Compact Binary Coalescences: Astrophysical Processes and Lessons Learned

On 11 February 2016, the LIGO and Virgo scientific collaborations announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves, a signal caught by the LIGO interferometers on 14 September 2015, and produced by the coalescence of two stellar-mass black holes. The discovery represented the beginning of...

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Main Authors: Mario Spera, Alessandro Alberto Trani, Mattia Mencagli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Galaxies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/10/4/76