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arxiv: 2604.22441 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-24 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc

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How lonely are the Binary Compact Objects Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration?

Devesh Giri, Suvodip Mukherjee

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keywords gravitational wavescompact binary coalescencesthree-body encountersintermediate-mass black holesLIGO-Virgo-KAGRAGWTC-4binary mergersdephasing
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The pith

No statistically significant gravitational-wave distortions appear in three high-SNR LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA events, constraining intermediate-mass black holes above 100 solar masses within 0.1 AU of the binaries.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper builds a model of brief three-body encounters that combines Newtonian dynamics for the interaction with 2.5 post-Newtonian radiation reaction inside the binary. This model predicts a specific pattern of dephasing and amplitude modulation in the emitted gravitational waves. The authors apply the search to three long-duration events from the GWTC-4 catalog and detect no significant match to the predicted pattern. The absence of the signature sets upper limits on the presence of intermediate-mass black holes in the stated mass and distance range. These limits are presented as the first direct constraints of this kind from gravitational-wave data and as a path to study compact-object populations in dense environments.

Core claim

We develop a physically motivated model for such interactions, retaining Newtonian three-body dynamics supplemented by leading-order (2.5PN) radiation-reaction within the binary. We show that such encounters produce a distinctive morphology of dephasing and amplitude modulation in GWs. We search for this kind of distortion from the LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA (LVK) GW catalog GWTC-4 on three events: GW170817, GW190814, and GW230627_015337, chosen based on high SNR and in-band duration ≳10 s. We find no statistically significant deviation in the data, which translates into constraints on the absence of any intermediate-mass black hole in the mass range above ∼10² M⊙ in the vicinity of these binaries,

What carries the argument

the model of Newtonian three-body dynamics plus 2.5PN radiation reaction that produces a characteristic dephasing and amplitude-modulation morphology in gravitational waveforms

Load-bearing premise

The Newtonian three-body plus 2.5PN model fully captures the observable distortions and that non-detection of the predicted morphology rules out all possible encounters with intermediate-mass black holes in the stated mass and distance range.

What would settle it

A future gravitational-wave signal that exhibits the specific dephasing and amplitude modulation predicted by the three-body encounter model, or an independent detection of an intermediate-mass black hole within 0.1 AU of one of the merger locations.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.22441 by Devesh Giri, Suvodip Mukherjee.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Schematic overview of the observable parameter space for three-body fly-by encounters as a function of the perturber view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Schematic illustration of the three-body fly-by configuration considered in this work. view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Three-dimensional snapshots of the three-body evolution for a representative configuration with view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Comparison between the perturbed ( view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Time-domain comparison between the reference waveform used in the LVK parameter-estimation analysis and view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Cumulative residual cross-correlation between the LIGO Hanford (H1) and Livingston (L1) detectors for the events view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Mismatch between the unperturbed waveform con view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. Constraints on the perturber mass view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. Constraint maps for GW230627 view at source ↗
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Gravitational-wave (GW) observations of compact binary coalescences (CBCs) are traditionally interpreted under the assumption that the binary evolves in isolation. However, in realistic astrophysical environments, brief three-body encounters may perturb the binary's orbital evolution and imprint deviations on the emitted GWs. We develop a physically motivated model for such interactions, retaining Newtonian three-body dynamics supplemented by leading-order ($2.5$PN) radiation-reaction within the binary. We show that such encounters produce a distinctive morphology of dephasing and amplitude modulation in GWs. We search for this kind of distortion from the LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA (LVK) GW catalog GWTC-4 on three events: GW170817, GW190814, and GW230627\_015337, chosen based on high SNR and in-band duration $\gtrsim 10~\mathrm{s}$. We find no statistically significant deviation in the data, which translates into constraints on the absence of any intermediate-mass black hole in the mass range above $\sim 10^2$ M$_\odot$ in the vicinity of these binaries of radius approximately $10^{-1}~\mathrm{AU}$. This arises from robust exclusions arising from fly-by interactions that would dynamically disrupt the binary and are directly ruled out independent of waveform modelling, placing the first upper bound on intermediate-mass black holes near these GW events. In future, with the availability of long-duration GW signals, this new avenue can probe encounters of the binary GW sources with compact objects of lighter masses at distances farther away than 1 AU and hence opens a new window to probe the population of individual compact objects of both astrophysical and primordial origin in astrophysical systems of dense environments ranging from galactic centers to dense globular clusters.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript develops a model for three-body encounters perturbing compact binary coalescences, using Newtonian three-body dynamics plus 2.5PN radiation reaction within the binary. It searches for the resulting dephasing and amplitude modulations in three high-SNR, long-duration events from GWTC-4 (GW170817, GW190814, GW230627_015337). No statistically significant deviations are found, which is interpreted as constraints excluding IMBHs ≳100 M⊙ within ~0.1 AU of these binaries (via both non-disruption and non-detection of waveform distortions), with prospects noted for future longer signals.

