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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger. / LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 116, No. 6, 061102, 11.02.2016.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration 2016, 'Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger', Physical review letters, vol. 116, no. 6, 061102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2016). Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger. Physical review letters, 116(6), Article 061102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger. Physical review letters. 2016 Feb 11;116(6):061102. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. / Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger. In: Physical review letters. 2016 ; Vol. 116, No. 6.

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@article{cea9a8d9282d4dcfb05fb8400ef7b082,
title = "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger",
abstract = "On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. The signal sweeps upwards in frequency from 35 to 250 Hz with a peak gravitational-wave strain of 1.0 × 10−21. It matches the waveform predicted by general relativity for the inspiral and merger of a pair of black holes and the ringdown of the resulting single black hole. The signal was observed with a matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and afalse alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203 000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1σ. The source lies at a luminosity distance of 410{\th}160−180 Mpc corresponding to a redshift z ¼ 0.09{\th}0.03 −0.04 .In the source frame, the initial black hole masses are 36{\th}5 −4M⊙ and 29{\th}4−4M⊙, and the final black hole mass is 62{\th}4 −4M⊙, with 3.0{\th}0.5 −0.5M⊙c2 radiated in gravitational waves. All uncertainties define 90% credible intervals.These observations demonstrate the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems. This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.",
author = "{LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration} and M. Pitkin",
year = "2016",
month = feb,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102",
language = "English",
volume = "116",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "1079-7114",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "6",

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N2 - On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. The signal sweeps upwards in frequency from 35 to 250 Hz with a peak gravitational-wave strain of 1.0 × 10−21. It matches the waveform predicted by general relativity for the inspiral and merger of a pair of black holes and the ringdown of the resulting single black hole. The signal was observed with a matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and afalse alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203 000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1σ. The source lies at a luminosity distance of 410þ160−180 Mpc corresponding to a redshift z ¼ 0.09þ0.03 −0.04 .In the source frame, the initial black hole masses are 36þ5 −4M⊙ and 29þ4−4M⊙, and the final black hole mass is 62þ4 −4M⊙, with 3.0þ0.5 −0.5M⊙c2 radiated in gravitational waves. All uncertainties define 90% credible intervals.These observations demonstrate the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems. This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.

AB - On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. The signal sweeps upwards in frequency from 35 to 250 Hz with a peak gravitational-wave strain of 1.0 × 10−21. It matches the waveform predicted by general relativity for the inspiral and merger of a pair of black holes and the ringdown of the resulting single black hole. The signal was observed with a matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and afalse alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203 000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1σ. The source lies at a luminosity distance of 410þ160−180 Mpc corresponding to a redshift z ¼ 0.09þ0.03 −0.04 .In the source frame, the initial black hole masses are 36þ5 −4M⊙ and 29þ4−4M⊙, and the final black hole mass is 62þ4 −4M⊙, with 3.0þ0.5 −0.5M⊙c2 radiated in gravitational waves. All uncertainties define 90% credible intervals.These observations demonstrate the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems. This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.

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