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B. P. Abbott coauthored the collaborative analyses of GW150914. Fitting <general relativity> waveforms to <LIGO> data constrained the properties of the merging <binary black hole>.<Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914 by B. P. Abbott and others>[Author list and abstract: coherent analysis across the detector network using compact-binary waveform models and inferred source parameters.]{ref} A companion study converted detector control-loop signals into <gravitational wave> <strain>, with an optomechanical response model and independent checks of its <measurement uncertainty>.<Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914 by B. P. Abbott and others>[Author list and abstract: time-domain calibration filters, optomechanical/feedback response and validation with radiation-pressure actuation.]{ref}
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