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GW170817: Observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

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posted on 2023-05-21, 11:22 authored by Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Karelle SiellezKarelle Siellez, Zweizig, J
On August 17, 2017 at 12∶41:04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral. The signal, GW170817, was detected with a combined signal-to-noise ratio of 32.4 and a false-alarm-rate estimate of less than one per 8.0x104 years. We infer the component masses of the binary to be between 0.86 and 2.26 M⊙, in agreement with masses of known neutron stars.

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Publication title

Physical Review Letters

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119

Issue

16

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161101

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161101

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1-18

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0031-9007

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School of Natural Sciences

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American Physical Soc

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One Physics Ellipse, College Pk, USA, Md, 20740-3844

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