Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run
California Institute of Technology · Louisiana State University · +120 more institutions
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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- 100%
- References
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Authors
973- BPB. P. AbbottCorresponding
California Institute of Technology
- RAR. Abbott
California Institute of Technology
- TDT. D. Abbott
Louisiana State University
- MRM. R. Abernathy
American University
- FAF. Acernese
University of Salerno
Topics & keywords
- LIGO
- Binary black hole
- Binary number
- Black hole (networking)
- Gravitational wave
- Stellar black hole
- Range (aeronautics)
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
- FDFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- 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/I000887/1, ST/N005406/1, ST/L003465/1, Gravitational Waves, ST/J000345/1, ST/I006285/1, ST/N000633/1, ST/N00003X/1, ST/L000954/1, ST/L000326/1, ST/M005844/1, 1653089, ST/L000962/1, 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