GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

(LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)

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GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

(LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)

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On 2017 June 8 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave (GW) signal from the merger of two stellar-mass blackholes was observed by the two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detectors with anetwork signal-to-noise ratio of 13. This system is the lightest black hole binary so far observed, with componentmasses of 12⁺⁷ _-2M_⊙7⁺² _-2 (90% credible intervals). These lie in the range of measured black hole masses inlow-mass X-ray binaries, thus allowing us to compare black holes detected through GWs with electromagneticobservations. The source's luminosity distance is 340⁺¹⁴⁰ _-140corresponding to redshift -0.07^+0.030 _03. We verify thatthe signal waveform is consistent with the predictions of general relativity.

Original language	English
Article number	L35
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	851
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9f0c
State	Published - 20 Dec 2017

Keywords

binaries: general
gravitational waves
stars: black holes

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GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

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