GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

Abstract

On 2017 June 8 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave (GW) signal from the merger of two stellar-mass blackholes was observed by the two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detectors with a network signal-to-noise ratio of 13. This system is the lightest black hole binary so far observed, with component masses of 12+7 -2M⊙+2-2M⊙ (90% credible intervals). These lie in the range of measured black hole masses in low-mass X-ray binaries, thus allowing us to compare black holes detected through GWs with electromagnetic observations. The source\u27s luminosity distance is 340+140 -140 corresponding to redshift -0.07+0.030 03. We verify that the signal waveform is consistent with the predictions of general relativity

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