GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

B. P. Abbott; K. AultONeal; S. Gaudio; K. Gill; E. M. Gretarsson; B. Hughey; M. Muratore; J. W. W. Pratt; S. G. Schwalbe; K. Staats; M. J. Szczepańczyk; M. Zanolin; et al.

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GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

B. P. Abbott, K. AultONeal, S. Gaudio, K. Gill, E. M. Gretarsson, B. Hughey, M. Muratore, J. W. W. Pratt, S. G. Schwalbe, K. Staats, M. J. Szczepańczyk, M. Zanolin, et al.

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<p> On 2017 June 8 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave (GW) signal from the merger of two stellar-mass black holes was observed by the two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detectors with a network signal-to-noise ratio of 13. This system is the lightest black hole binary so far observed, with component masses of 12 +7 -2 M&xodot; and 7 +2 -2 M&xodot; (90% credible intervals). These lie in the range of measured black hole masses in low-mass X-ray binaries, thus allowing us to compare black holes detected through GWs with electromagnetic observations. The source’s luminosity distance is 340 +140 -140 Mpc, corresponding to redshift 0.07 +0.03 -0.03. We verify that the signal waveform is consistent with the predictions of general relativity.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	851
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9f0c
State	Published - Dec 18 2017

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binaries
gravitational waves
stars
black holes

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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity

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GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

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