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...

the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected GW150914 (detected September 2015, announced February 2016), a distinctive gravitational...

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...

bibliotecapleyades.net. Chirenti, Cecilia; Rezzolla, Luciano (11 October 2016). "Did GW150914 produce a rotating gravastar?". Physical Review D. 94 (8): 084016. arXiv:1602...

Collaboration) (11 February 2016). "Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...

tensor-based calculations Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity "GW150914: LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves". Black-holes.org. Retrieved 18 April...

Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...

Video simulation of the merger GW150914, showing spacetime distortion from gravity as the black holes orbit and merge...

Adams, C. (June 14, 2016). "Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...

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...

Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...

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...

Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...

verified the signal, making it the second such signal confirmed, after GW150914, which had been announced four months earlier the same year, and the third...

announced the first observation of gravitational waves. The signal, named GW150914, was recorded on 14 September 2015, just two days after Advanced LIGO started...

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...

Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...

verified the signal, making it the third such signal announced, after GW150914 and GW151226, and fourth overall. The signal was detected by LIGO at 10:11:58...

(2016). "Primordial Black Hole Scenario for the Gravitational-Wave Event GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 117 (6): 061101. arXiv:1603.08338. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...

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...

announced the observation of the signal, the fourth confirmed event after GW150914, GW151226 and GW170104. It was the first binary black hole merger detected...

Following the announcement of the first gravitational wave detection, GW150914, it was realized that a similar event would be detectable by LISA well...

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...

Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) (2016). "Tests of general relativity with GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (221101): 221101. arXiv:1602.03841. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...

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 supported by...

of the single resulting black hole. The second detection verified that GW150914 is not a fluke, thus opens entire new branch in astrophysics, gravitational-wave...

Events List of observations First observation (GW150914) GW151226 GW170104 GW170608 GW170814 GW170817 (first neutron star merger) GW190412 GW190521 (first-ever...

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...

also worked on gravastars and found that the merger of black holes from GW150914 is not consistent with the gravastar model. Alongside Heino Falcke and...

Virgo Collaboration) (2016). "Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241102. arXiv:1602.03840. Bibcode:2016PhRvL...