Significance. If validated, this introduces a new probe of individual compact objects near GW sources using waveform morphology, complementing population studies and potentially constraining IMBHs or primordial objects in dense environments. Positive elements include direct application to real LVK catalog events, separation of dynamical disruption (independent of waveform modeling) from the distortion search, and forward-looking discussion of extended signals.

major comments (2)
  1. [§2 (model)] §2 (model): The central mapping from non-detection to IMBH exclusion assumes the Newtonian three-body + 2.5PN model fully captures observable distortions. For perturber masses ≳100 M⊙ at ~0.1 AU, encounter velocities enter regimes where 3.5PN terms, spin-orbit coupling, or strong-field three-body effects can modify phase accumulation and amplitude envelope. No quantitative check (e.g., comparison of retained vs. omitted contributions to the residual) is shown that these corrections would not suppress the signal below the search threshold, undermining the constraint claim.
  2. [§4 (search and results)] §4 (search and results): The statement of 'no statistically significant deviation' and the derived constraints lack explicit reporting of the detection threshold (e.g., Bayes factor or p-value cutoff), the precise waveform implementation in the likelihood, and treatment of degeneracies between encounter parameters and binary intrinsic parameters. These details are required to verify that the null result supports the quoted mass-distance bounds.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The title is informal for a journal; a descriptive alternative would improve clarity.
  2. [§2] Notation: Parameters distinguishing the inner binary from the perturber could be defined more explicitly in the model equations to aid readability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful and constructive review of our manuscript. Their comments highlight important aspects that will improve the rigor and clarity of our work. We respond to each major comment in turn, indicating the changes we plan to implement in the revised version.

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  1. Referee: §2 (model): The central mapping from non-detection to IMBH exclusion assumes the Newtonian three-body + 2.5PN model fully captures observable distortions. For perturber masses ≳100 M⊙ at ~0.1 AU, encounter velocities enter regimes where 3.5PN terms, spin-orbit coupling, or strong-field three-body effects can modify phase accumulation and amplitude envelope. No quantitative check (e.g., comparison of retained vs. omitted contributions to the residual) is shown that these corrections would not suppress the signal below the search threshold, undermining the constraint claim.

    Authors: We thank the referee for pointing out the need for validation of our model's approximations. The Newtonian three-body plus 2.5PN framework is intended as a first-order physically motivated model to capture the essential features of the encounter-induced distortions. We note that the exclusion of IMBHs is supported in part by the dynamical disruption argument, which is independent of waveform modeling and relies solely on the three-body dynamics leading to binary breakup. For the waveform morphology search, to address the concern regarding higher-order effects, we will include in the revised manuscript a quantitative estimate comparing the phase contributions from the included 2.5PN terms to those from omitted 3.5PN and spin-orbit terms over the relevant encounter timescales. This will demonstrate that the retained terms dominate the observable dephasing for the masses and distances considered. We will also discuss the regime of validity and the potential impact of strong-field effects as a limitation of the current study. revision: partial

  2. Referee: §4 (search and results): The statement of 'no statistically significant deviation' and the derived constraints lack explicit reporting of the detection threshold (e.g., Bayes factor or p-value cutoff), the precise waveform implementation in the likelihood, and treatment of degeneracies between encounter parameters and binary intrinsic parameters. These details are required to verify that the null result supports the quoted mass-distance bounds.

    Authors: We agree that these details are crucial for the reader to assess the strength of the null result. In the revised manuscript, we will expand §4 to explicitly report the statistical threshold used to determine 'no statistically significant deviation' (such as the specific Bayes factor cutoff or p-value), provide a detailed description of the waveform model implementation used in the likelihood analysis, and include an examination of degeneracies. Specifically, we will show that the parameters describing the three-body encounter are largely orthogonal to the binary's intrinsic parameters in the posterior distributions, ensuring that the constraints on the perturber mass and separation are not compromised by such degeneracies. These revisions will make the analysis fully transparent and reproducible. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: model-data comparison yields independent constraints

full rationale

The derivation develops an independent Newtonian three-body plus 2.5PN model, identifies a specific dephasing/amplitude morphology, and performs a direct search against three LVK events. The null result is translated to IMBH exclusion limits via the model's predictions and via separate dynamical-disruption arguments that do not rely on the waveform fit. No step reduces the claimed bound to a parameter fitted from the same events, no self-citation chain is load-bearing, and no ansatz or uniqueness theorem is smuggled in. The central claim therefore remains a genuine (if model-dependent) inference rather than a tautology.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Model rests on standard Newtonian three-body dynamics and leading-order post-Newtonian radiation reaction; no new entities postulated and no free parameters fitted to the target data.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Newtonian three-body dynamics supplemented by 2.5PN radiation-reaction accurately describes brief encounters
    Invoked to generate the distinctive dephasing and amplitude modulation morphology used in the search.

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