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GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 161101 – Published 16 October, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101
Abstract
On August 17, 2017 at 12∶41:04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral. The signal, GW170817, was detected with a combined signal-to-noise ratio of 32.4 and a false-alarm-rate estimate of less than one per . We infer the component masses of the binary to be between 0.86 and , in agreement with masses of known neutron stars. Restricting the component spins to the range inferred in binary neutron stars, we find the component masses to be in the range , with the total mass of the system . The source was localized within a sky region of (90% probability) and had a luminosity distance of , the closest and most precisely localized gravitational-wave signal yet. The association with the -ray burst GRB 170817A, detected by Fermi-GBM 1.7 s after the coalescence, corroborates the hypothesis of a neutron star merger and provides the first direct evidence of a link between these mergers and short -ray bursts. Subsequent identification of transient counterparts across the electromagnetic spectrum in the same location further supports the interpretation of this event as a neutron star merger. This unprecedented joint gravitational and electromagnetic observation provides insight into astrophysics, dense matter, gravitation, and cosmology.
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Neutron Star Merger Seen and Heard
Published 16 October, 2017
For the first time, researchers have detected both light and gravitational waves from the same event in space.
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