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GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral.
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, S. Kapadia
- PhysicsPhysical review letters
- 16 October 2017
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GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
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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…
Advanced LIGO
- J. Driggers, Z. Du, J. Macarthur
- Physics
- 2015
The Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors are second-generation instruments designed and built for the two LIGO observatories in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA, USA. The two instruments are…
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…
GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2.
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Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors
- L. S. Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration J. Abadie, K. Belczynski
- Physics
- 12 March 2010
We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the initial and advanced versions of the ground-based gravitational-wave…
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…
GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
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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…
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