The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred From Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

B. P. Abbott; K. Gill; B. Hughey; M. J. Szczepańczyk; M. Zanolin; et al.

doi:10.3847/2041-8205/833/1/L1

The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred From Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

B. P. Abbott, K. Gill, B. Hughey, M. J. Szczepańczyk, M. Zanolin, et al.

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A transient gravitational-wave signal, GW150914, was identified in the twin Advanced LIGO detectors on 2015 September 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC. To assess the implications of this discovery, the detectors remained in operation with unchanged configurations over a period of 39 days around the time of the signal. At the detection statistic threshold corresponding to that observed for GW150914, our search of the 16 days of simultaneous two-detector observational data is estimated to have a false-alarm rate (FAR) of

Original language	American English
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	833
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/833/1/L1
State	Published - Dec 10 2016

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black holes
gravitational waves
massive stars

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Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity

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The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred From Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

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