Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger

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dc.contributor.authorAbbott, B. P.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, G. S.
dc.contributor.authorLIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-08T10:39:45Z
dc.date.available2017-08-08T10:39:45Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-11
dc.description.abstractOn September 14 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal The signal sweeps upwards in frequency from 35 to 250 Hz with a peak gravitational-wave strain of 10×10 −21 It matches the waveform predicted by general relativity for the inspiral and merger of a pair of black holes and the ringdown of the resulting single black hole The signal was observed with a matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and a false alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203 000 years equivalent to a significance greater than 51σ The source lies at a luminosity distance of 410 +160 −180   Mpc corresponding to a redshift z=009 +003 −004 In the source frame the initial black hole masses are 36 +5 −4 M ⊙ and 29 +4 −4 M ⊙ and the final black hole mass is 62 +4 −4 M ⊙ with 30 +05 −05 M ⊙ c 2 radiated in gravitational waves All uncertainties define 90% credible intervals These observations demonstrate the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAbbott, BP., et al., (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. Physical Review Letters, 116(6) 061102 (2016)en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12286
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.titleObservation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole mergeren_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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