On September 14, 2015, at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) simultaneously observed the binary black hole merger GW150914. We report the results of a matched-filter search using relativistic models of compact-object binaries that recovered GW150914 as the most significant event during the coincident observations between the two LIGO detectors from September 12 to October 20, 2015 GW150914 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 203000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1 sigma.

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., et al. (2016). GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 93(12) [10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122003].

GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO

FAFONE, VIVIANA;Lorenzini, M;
2016-01-01

Abstract

On September 14, 2015, at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) simultaneously observed the binary black hole merger GW150914. We report the results of a matched-filter search using relativistic models of compact-object binaries that recovered GW150914 as the most significant event during the coincident observations between the two LIGO detectors from September 12 to October 20, 2015 GW150914 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 203000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1 sigma.
2016
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Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE
Settore FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA
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Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., et al. (2016). GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 93(12) [10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122003].
Abbott, B; Abbott, R; Abbott, T; Abernathy, M; Acernese, F; Ackley, K; Adams, C; Adams, T; Addesso, P; Adhikari, R; Adya, V; Affeldt, C; Agathos, M; A...espandi
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