On May 21, 2019 at 03:02:29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise ratio of 14.7, and an estimated false-alarm rate of 1 in 4900 yr using a search sensitive to generic transients. If GW190521 is from a quasicircular binary inspiral, then the detected signal is consistent with the merger of two black holes with masses of 85_{-14}^{+21}  M_{⊙} and 66_{-18}^{+17}  M_{⊙} (90% credible intervals). We infer that the primary black hole mass lies within the gap produced by (pulsational) pair-instability supernova processes, with only a 0.32% probability of being below 65  M_{⊙}. We calculate the mass of the remnant to be 142_{-16}^{+28}  M_{⊙}, which can be considered an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH). The luminosity distance of the source is 5.3_{-2.6}^{+2.4}  Gpc, corresponding to a redshift of 0.82_{-0.34}^{+0.28}. The inferred rate of mergers similar to GW190521 is 0.13_{-0.11}^{+0.30}  Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1}.

Abbott, R., Abbott, T.d., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., et al. (2020). GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 125(10) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102].

GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M

Fafone V.;Lorenzini M.;Lumaca D.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

On May 21, 2019 at 03:02:29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise ratio of 14.7, and an estimated false-alarm rate of 1 in 4900 yr using a search sensitive to generic transients. If GW190521 is from a quasicircular binary inspiral, then the detected signal is consistent with the merger of two black holes with masses of 85_{-14}^{+21}  M_{⊙} and 66_{-18}^{+17}  M_{⊙} (90% credible intervals). We infer that the primary black hole mass lies within the gap produced by (pulsational) pair-instability supernova processes, with only a 0.32% probability of being below 65  M_{⊙}. We calculate the mass of the remnant to be 142_{-16}^{+28}  M_{⊙}, which can be considered an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH). The luminosity distance of the source is 5.3_{-2.6}^{+2.4}  Gpc, corresponding to a redshift of 0.82_{-0.34}^{+0.28}. The inferred rate of mergers similar to GW190521 is 0.13_{-0.11}^{+0.30}  Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1}.
2020
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE
Settore FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA
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Abbott, R., Abbott, T.d., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., et al. (2020). GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 125(10) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102].
Abbott, R; Abbott, Td; Abraham, S; Acernese, F; Ackley, K; Adams, C; Adhikari, Rx; Adya, Vb; Affeldt, C; Agathos, M; Agatsuma, K; Aggarwal, N; Aguiar,...espandi
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