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An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system
- M. Burgay, N. D'Amico, D. Lorimer
- PhysicsNature
- 2 December 2003
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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…
GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- PhysicsThe Astrophysical Journal
- 22 June 2020
We report the observation of a compact binary coalescence involving a 22.2–24.3 M ⊙ black hole and a compact object with a mass of 2.50–2.67 M ⊙ (all measurements quoted at the 90% credible level).…
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…
Host Galaxies Catalog Used in LIGO Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events
- R. Kopparapu, C. Hanna, S. Fairhurst
- Physics
- 9 June 2007
An up-to-date catalog of nearby galaxies considered to be hosts of binary compact objects is provided, with complete information about sky position, distance, extinction-corrected blue luminosity,…
Parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using the LALInference software library
- J. Veitch, V. Raymond, L. Wade
- Computer Science, Physics
- 25 September 2014
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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…
Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. Abbott, J. Zweizig
- PhysicsThe Astrophysical Journal Letters
- 27 October 2020
We report on the population of 47 compact binary mergers detected with a false-alarm rate of < in the second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. We observe several characteristics of the…
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