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GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

Abbott, B. P. et al. (2019) GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs. Physical Review X, 9(3), 031040. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.9.031040)

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Abstract

We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1??M? during the first and second observing runs of the advanced gravitational-wave detector network. During the first observing run (O1), from September 12, 2015 to January 19, 2016, gravitational waves from three binary black hole mergers were detected. The second observing run (O2), which ran from November 30, 2016 to August 25, 2017, saw the first detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral, in addition to the observation of gravitational waves from a total of seven binary black hole mergers, four of which we report here for the first time: GW170729, GW170809, GW170818, and GW170823. For all significant gravitational-wave events, we provide estimates of the source properties. The detected binary black holes have total masses between 18.6+3.2-0.7??M? and 84.4+15.8-11.1??M? and range in distance between 320+120-110 and 2840+1400-1360??Mpc. No neutron star–black hole mergers were detected. In addition to highly significant gravitational-wave events, we also provide a list of marginal event candidates with an estimated false-alarm rate less than 1 per 30 days. From these results over the first two observing runs, which include approximately one gravitational-wave detection per 15 days of data searched, we infer merger rates at the 90% confidence intervals of 110-3840??Gpc-3?y-1 for binary neutron stars and 9.7-101??Gpc-3?y-1 for binary black holes assuming fixed population distributions and determine a neutron star–black hole merger rate 90% upper limit of 610??Gpc-3?y-1.

Item Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Gravitational waves
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	TOLAND, Karl and Pearlstone, Brynley and Robie, Raymond and Messenger, Dr Christopher and Masso Reid, Ms Mariela and Isa, Hafizah Noor Binti and Bell, Dr Angus and Williams, Dr Daniel and Pascucci, Daniela and Hayes, Dr Fergus and Hammond, Professor Giles and Barr, Dr Bryan and Sorazu Lucio, Dr Borja and Lee, Kyung Ha and Keitel, David and Gray, Rachel and Barclay, Sheena Elaine and Gabbard, Hunter Arthur and Steinlechner, Dr Jessica and Veitch, Dr John and Heng, Professor Ik Siong and Dupej, Peter and van Veggel, Dr Marielle and Briggs, Mr Joseph and Zhang, Teng and Graef, Dr Christian and Hendry, Professor Martin and Scott, Dr Jamie and Mangano, Valentina and Rowan, Professor Sheila and Martin, Dr Iain and Robertson, Professor Norna and Tornasi, Zeno and Cumming, Dr Alan and Berry, Dr Christopher and Cunningham, Dr Liam and Woan, Professor Graham and Tait, Simon and WRIGHT, Jennifer and Steinlechner, Dr Sebastian and Datrier, Ms Laurence and Hough, Professor James and Bayley, Joseph and Huttner, Dr Sabina and FLETCHER, MARK and Strain, Professor Kenneth and Jones, Mr Russell and Haughian, Dr Karen and Chan, Man Leong and Pitkin, Dr Matthew and Murray, Dr Peter
Authors:	Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, G., Allocca, A., Aloy, M. A., Altin, P. A., Amato, A., Ananyeva, A., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Angelova, S. V., Antier, S., Appert, S., Arai, K., Araya, M. C., Areeda, J. S., Arène, M., Arnaud, N., Arun, K. G., Ascenzi, S., Ashton, G., Aston, S. M., Astone, P., Aubin, F., Aufmuth, P., AultONeal, K., Austin, C., Avendano, V., Avila-Alvarez, A., Babak, S., Bacon, P., Badaracco, F., Bader, M. K. M., Bae, S., Baker, P. T., Baldaccini, F., Ballardin, G., Ballmer, S. W., Banagiri, S., Barayoga, J. C., Barclay, S. E., Barish, B. C., Barker, D., Barkett, K., Barnum, S., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barsotti, L., Barsuglia, M., Barta, D., Bartlett, J., Bartos, I., Bassiri, R., Basti, A., Bawaj, M., Bayley, J. C., Bazzan, M., Bécsy, B., Bejger, M., Belahcene, I., Bell, A. S., Beniwal, D., Berger, B. K., Bergmann, G., Bernuzzi, S., Bero, J. J., Berry, C. P. L., Bersanetti, D., Bertolini, A., Betzwieser, J., Bhandare, R., Bidler, J., Bilenko, I. A., Bilgili, S. A., Billingsley, G., Birch, J., Birney, R., Birnholtz, O., Biscans, S., Biscoveanu, S., Bisht, A., Bitossi, M., Bizouard, M. A., Blackburn, J. K., Blackman, J., Blair, C. D., Blair, D. G., Blair, R. M., Bloemen, S., Bode, N., Boer, M., Boetzel, Y., Bogaert, G., Bondu, F., Bonilla, E., Bonnand, R., Booker, P., Boom, B. A., Booth, C. D., Bork, R., Boschi, V., Bose, S., Bossie, K., Bossilkov, V., Bosveld, J., Bouffanais, Y., Bozzi, A., Bradaschia, C., Brady, P. R., Bramley, A., Branchesi, M., Brau, J. E., Briant, T., Briggs, J. H., Brighenti, F., Brillet, A., Brinkmann, M., Brisson, V., Brockill, P., Brooks, A. F., Brown, D. D., Brunett, S., Buikema, A., Bulik, T., Bulten, H. J., Buonanno, A., Buskulic, D., Bustamante Rosell, M. 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Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics
College/School:	College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Centre:	College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Gravitational Research
Research Group:	Institute for Gravitational Research
Journal Name:	Physical Review X
Publisher:	American Physical Society
ISSN:	2160-3308
ISSN (Online):	2160-3308
Copyright Holders:	Copyright © 2019 The Authors
First Published:	First published in Physical Review X 9(3):031040
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Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
71372	1	Investigations in gravitational radiation	Sheila Rowan	Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	ST/N005422/1	S&E P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
71372	2	Investigations in gravitational radiation	Sheila Rowan	Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	ST/N005422/1	S&E P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
71372	3	Investigations in gravitational radiation	Sheila Rowan	Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	ST/N005422/1	S&E P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
56998	1	Proposal for UK Involvement in the Operation of Advanced LIGO	Kenneth Strain	Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	ST/J000019/1	S&E P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
56998	2	Proposal for UK Involvement in the Operation of Advanced LIGO	Kenneth Strain	Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	ST/N00003X/1	S&E P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

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Date of first online publication:	4 September 2019
Date Deposited:	10 September 2019
Data Availability Statement:	Yes