Classifying the generation and formation channels of dynamically-formed gravitational-wave events

Gravitational-wave astrophysics is rapidly growing and quickly shifting its focus from the characterisation of individual events to the description of the distributions of black holes and neutron stars in the Universe. Refined astrophysical models and state-of-the-art data-analysis techniques are currently being developed to establish whether the binaries observed with current interferometers are formed in isolation or through dynamical interactions between compact objects. Focussing on the latter scenario, and relying on fast-to-generate models for dynamical formation scenarios, I lay out a data-driven pipeline to establish from which channels events that are believed to be dynamical in origin come from. I also comment on how the pipeline can be improved with further astrophysical information, and extended to future detectors.