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The first gravitational-wave source from the isolated evolution of two stars in the 40–100 solar mass range

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  • Krzysztof Belczynski

    (Astronomical Observatory, Warsaw University)

  • Daniel E. Holz

    (Enrico Fermi Institute, and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago)

  • Tomasz Bulik

    (Astronomical Observatory, Warsaw University)

  • Richard O’Shaughnessy

    (Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Numerical simulations of the formation of binary black holes provide a framework within which to interpret the recent detection of the first gravitational-wave source and to predict the properties of subsequent binary-black-hole gravitational-wave events; the calculations predict detections of about 1,000 black-hole mergers per year once gravitational-wave observatories reach full sensitivity.

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  • Krzysztof Belczynski & Daniel E. Holz & Tomasz Bulik & Richard O’Shaughnessy, 2016. "The first gravitational-wave source from the isolated evolution of two stars in the 40–100 solar mass range," Nature, Nature, vol. 534(7608), pages 512-515, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:534:y:2016:i:7608:d:10.1038_nature18322
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18322
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