Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914
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Abstract
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. GW150914 was produced by a nearly equal mass binary black hole of masses 36_{-4}^{+5}M_{⊙} and 29_{-4}^{+4}M_{⊙}; for each parameter we report the median value and the range of the 90% credible interval. The dimensionless spin magnitude of the more massive black hole is bound to be
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988Topics & keywords
- Physics
- LIGO
- Binary black hole
- Black hole (networking)
- Gravitational wave
- Astrophysics
- Redshift
- Galaxy
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- DADavid and Lucile Packard Foundation
- NANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- APAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
- KFKavli Foundation
- RCResearch Corporation for Science Advancement
- IDInstitut des Origines de Lyon
- OMOntario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- LTLeverhulme Trust
- RSRoyal Society
- SFScottish Funding Council
- CTCarnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
- SUScottish Universities Physics Alliance
- ECEuropean Commission
- NRNational Research Foundation
- DODepartment of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- COCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- SVStichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie
- RFRussian Foundation for Basic Research
- CNCanadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- ICIndustry Canada
- NONederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- MDMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad
- HSHungarian Scientific Research Fund
- NRNational Research Foundation of Korea
- MMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
- NCNarodowe Centrum Nauki
- MOMinistry of Education, India
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- MDMinistero dello Sviluppo Economico
- INIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- GDGovern de les Illes Balears
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAwards: ST/I006242/1, ST/N000064/1, ST/K005014/1, ST/L000946/1, ST/I006269/1, ST/M004090/1, ST/H002006/1, ST/N005406/1, ST/L003465/1, Gravitational Waves, ST/I006285/1, ST/N000633/1, ST/N00003X/1, ST/L000954/1, ST/K000845/1, ST/N005716/1, ST/J000019/1, ST/J00166X/1, ST/N000072/1, ST/N000080/1, ST/N005430/1
- ARAustralian Research Council
- SAScience and Engineering Research Board
- INInstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- SFSeventh Framework Programme
- DODivision of Human Resource Development