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GW170817: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from compact binary coalescences
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posted on 2023-05-21, 11:13 authored by Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Karelle SiellezKarelle Siellez, Zweizig, JThe LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaborations have announced the event GW170817, the first detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of two neutron stars. The merger rate of binary neutron stars estimated from this event suggests that distant, unresolvable binary neutron stars create a significant astrophysical stochastic gravitational-wave background. The binary neutron star component will add to the contribution from binary black holes, increasing the amplitude of the total astrophysical background relative to previous expectations.
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Publication title
Physical Review LettersVolume
120Issue
9Article number
091101Number
091101Pagination
1-12ISSN
0031-9007Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
American Physical SocPlace of publication
One Physics Ellipse, College Pk, USA, Md, 20740-3844Rights statement
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