Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger.

by Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Abbott, TD, Abernathy, MR, Acernese, F, Ackley, K, Adams, C, Adams, T, Addesso, P, Adhikari, RX, Adya, VB, Affeldt, C, Agathos, M, Agatsuma, K, Aggarwal, N, Aguiar, OD, Aiello, L, Ain, A, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allocca, A, Altin, PA, Anderson, SB, Anderson, WG, Arai, K, Arain, MA, Araya, MC, Arceneaux, CC, Areeda, JS, Arnaud, N, Arun, KG, Ascenzi, S, Ashton, G, Ast, M, Aston, SM, Astone, P, Aufmuth, P, Aulbert, C, Babak, S, Bacon, P, Bader, MKM, Baker, PT, Baldaccini, F, Ballardin, G, Ballmer, SW, Barayoga, JC, Barclay, SE, Barish, BC, Barker, D, Barone, F, Barr, B, Barsotti, L, Barsuglia, M, Barta, D, Bartlett, J, Barton, MA, Bartos, I, Bassiri, R, Basti, A, Batch, JC, Baune, C, Bavigadda, V, Bazzan, M, Behnke, B, Bejger, M, Belczynski, C, Bell, AS, Bell, CJ, Berger, BK, Bergman, J, Bergmann, G, Berry, CPL, Bersanetti, D, Bertolini, A, Betzwieser, J, Bhagwat, S, Bhandare, R, Bilenko, IA, Billingsley, G, Birch, J, Birney, R, Birnholtz, O, Biscans, S, Bisht, A, Bitossi, M, Biwer, C, Bizouard, MA, Blackburn, JK, Blair, CD, Blair, DG, Blair, RM, Bloemen, S, Bock, O, Bodiya, TP, Boer, M, Bogaert, G, Bogan, C, Bohe, A, Bojtos, P, Bond, C, Bondu, F, Bonnand, R, Boom, BA, Bork, R, Boschi, V, Bose, S, Bouffanais, Y, Bozzi, A, Bradaschia, C, Brady, PR, Braginsky, VB, Branchesi, M, Brau, JE, Briant, T, Brillet, A, Brinkmann, M, Brisson, V, Brockill, P, Brooks, AF, Brown, DA, Brown, DD, Brown, NM, Buchanan, CC, Buikema, A, Bulik, T, Bulten, HJ, Buonanno, A, Buskulic, D, Buy, C, Byer, RL, Cabero, M, Cadonati, L, Cagnoli, G, Cahillane, C, Calderón Bustillo, J, Callister, T, Calloni, E, Camp, JB, Cannon, KC, Cao, J, Capano, CD, Capocasa, E, Carbognani, F, Caride, S, Casanueva Diaz, J, Casentini, C, Caudill, S, Cavaglià, M, Cavalier, F, Cavalieri, R, Cella, G, Cepeda, CB, Cerboni Baiardi, L, Cerretani, G, Cesarini, E, Chakraborty, R, Chalermsongsak, T, Chamberlin, SJ, Chan, M, Chao, S, Charlton, P, Chassande-Mottin, E, Chen, HY, Chen, Y, Cheng, C, Chincarini, A, Chiummo, A, Cho, HS, Cho, M, Chow, JH, Christensen, N, Chu, Q, Chua, S, Chung, S, Ciani, G, Clara, F, Clark, JA, Cleva, F, Coccia, E, Cohadon, P-F, Colla, A, Collette, CG, Cominsky, L, Constancio, M, Conte, A, Conti, L, Cook, D, Corbitt, TR, Cornish, N, Corsi, A, Cortese, S, Costa, CA, Coughlin, MW, Coughlin, SB, Coulon, J-P, Countryman, ST, Couvares, P, Cowan, EE, Coward, DM, Cowart, MJ, Coyne, DC, Coyne, R, Craig, K, Creighton, JDE, Creighton, TD, Cripe, J, Crowder, SG, Cruise, AM, Cumming, A, Cunningham, L, Cuoco, E, Dal Canton, T, Danilishin, SL, D'Antonio, S, Danzmann, K, Darman, NS, Da Silva Costa, CF, Dattilo, V, Dave, I, Daveloza, HP, Davier, M, Davies, GS, Daw, EJ, Day, R, De, S, DeBra, D, Debreczeni, G, Degallaix, J, De Laurentis, M, Deléglise, S, Del Pozzo, W, Denker, T, Dent, T, Dereli, H, Dergachev, V, DeRosa, RT, De Rosa, R, DeSalvo, R, Dhurandhar, S, Díaz, MC, Di Fiore, L, Di Giovanni, M, Di Lieto, A, Di Pace, S, Di Palma, I, Di Virgilio, A, Dojcinoski, G, Dolique, V, Donovan, F, Dooley, KL, Doravari, S, Douglas, R, Downes, TP, Drago, M, Drever, RWP, Driggers, JC, Du, Z, Ducrot, M, Dwyer, SE, Edo, TB, Edwards, MC, Effler, A, Eggenstein, H-B, Ehrens, P, Eichholz, J, Eikenberry, SS, Engels, W, Essick, RC, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, TM, Everett, R, Factourovich, M, Fafone, V, Fair, H, Fairhurst, S, Fan, X, Fang, Q, Farinon, S, Farr, B, Farr, WM, Favata, M, Fays, M, Fehrmann, H, Fejer, MM, Feldbaum, D, Ferrante, I, Ferreira, EC, Ferrini, F, Fidecaro, F, Finn, LS, Fiori, I, Fiorucci, D, Fisher, RP, Flaminio, R, Fletcher, M, Fong, H, Fournier, J-D, Franco, S, Frasca, S, Frasconi, F, Frede, M, Frei, Z, Freise, A, Frey, R, Frey, V, Fricke, TT, Fritschel, P, Frolov, VV, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Gabbard, HAG, Gair, JR, Gammaitoni, L, Gaonkar, SG, Garufi, F, Gatto, A, Gaur, G, Gehrels, N, Gemme, G, Gendre, B, Genin, E, Gennai, A, George, J, Gergely, L, Germain, V, Ghosh, Abhirup, Ghosh, Archisman, Ghosh, S, Giaime, JA, Giardina, KD, Giazotto, A, Gill, 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Published 2016