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The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · Vol. 851(2) · pp. L35–L35

B. P. Abbott✉(California Institute of Technology)R. Abbott(California Institute of Technology)T. D. Abbott(Louisiana State University)F. Acernese(University of Salerno)K. Ackley(University of Florida)C. Adams(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)T. Adams(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)P. Addesso(University of Sannio)R. X. Adhikari(California Institute of Technology)V. B. Adya(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. Affeldt(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Afrough(University of Mississippi)B. Agarwal(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)M. Agathos(University of Cambridge)K. Agatsuma(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)N. Aggarwal(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)O. D. Aguiar(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)L. Aiello(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)A. Ain(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)P. Ajith(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)B. Allen(Leibniz University Hannover)B. Allen(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)A. Allocca(University of Pisa)P. A. Altin(Australian National University)A. Amato(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Ananyeva(California Institute of Technology)S. B. Anderson(California Institute of Technology)W. G. Anderson(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)S. V. Angelova(University of the West of Scotland)S. Antier(Université Paris-Sud)S. Appert(California Institute of Technology)K. Arai(California Institute of Technology)M. C. Araya(California Institute of Technology)J. S. Areeda(California State University, Fullerton)N. Arnaud(Université Paris-Sud)K. G. Arun(Chennai Mathematical Institute)S. Ascenzi(University of Rome Tor Vergata)G. Ashton(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Ast(Universität Hamburg)S. M. Aston(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)P. Astone(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)D. V. Atallah(Cardiff University)P. Aufmuth(Leibniz University Hannover)C. Aulbert(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)K. AultONeal(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)C. Austin(Louisiana State University)A. Avila-Alvarez(California State University, Fullerton)S. Babak(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. Bacon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. K. M. Bader(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)S. Bae(Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information)P. T. Baker(West Virginia University)F. Baldaccini(University of Perugia)G. Ballardin(European Gravitational Observatory)S. W. Ballmer(Syracuse University)S. Banagiri(University of Minnesota)J. C. Barayoga(California Institute of Technology)S. E. Barclay(University of Glasgow)B. C. Barish(California Institute of Technology)D. BarkerK. Barkett(California Institute of Technology)F. Barone(University of Salerno)B. Barr(University of Glasgow)L. Barsotti(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. Barsuglia(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)D. Barta(HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)J. BartlettI. Bartos(University of Florida)R. Bassiri(Stanford University)A. Basti(University of Pisa)J. C. BatchM. Bawaj(Università di Camerino)J. C. Bayley(University of Glasgow)M. Bazzan(University of Padua)B. Bécsy(Eötvös Loránd University)C. Beer(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Bejger(Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center)I. Belahcene(Université Paris-Sud)A. S. Bell(University of Glasgow)B. K. Berger(California Institute of Technology)G. Bergmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. J. Bero(Rochester Institute of Technology)C. P. L. Berry(University of Birmingham)D. Bersanetti(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)A. Bertolini(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)J. Betzwieser(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)S. Bhagwat(Syracuse University)R. Bhandare(Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology)I. A. 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Bohé(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)F. Bondu(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)E. Bonilla(Stanford University)R. Bonnand(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)B. A. Boom(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)R. Bork(California Institute of Technology)V. Boschi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)S. Bose(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)K. Bossie(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)Y. Bouffanais(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Bozzi(European Gravitational Observatory)C. Bradaschia(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)P. R. Brady(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)M. Branchesi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)J. E. Brau(University of Oregon)T. Briant(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Brillet(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Brinkmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)V. Brisson(Université Paris-Sud)P. Brockill(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)J. E. Broida(Carleton College)A. F. Brooks(California Institute of Technology)D. Brown(Syracuse University)D. Brown(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)S. Brunett(California Institute of Technology)C. C. Buchanan(Louisiana State University)A. Buikema(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)T. Bulik(University of Warsaw)H. J. Bulten(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)A. Buonanno(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)D. Buskulic(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. Buy(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)R. L. Byer(Stanford University)M. Cabero(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)L. Cadonati(Georgia Institute of Technology)G. Cagnoli(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)C. Cahillane(California Institute of Technology)J. Calderón Bustillo(Georgia Institute of Technology)T. A. Callister(California Institute of Technology)E. 