 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral by LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

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GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral by LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration by

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Primary detection report, published in Physical Review Letters 119, 161101. Its abstract establishes the binary-neutron-star identification and reports component masses, distance and the gamma-ray association.

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