# LENSINGGW: a PYTHON package for lensing of gravitational waves

@article{Pagano2020LENSINGGWAP,
title={LENSINGGW: a PYTHON package for lensing of gravitational waves},
author={Giulia Pagano and Otto A. Hannuksela and Tjonnie Guang Feng Li},
journal={arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics},
year={2020}
}
• Published 23 June 2020
• Physics, Geology
• arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo could observe the first lensed gravitational waves in the coming years, while the future Einstein Telescope could observe hundreds of lensed events. Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors can resolve arrival time differences of the order of the inverse of the observed frequencies. As LIGO/Virgo frequency band spans from a few $\rm Hz$ to a few $\rm kHz$, the typical time resolution of current interferometers is of the order of milliseconds. When microlenses…
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