalogue of LIGO and Virgo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490 (4), pp.5210-5216. (10.1093/mnras/stz2996)
Articles
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2026. Astrophysical implications of eccentricity in gravitational waves from neutron star-black hole binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10.1093/mnras/stag323)
- Grishin, E. , Romero-Shaw, I. M. and Trani, A. A. 2026. Gravitational-wave signatures of highly eccentric stellar-mass binary black holes in galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society stag262. (10.1093/mnras/stag262)
- Dorozsmai, A. et al., 2026. Hierarchical triples versus globular clusters: binary black hole merger eccentricity distributions compete and evolve with redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 545 (2) staf1938. (10.1093/mnras/staf1938)
- Stegmann, J. et al., 2025. Distinguishing the origin of eccentric black hole mergers with gravitational-wave spin measurements. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 994 L47. (10.3847/2041-8213/ae1d66)
- Mandel, I. et al., 2025. Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS: Methods paper II. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 280 (1) 43. (10.3847/1538-4365/adf8d0)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2025. GW200208_222617 as an eccentric black-hole binary merger: Properties and astrophysical implications. Physical Review D 112 063052. (10.1103/jj7m-x66y)
- Antonini, F. et al. 2025. Inferring the pair-instability mass gap from gravitational wave data. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 112 (6) 063040. (10.1103/nxnr-pdyx)
- Antonini, F. , Romero-Shaw, I. M. and Callister, T. 2025. Star cluster population of high mass black hole mergers in gravitational wave data. Physical Review Letters 134 (1) 011401. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.011401)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2024. Eccentric signatures of stellar-mass binary black holes with circumbinary discs in LISA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 534 (1), pp.L58-L64. (10.1093/mnrasl/slae081)
- Evstafyeva, T. et al., 2024. Gravitational-wave data analysis with high-precision numerical relativity simulations of boson star mergers. Physical Review Letters 133 131401. (10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.131401)
- Knee, A. M. et al., 2024. Detecting gravitational-wave bursts from black hole binaries in the galactic center with LISA. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 971 L38. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad6a10)
- Divyajyoti, D. et al. 2024. Blind spots and biases: the dangers of ignoring eccentricity in gravitational-wave signals from binary black holes. Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology) 109 (4) 043037. (10.1103/PhysRevD.109.043037)
- Chattopadhyay, D. et al. 2023. Double black hole mergers in nuclear star clusters: eccentricities, spins, masses, and the growth of massive seeds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526 (4), pp.4908–4928. (10.1093/mnras/stad3048)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2023. Rapid population synthesis of black hole high-mass X-ray binaries: implications for binary stellar evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524 (1), pp.245-259. (10.1093/mnras/stad1732)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Loutrel, N. and Zevin, M. 2023. Inferring interference: Identifying a perturbing tertiary with eccentric gravitational wave burst timing. Physical Review D 107 122001. (10.1103/physrevd.107.122001)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Gerosa, D. and Loutrel, N. 2023. Eccentricity or spin precession? Distinguishing subdominant effects in gravitational-wave data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519 (4), pp.5352-5357. (10.1093/mnras/stad031)
- Clarke, T. A. et al., 2022. Gravitational-wave inference for eccentric binaries: the argument of periapsis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517 (3), pp.3778-3784. (10.1093/mnras/stac2965)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Lasky, P. and Thrane, E. 2022. Four eccentric mergers increase the evidence that LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s binary black holes form dynamically. The Astrophysical Journal 940 171. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac9798)
- Davis, D. et al., 2022. Subtracting glitches from gravitational-wave detector data during the third LIGO-Virgo observing run. Classical and Quantum Gravity 39 (24) 245013. (10.1088/1361-6382/aca238)
- Hannam, M. et al. 2022. General-relativistic precession in a black-hole binary. Nature 610 (7933), pp.652-655. (10.1038/s41586-022-05212-z)
- Knee, A. M. et al., 2022. A Rosetta Stone for eccentric gravitational waveform models. The Astrophysical Journal 936 172. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac8b02)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Thrane, E. and Lasky, P. 2022. When models fail: An introduction to posterior predictive checks and model misspecification in gravitational-wave astronomy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 39 e025. (10.1017/pasa.2022.24)
- Zevin, M. et al., 2021. Implications of eccentric observations on binary black hole formation channels. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 921 (2) L43. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac32dc)
- Romero-Shaw, I. , Lasky, P. and Thrane, E. 2021. Signs of eccentricity in two gravitational-wave signals may indicate a subpopulation of dynamically assembled binary black holes. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 921 L31. (10.3847/2041-8213/ac3138)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2021. Gravitational waves as a probe of globular cluster formation and evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 506 (2), pp.2362-2372. (10.1093/mnras/stab1815)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (3), pp.3295-3319. (10.1093/mnras/staa2850)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. GW190521: Orbital eccentricity and signatures of dynamical formation in a binary black hole merger signal. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 903 L5. (10.3847/2041-8213/abbe26)
- Romero-Shaw, I. et al. 2020. On the origin of GW190425. MNRAS Letters 496 (1), pp.L64-L69. (10.1093/mnrasl/slaa084)
- Romero-Shaw, I. M. , Lasky, P. D. and Thrane, E. 2019. Searching for eccentricity: signatures of dynamical formation in the first gravitational-wave transient catalogue of LIGO and Virgo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490 (4), pp.5210-5216. (10.1093/mnras/stz2996)
