Gravitational-wave localization alone can probe origin of stellar-mass black hole mergers

Binary black hole mergers have recently been observed through the detection of gravitational wave signatures. The authors demonstrate that their association with active galactic nuclei can be made through a statistical spatial correlation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: I. Bartos, Z. Haiman, Z. Marka, B. D. Metzger, N. C. Stone, S. Marka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00851-7