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    subsequent ringdown of a single, 62 M☉ black hole remnant. The signal was named GW150914 (from gravitational wave and the date of observation 2015-09-14). It was...
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  • the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected GW150914 (detected September 2015, announced February 2016), a distinctive gravitational...
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  • bibliotecapleyades.net. Chirenti, Cecilia; Rezzolla, Luciano (11 October 2016). "Did GW150914 produce a rotating gravastar?". Physical Review D. 94 (8): 084016. arXiv:1602...
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    observer." If the signal observed by the Fermi GBM was associated with GW150914, SPI-ACS would have detected it with a significance of 15 sigma above the...
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    Collaboration) (11 February 2016). "Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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    Adams, C. (June 14, 2016). "Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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  • 1.5e+53 kg / 4.6e+10 M_sol * 1.5e+10 L_sol = 9.466e+48 W ≈ 9.5e+48 W. "GW150914: Factsheet" (PDF). www.ligo.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on January...
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  • S2CID 19021009. "LIGO: How We Searched For Merging Black Holes And Found GW150914". A technique known as matched filtering is used to see if there are any...
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  • Video simulation of the merger GW150914, showing spacetime distortion from gravity as the black holes orbit and merge...
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  • announced the first observation of gravitational waves, from a signal (dubbed GW150914) detected at 09:50:45 GMT on 14 September 2015 of two black holes with...
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  • tensor-based calculations Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity "GW150914: LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves". Black-holes.org. Retrieved 18 April...
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  • black holes, originally about 30 Solar masses each, as observed by LIGO (GW150914) 8.6×1047 J Mass–energy emitted as gravitational waves during the most...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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    detection date of a GW event is indicated by its designation; i.e., event GW150914 was detected on 2015-09-14. The relatively large and distant area of the...
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    Following the announcement of the first gravitational wave detection, GW150914, it was realized that a similar event would be detectable by LISA well...
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  • et al. (February 11, 2016). "Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914" (PDF). Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...
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  • "Constraints on frequency-dependent violations of Shapiro delay from GW150914". Physics Letters B. 756: 265–267. arXiv:1602.04779. Bibcode:2016PhLB....
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  • collision, the power radiated in gravitational waves following the collision GW150914, estimated at 50 times the power output of all the stars in the observable...
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    one of the first scientists to become aware of the initial detection of GW150914 at LIGO, in September 2015. Allen's research work has been funded by the...
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  • singularity would remain hidden by the event horizon. LIGO events, including GW150914, are consistent with these predictions. Although data anomalies would have...
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    Earth (light years) Location GW190521 (155+17 −11) M☉ 78+9 −5 78+9 −5 GW150914 (62 ± 4) M☉ 36 ± 4 29 ± 4 . 1.3 billion GW170104 (48.7 ± 5) M☉ 31.2 ± 7...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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  • Virgo Collaboration) (2016). "Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...
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    announced the first observation of gravitational waves. The signal, named GW150914, was recorded on 14 September 2015, just two days after Advanced LIGO started...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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    Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...
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    (2016). "Primordial Black Hole Scenario for the Gravitational-Wave Event GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 117 (6): 061101. arXiv:1603.08338. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...
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