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Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, P. Ubertini
- Physics
- 16 October 2017
On 2017 August 17, the gravitational-wave event GW170817 was observed by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors, and the gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 170817A was observed independently by the Fermi…
GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- PhysicsPhysical Review X
- 30 November 2018
We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1$\mathrm{M}_\odot$ during the first and second observing runs of the…
ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGER GW150914
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 11 February 2016
The discovery of the gravitational-wave source GW150914 with the Advanced LIGO detectors provides the first observational evidence for the existence of binary black-hole systems that inspiral and…
Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 15 June 2016
The first observational run of the Advanced LIGO detectors, from September 12, 2015 to January 19, 2016, saw the first detections of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers. In this paper…
The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 11 February 2016
A transient gravitational-wave signal, GW150914, was identified in the twin Advanced LIGO detectors on September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC. To assess the implications of this discovery, the detectors…
Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, J. Zweizig
- PhysicsPhysical Review X
- 29 May 2018
On August 17, 2017, the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors observed a low-mass compact binary inspiral. The initial sky localization of the source of the gravitational-wave…
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- PhysicsLiving reviews in relativity
- 2 April 2013
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Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
The second-generation of gravitational-wave detectors are just starting operation, and have already yielding their first detections. Research is now concentrated on how to maximize the scientific…
GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 15 November 2017
On 2017 June 8 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave (GW) signal from the merger of two stellar-mass black holes was observed by the two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave…
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Serra-Ricart
- PhysicsNature
- 16 October 2017
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