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Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions

Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions

The recent announcement by LIGO of the detection of the gravitational-wave signal GW150914 has ignited tremendous interest. The two manuscripts highlighted here detail the impressive analysis performed by LIGO to identify a specific black hole binary merger as the source of GW150914. The papers describe two independent methods of analysis: …