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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, JOn 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 LettersVolume
119Issue
16Article number
161101Number
161101Pagination
1-18ISSN
0031-9007Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
American Physical SocPlace of publication
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