Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

BP Abbott,; Abbott, R; Siellez, Karelle; Zweizig, J; Boyle, M; Brugmann, B; Campanelli, M; Clark, M; Hamberger, D; Kidder, LE; Kinsey, M; Laguna, P; Ossokine, S; Scheel, MA; Szilagyi, B; Teukolsky, S; Zlochower, Y

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Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

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posted on 2023-05-21, 11:38 authored by Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Karelle SiellezKarelle Siellez, Zweizig, J, Boyle, M, Brugmann, B, Campanelli, M, Clark, M, Hamberger, D, Kidder, LE, Kinsey, M, Laguna, P, Ossokine, S, Scheel, MA, Szilagyi, B, Teukolsky, S, Zlochower, Y

On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a gravitational-wave transient (GW150914); we characterize the properties of the source and its parameters. The data around the time of the event were analyzed coherently across the LIGO network using a suite of accurate waveform models that describe gravitational waves from a compact binary system in general relativity.

History

Publication title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

116

Issue

24

Article number

241102

Number

241102

Pagination

1-19

ISSN

0031-9007

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

American Physical Soc

Place of publication

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

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