Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

Published in Physical Review Letters, 2016

Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2016). “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 116, p. 061102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102

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The first direct detection of gravitational waves, from a stellar-mass binary black hole merger.

Recommended citation: B. P. Abbott et al. (2016). “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger,” Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 116, p. 061102.