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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | L40 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Volume | 850 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- binaries: general, gravitational waves, stars: kinematics and dynamics, stars: neutron
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Space and Planetary Science
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In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 850, No. 2, L40, 01.12.2017.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
AU - The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - The Virgo Collaboration
AU - Abbott, B. P.
AU - Abbott, R.
AU - Abbott, T. D.
AU - Acernese, F.
AU - Ackley, K.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Adams, T.
AU - Addesso, P.
AU - Adhikari, R. X.
AU - Adya, V. B.
AU - Affeldt, C.
AU - Afrough, M.
AU - Agarwal, B.
AU - Agathos, M.
AU - Agatsuma, K.
AU - Aggarwal, N.
AU - Aguiar, O. D.
AU - Aiello, L.
AU - Ain, A.
AU - Ajith, P.
AU - Allen, B.
AU - Bose, S.
AU - Brown, D. D.
AU - Chen, Y.
AU - Cheng, H. P.
AU - Danilishin, Shtefan
AU - Danzmann, Karsten
AU - Hanke, M. M.
AU - Hennig, J.
AU - Heurs, Michele
AU - Hreibi, A.
AU - Kumar, S.
AU - Lee, H. W.
AU - Lück, Harald
AU - Nguyen, T. T.
AU - Schmidt, J.
AU - Schmidt, P.
AU - Steinmeyer, D.
AU - Sun, L.
AU - Vahlbruch, Henning Fedor Cornelius
AU - Wang, Y. F.
AU - Wei, L.i-Wei
AU - Wilken, D.
AU - Willke, Benno
AU - Wittel, Holger
AU - Zhang, L.
AU - Zhang, Y. H.
AU - Zhou, M.
AU - Aufmuth, Peter
AU - Bisht, Aparna
AU - Kaufer, Stefan
AU - Schütte, Dirk
N1 - Funding information: and the Conselleria d’Educació i Universitat del Govern de les Illes Balears, the Conselleria d’Educació Investigació Cultura i Esport de la Generalitat Valenciana, the National Science Centre of Poland, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Russian Science Foundation, the European Commission, the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF), the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the National Research, Development and Innovation Office Hungary (NKFI), the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications, the International Center for Theoretical Physics South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR), the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Leverhulme Trust, The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory and Advanced LIGO as well as the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen/ Germany for support of the construction of Advanced LIGO and construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. Additional support for Advanced LIGO was provided by the Australian Research Council. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector and the creation and support of the EGO consortium. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Department of Science and Technology, India, the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación, the Vicepresidència i Conselleria d’Innovació Recerca i Turisme the Research Corporation, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan and the Kavli Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, INFN, CNRS, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for provision of computational resources.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
KW - binaries: general
KW - gravitational waves
KW - stars: kinematics and dynamics
KW - stars: neutron
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