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 Mm and 66-18+17 Mm (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 Mm. We calculate the mass of the remnant to be 142-16+28 Mm, 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.

GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M / 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., Allen, G., Allocca, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 125:10(2020). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102]

GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

Di Giovanni M.;Di Pace S.;Di Palma I.;Drago M.;Frasca S.;Leaci P.;Majorana E.;Mangano V.;Muciaccia F.;Naticchioni L.;Pannarale F.;Rapagnani P.;Ricci F.;Salemi F.;
2020

Abstract

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 Mm and 66-18+17 Mm (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 Mm. We calculate the mass of the remnant to be 142-16+28 Mm, 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.
2020
gravitational waves; black holes
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GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M / 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., Allen, G., Allocca, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 125:10(2020). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101102]
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