Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

E. Thrane,V. Dolique,F. Acernese,K. Ackley,C. Adams,P. Addesso,R. Adhikari,C. Affeldt,M. Agathos,K. Agatsuma,N. Aggarwal,O. Aguiar,L. Aiello,A. Ain,P. Ajith,B. Allen,A. Allocca,P. Altin,S. Anderson,W. Anderson,K. Arai,M. Arain,M. Araya,C. Arceneaux,J. Areeda,N. Arnaud,K. Arun,S. Ascenzi,G. Ashton,M. Ast,S. Aston,P. Astone,P. Aufmuth,C. Aulbert,S. Babak,P. Bacon,F. Badaracco,P. Baker,F. Bondu,F. Barone,S. Ballmer,J. Barayoga,S. Barclay,B. Barish,D. Barker,B. Barr,L. Barsotti,M. Barsuglia,D. Barta,J. Bartlett,M. Barton,I. Bartos,R. Bassiri,A. Basti,V. Bavigadda,M. Bazzan,B. Behnke,M. Bejger,Krzysztof Belczyński,J. Behr,C. Bell,B. Berger,J. Bergman,G. Bergmann,C. Berry,D. Bersanetti,A. Bertolini,S. Bhagwat,R. Bhandare,I. Bilenko,G. Billingsley,J. Birch,R. Birney,S. Biscans,A. Bisht,M. Bitossi,C. Biwer,M. Bizouard,J. Blackburn,C. Blair,D. Blair,S. Bloemen,O. Bock,T. Bodiya,M. Boër,G. Bogaert,A. Bohé,P. Bojtos,C. Bond,B. Boom,R. Bork,V. Boschi,S. Bose,Y. Bouffanais,A. Bozzi,C. 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