GW150914: The Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of First Discoveries
California Institute of Technology · LIGO Scientific Collaboration · +153 more institutions
Abstract
Following a major upgrade, the two advanced detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) held their first observation run between September 2015 and January 2016. With a strain sensitivity of 10^{-23}/sqrt[Hz] at 100 Hz, the product of observable volume and measurement time exceeded that of all previous runs within the first 16 days of coincident observation. On September 14, 2015, the Advanced LIGO detectors observed a transient gravitational-wave signal determined to be the coalescence of two black holes [B. P. Abbott et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016)], launching the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. The event, GW150914, was observed with a combined signal-to-noise…
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- 100%
- References
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Authors
959- BPB. P. AbbottCorresponding
California Institute of Technology, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- RAR. Abbott
California Institute of Technology, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- TDT. D. Abbott
Louisiana State University
- MRM. R. Abernathy
California Institute of Technology, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- FAF. Acernese
University of Salerno, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
Topics & keywords
- LIGO
- Gravitational wave
- Physics
- Observatory
- Detector
- Gravitational-wave observatory
- Binary black hole
- Interferometry
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- KFKavli Foundation
- RCResearch Corporation for Science Advancement
- CICanadian Institute for Advanced Research
- IDInstitut des Origines de Lyon
- OMOntario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- LTLeverhulme Trust
- RSRoyal Society
- SFScottish Funding Council
- SUScottish Universities Physics AllianceAward: GEO600
- ECEuropean Commission
- NRNational Research Foundation
- COCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- RFRussian Foundation for Basic Research
- MOMinistry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
- 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
- NSNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- 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/L003465/1, Gravitational Waves, ST/I006285/1, ST/N000633/1, ST/N00003X/1, ST/M005844/1, 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
- DODivision of Human Resource Development