The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914

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Authors

  • The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • The Virgo Collaboration
  • Bruce Allen
  • Karsten Danzmann
  • Michele Heurs
  • Harald Lück
  • Daniel Steinmeyer
  • Henning Fedor Cornelius Vahlbruch
  • Benno Willke
  • Holger Wittel
  • Peter Aufmuth
  • A. Bisht
  • Stefan Kaufer
  • Christian Krüger
  • J. D. Lough
  • A. Sawadsky
  • Aditya Singh Mehra

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • California Institute of Caltech (Caltech)
  • Louisiana State University
  • American University Washington DC
  • Universita di Salerno
  • Monte S. Angelo University Federico II
  • University of Florida
  • Universite de Savoie
  • University of Sannio
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)
  • LIGO Laboratory
  • Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR HYD)
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  • University of Pisa
  • Sezione di Pisa
  • Australian National University
  • Carson College of Business
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Glasgow
  • Hanyang University
  • University of Melbourne
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Western Australia
  • Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
  • Northwestern University
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Original languageEnglish
Article number1600209
JournalAnnalen der Physik
Volume529
Issue number1-2
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jan 2017

Keywords

    black holes, gravitational waves, GW150914

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The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. / The LIGO Scientific Collaboration; The Virgo Collaboration; Allen, Bruce et al.
In: Annalen der Physik, Vol. 529, No. 1-2, 1600209, 18.01.2017.

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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, Allen, B, Danzmann, K, Heurs, M, Lück, H, Steinmeyer, D, Vahlbruch, HFC, Willke, B, Wittel, H, Aufmuth, P, Bisht, A, Kaufer, S, Krüger, C, Lough, JD, Sawadsky, A & Singh Mehra, A 2017, 'The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914', Annalen der Physik, vol. 529, no. 1-2, 1600209. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201600209, https://doi.org/10.15488/1935
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, Allen, B., Danzmann, K., Heurs, M., Lück, H., Steinmeyer, D., Vahlbruch, H. F. C., Willke, B., Wittel, H., Aufmuth, P., Bisht, A., Kaufer, S., Krüger, C., Lough, J. D., Sawadsky, A., & Singh Mehra, A. (2017). The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Annalen der Physik, 529(1-2), Article 1600209. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201600209, https://doi.org/10.15488/1935
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, Allen B, Danzmann K, Heurs M, Lück H et al. The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. Annalen der Physik. 2017 Jan 18;529(1-2):1600209. doi: 10.1002/andp.201600209, 10.15488/1935
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration ; The Virgo Collaboration ; Allen, Bruce et al. / The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914. In: Annalen der Physik. 2017 ; Vol. 529, No. 1-2.
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