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Improved Analysis of GW150914 Using a Fully Spin-Precessing Waveform Model

Author(s): Abbott, B. P. ; Abbott, R. ; Abbott, T. D. ; Abernathy, M. R. ; Acernese, F. ; Ackley, K. ; Adams, C. ; Adams, T. ; Addesso, P. ; Adhikari, R. X. ; Adya, V. B. ; Affeldt, C. ; Agathos, M. ; Agatsuma, K. ; Aggarwal, N. ; Aguiar, O. D. ; Aiello, L. ; Ain, A. ; Ajith, P. ; Allen, B. ; Allocca, A. ; Altin, P. A. ; Anderson, S. B. ; Anderson, W. G. ; Arai, K. ; Araya, M. C. ; Arceneaux, C. C. ; Areeda, J. S. ; Arnaud, N. ; Arun, K. G. ; Ascenzi, S. ; Ashton, G. ; Ast, M. ; Aston, S. M. ; Astone, P. ; Aufmuth, P. ; Aulbert, C. ; Babak, S. ; Bacon, P. ; Bader, M. K. M. ; Baker, P. T. ; Baldaccini, F. ; Ballardin, G. ; Ballmer, S. W. ; Barayoga, J. C. ; Barclay, S. E. ; Barish, B. C. ; Barker, D. ; Barone, F. ; Barr, B. ; Barsotti, L. ; Barsuglia, M. ; Barta, D. ; Bartlett, J. ; Bartos, I. ; Bassiri, R. ; Basti, A. ; Batch, J. C. ; Baune, C. ; Bavigadda, V. ; Bazzan, M. ; Bejger, M. ; Bell, A. S. ; Berger, B. K. ; Bergmann, G. ; Berry, C. P. L. ; Bersanetti, D. ; Bertolini, A. ; Betzwieser, J. ; Bhagwat, S. ; Bhandare, R. ; Bilenko, I. A. ; Billingsley, G. ; Birch, J. ; Birney, R. ; Birnholtz, O. ; Biscans, S. ; Bisht, A. ; Bitossi, M. ; Biwer, C. ; Bizouard, M. A. ; Blackburn, J. K. ; Blair, C. D. ; Blair, D. G. ; Blair, R. M. ; Bloemen, S. ; Bock, O. ; Boer, M. ; Bogaert, G. ; Bogan, C. ; Bohe, A. ; Bond, C. ; Bondu, F. ; Bonnand, R. ; Boom, B. A. ; Bork, R. ; Boschi, V. ; Bose, S. ; Bouffanais, Y. ; Bozzi, A. ; Bradaschia, C. ; Brady, P. R. ; Braginsky, V. B. ; Branchesi, M. ; Brau, J. E. ; Briant, T. ; Brillet, A. ; Brinkmann, M. ; Brisson, V. ; Brockill, P. ; Broida, J. E. ; Brooks, A. F. ; Brown, D. A. ; Brown, D. D. ; Brown, N. M. ; Brunett, S. ; Buchanan, C. C. ; Buikema, A. ; Bulik, T. ; Bulten, H. J. ; Buonanno, A. ; Buskulic, D. ; Buy, C. ; Byer, R. L. ; Cabero, M. ; Cadonati, L. ; Cagnoli, G. ; Cahillane, C. ; Bustillo, J. Calderon ; Callister, T. ; Calloni, E. ; Camp, J. B. ; Cannon, K. 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Date: 2018

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This paper presents updated estimates of source parameters for GW150914, a binary black-hole coalescence event detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2015 [Abbott et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016).]. Abbott et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241102 (2016).] presented parameter estimation of the source using a 13-dimensional, phenomenological precessing-spin model (precessing IMRPhenom) and an 11-dimensional nonprecessing effective-onebody (EOB) model calibrated to numerical-relativity simulations, which forces spin alignment (nonprecessing EOBNR). Here, we present new results that include a 15-dimensional precessing-spin waveform model (precessing EOBNR) developed within the EOB formalism. We find good agreement with the parameters estimated previously [Abbott et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241102 (2016).], and we quote updated component masses of 35(-3)(+5) M-circle dot and 30(-4)(+3) M-circle dot (where errors correspond to 90% symmetric credible intervals). We also present slightly tighter constraints on the dimensionless spin magnitudes of the two black holes, with a primary spin estimate < 0.65 and a secondary spin estimate < 0.75 at 90% probability. Abbott et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241102 (2016).] estimated the systematic parameter-extraction errors due to waveform-model uncertainty by combining the posterior probability densities of precessing IMRPhenom and nonprecessing EOBNR. Here, we find that the two precessing-spin models are in closer agreement, suggesting that these systematic errors are smaller than previously quoted.

CALTECH, LIGO, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

Amer Univ, Washington, DC 20016 USA

Univ Salerno, I-84084 Salerno, Italy

Complesso Univ Monte S Angelo, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy

Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA

LIGO Livingston Observ, Livingston, LA 70754 USA

Univ Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS IN2P3, Lab Annecy Le Vieux Phys Particules LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France

Univ Sannio Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy

Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80100 Naples, Italy

Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

NIKHEF, Sci Pk, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands

MIT, LIGO, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil

Gran Sasso Sci Inst, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-67100 Laquila, Italy

Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy

Inter Univ Ctr Astron & Astrophys, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India

Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Int Ctr Theoret Sci, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India

Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA

Leibniz Univ Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

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