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dc.contributor.author | Abbott, B.P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | LIGO Scientific Collaboration, | - |
dc.contributor.author | Virgo Collaboration, | - |
dc.contributor.author | Abbott, R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Abbott, T.D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Abernathy, M.R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Acernese, F. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ackley, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adams, C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adams, T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Addesso, P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adhikari, R.X. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adya, V.B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Affeldt, C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Agathos, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Agatsuma, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aggarwal, N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aguiar, O.D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aiello, L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ain, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | et al. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review Letters, 2016; 116(6):061102-1-061102-16 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-7114 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/99789 | - |
dc.description | S. E. Hollitt ... D. J. Hosken ... E. J. King ... J. Munch ... D. J. Ottaway ... P. J. Veitch are members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration | - |
dc.description.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 a false 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_{-180}^{+160} Mpc corresponding to a redshift z=0.09_{-0.04}^{+0.03}. In the source frame, the initial black hole masses are 36_{-4}^{+5}M_{⊙} and 29_{-4}^{+4}M_{⊙}, and the final black hole mass is 62_{-4}^{+4}M_{⊙}, with 3.0_{-0.5}^{+0.5}M_{⊙}c^{2} 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. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | B. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | - |
dc.rights | © Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.116.061102 | - |
dc.subject | LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration | - |
dc.title | Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 | - |
dc.relation.grant | ARC | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
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