Livolsi, Edoardo: Structural Analysis and Non-Fundamental Nature of the LIGO--Caltech Statistical Framework for Gravitational-Wave Inference

This work presents a structural peer-style analysis of a set of recent contributions in gravitational-wave data analysis, including photon-counting inference, control optimization methods, the GWTC-4.0 series of general relativity tests, and black-hole spectroscopy studies. The aim is to examine the methodological and conceptual structure of these approaches. It is shown that all analyzed works rely on a common operational scheme: externally defined waveform models, empirically constructed noise