Reanalysis of LIGO black-hole coalescences with alternative prior assumptions
arXiv:1712.06635 · doi:10.1017/S1743921318003587
Abstract
We present a critical reanalysis of the black-hole binary coalescences detected during LIGO's first observing run under different Bayesian prior assumptions. We summarize the main findings of Vitale et al. (2017) and show additional marginalized posterior distributions for some of the binaries' intrinsic parameters.
arXiv commentProceedings of IAU Symposium 338: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics (Baton Rouge, LA, October 2017)
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