Physical Review Letters· 2017Q1

GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese et al.

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The Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors observed gravitational waves (GW170817) from a binary neutron star inspiral, the closest and most precisely localized signal to date. This event provided the first direct evidence linking neutron star mergers to short gamma-ray bursts.

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Field: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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