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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration reported GW170817, a long gravitational-wave inspiral signal detected by the two LIGO instruments and localized using Virgo data. Its masses and coincident electromagnetic observations support a binary-neutron-star interpretation, opening gravitational and electromagnetic study of the same compact merger.
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Scientific scope
The gravitational-wave data alone do not exclude all more compact alternatives or a neutron-star–black-hole system; the binary-neutron-star interpretation combines mass estimates with electromagnetic evidence. Virgo chiefly improved localization, while search significance was estimated using LIGO data. The 2017 mass intervals depend on spin priors and waveform models; a detector glitch required mitigation. The Swope optical and Fermi gamma-ray measurements are contributions of separate teams; the gravitational-wave strain and associated raw data have not been independently reanalyzed. Complete individual author identity and contributions have not been reconciled.
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- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
- Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the Optical Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
- An Ordinary Short Gamma-Ray Burst with Extraordinary Implications: Fermi-GBM Detection of GRB 170817A
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GW170817: gravitational waves from a binary-neutron-star inspiral
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration reported GW170817, a long gravitational-wave inspiral signal detected by the two LIGO instruments and localized using Virgo data. Its masses and coincident electromagnetic observations support a binary-neutron-star interpretation, opening gravitational and electromagnetic study of the same compact merger.
Scientific scope
The gravitational-wave data alone do not exclude all more compact alternatives or a neutron-star–black-hole system; the binary-neutron-star interpretation combines mass estimates with electromagnetic evidence. Virgo chiefly improved localization, while search significance was estimated using LIGO data. The 2017 mass intervals depend on spin priors and waveform models; a detector glitch required mitigation. The Swope optical and Fermi gamma-ray measurements are contributions of separate teams; the gravitational-wave strain and associated raw data have not been independently reanalyzed. Complete individual author identity and contributions have not been reconciled.
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People and systems
Credit belongs to the cited collaborations. The individual author list is incomplete; no sole discoverer or individual effort share is inferred.