articlePhysical Review XOct 21, 2016GOLD OA

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

BPB. P. AbbottRAR. AbbottTDT. D. AbbottMRM. R. AbernathyFAF. Acernese

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Abstract

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, we present full results from a search for binary black hole merger signals with total masses up to 100M⊙ and detailed implications from our observations of these systems. Our search, based on general-relativistic models of gravitational-wave signals from binary black hole systems, unambiguously identified two signals, GW150914 and GW151226, with a significance of greater than 5σ over the observing period. It also identified a third possible signal, LVT151012, with substantially lower significance and with an 87%…

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  • BP
    B. P. AbbottCorresponding

    California Institute of Technology

  • RA
    R. Abbott

    California Institute of Technology

  • TD
    T. D. Abbott

    Louisiana State University

  • MR
    M. R. Abernathy

    American University

  • FA
    F. Acernese

    University of Salerno

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Keywords
  • LIGO
  • Binary black hole
  • Binary number
  • Black hole (networking)
  • Gravitational wave
  • Stellar black hole
  • Range (aeronautics)
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