GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150  M⊙

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration; R. Abbott; T. D. Abbott; S. Abraham; F. Acernese; K. Ackley; C. Adams; R. X. Adhikari; V. B. Adya; C. Affeldt; M. Agathos; K. Agatsuma; N. Aggarwal; O. D. Aguiar; A. Aich; L. Aiello; A. Ain; P. Ajith; S. Akcay; G. Allen; A. Allocca; P. A. Altin; A. Amato; S. Anand; A. Ananyeva; S. B. Anderson; W. G. Anderson; S. V. Angelova; S. Ansoldi; S. Antier; S. Appert; K. Arai; M. C. Araya; J. S. Areeda; M. Arène; N. Arnaud; S. M. Aronson; K. G. Arun; Y. Asali; S. Ascenzi; G. Ashton; S. M. Aston; P. Astone; F. Aubin; P. Aufmuth; K. AultONeal; C. Austin; R. Birney; D. R. Gibson; G. Rutins; D. J. Vine

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102

GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M_⊙

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
, R. Abbott
, T. D. Abbott
, S. Abraham
, F. Acernese
, K. Ackley
, C. Adams
, R. X. Adhikari
, V. B. Adya
, C. Affeldt
, M. Agathos
, K. Agatsuma
, N. Aggarwal
, O. D. Aguiar
, A. Aich
, L. Aiello
, A. Ain
, P. Ajith
, S. Akcay
, G. Allen

A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, S. Anand, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Ansoldi, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, J. S. Areeda, M. Arène, N. Arnaud, S. M. Aronson, K. G. Arun, Y. Asali, S. Ascenzi, G. Ashton, S. M. Aston, P. Astone, F. Aubin, P. Aufmuth, K. AultONeal, C. Austin, R. Birney, D. R. Gibson, G. Rutins, D. J. Vine

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On May 21, 2019 at 03:02:29 UTC Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observed a short duration gravitational-wave signal, GW190521, with a three-detector network signal-to-noise ratio of 14.7, and an estimated false-alarm rate of 1 in 4900 yr using a search sensitive to generic transients. If GW190521 is from a quasicircular binary inspiral, then the detected signal is consistent with the merger of two black holes with masses of 85_-14⁺²¹ M_⊙ and 66_-18⁺¹⁷ M_⊙ (90% credible intervals). We infer that the primary black hole mass lies within the gap produced by (pulsational) pair-instability supernova processes, with only a 0.32% probability of being below 65 M_⊙. We calculate the mass of the remnant to be 142_-16⁺²⁸ M_⊙, which can be considered an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH). The luminosity distance of the source is 5.3_-2.6^+2.4 Gpc, corresponding to a redshift of 0.82_-0.34^+0.28. The inferred rate of mergers similar to GW190521 is 0.13_0.11^+0.30 Gpc^-3 yr^-1.

Original language	English
Article number	101102
Number of pages	17
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	125
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102
Publication status	Published - 2 Sept 2020

Keywords

gravitational wave astronomy
gravitational wave sources
astrophysical black holes
compact binary stars
gravitational waves
gravitational wave detectors

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aich, A., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Akcay, S., ... Vine, D. J. (2020). GW190521: a binary black hole merger with a total mass of 150 M_⊙. Physical Review Letters, 125(10), Article 101102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102

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