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Chu(The University of Western Australia)Alvin J. K. Chua(University of Cambridge)S. Chua(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. K. W. Chung(Chinese University of Hong Kong)S. Chung(The University of Western Australia)G. Ciani(University of Padua)R. Ciolfi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics And Applications)C. E. Cirelli(Stanford University)A. Cirone(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)F. ClaraJ. A. Clark(Georgia Institute of Technology)P. Clearwater(The University of Melbourne)F. Cleva(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. Cocchieri(University of Mississippi)E. Coccia(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)P.-F. Cohadon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)D. Cohen(Université Paris-Sud)A. Colla(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)Christophe Collette(Université Libre de Bruxelles)L. R. Cominsky(Sonoma State University)M. Constancio(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)L. Conti(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova)S. J. Cooper(University of Birmingham)P. Corban(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)T. R. Corbitt(Louisiana State University)I. Cordero-Carrión(Universitat de València)K. R. Corley(Columbia University)Neil J. Cornish(Montana State University)A. Corsi(Texas Tech University)S. Cortese(European Gravitational Observatory)C. A. Costa(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)M. W. Coughlin(California Institute of Technology)S. B. Coughlin(Northwestern University)J.‐P. Coulon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)S. T. Countryman(Columbia University)P. Couvares(California Institute of Technology)P. B. Covas(Universitat de les Illes Balears)E. E. Cowan(Georgia Institute of Technology)D. M. Coward(The University of Western Australia)M. J. Cowart(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)D. C. Coyne(California Institute of Technology)R. Coyne(Texas Tech University)J. D. E. Creighton(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)J. D. E. Creighton(The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)J. Cripe(Louisiana State University)S. G. Crowder(Bellevue College)T. J. Cullen(Louisiana State University)A. Cumming(University of Glasgow)L. Cunningham(University of Glasgow)E. Cuoco(European Gravitational Observatory)T. Dal Canton(Goddard Space Flight Center)G. Dálya(Eötvös Loránd University)S. L. Danilishin(Leibniz University Hannover)S. D’Antonio(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)K. Danzmann(Leibniz University Hannover)Arnab Dasgupta(Institute for Plasma Research)C. F. Da Silva Costa(University of Florida)V. Dattilo(European Gravitational Observatory)I. Dave(Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology)M. Davier(Université Paris-Sud)D. Davis(Syracuse University)E. J. Daw(University of Sheffield)B. Day(Georgia Institute of Technology)D. DeBra(Syracuse University)D. DeBra(Stanford University)J. Degallaix(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. De Laurentis(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)S. Deléglise(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)W. Del Pozzo(University of Pisa)N. Demos(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)T. Denker(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)T. Dent(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)R. De Pietri(University of Parma)V. Dergachev(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)R. De Rosa(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)R. T. DeRosa(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)C. De Rossi(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)R. DeSalvo(California State University Los Angeles)R. DeSalvo(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. Devenson(University of the West of Scotland)S. Dhurandhar(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)M. C. Díaz(The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)L. Di Fiore(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)M. Di Giovanni(University of Trento)T. Di Girolamo(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)A. Di Lieto(University of Pisa)S. Di Pace(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)I. Di Palma(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)F. Di Renzo(University of Pisa)Z. Doctor(University of Chicago)V. Dolique(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)F. Donovan(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)K. L. Dooley(University of Mississippi)S. Doravari(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)I. Dorrington(Cardiff University)R. Douglas(University of Glasgow)M. Dovale Álvarez(University of Birmingham)T. P. Downes(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)M. Drago(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. Dreissigacker(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Jennifer C DriggersZhihui Du(Tsinghua University)M. Ducrot(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)P. Dupej(University of Glasgow)S. E. DwyerT. B. Edo(University of Sheffield)M. C. Edwards(Carleton College)A. Effler(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H.-B. Eggenstein(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. Ehrens(California Institute of Technology)J. Eichholz(California Institute of Technology)S. S. Eikenberry(University of Florida)R. A. Eisenstein(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)R. C. Essick(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)D. Estevez(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Z. B. Etienne(West Virginia University)T. Etzel(California Institute of Technology)M. Evans(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)T. M. Evans(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M. Factourovich(Columbia University)V. Fafone(University of Rome Tor Vergata)H. Fair(Syracuse University)S. Fairhurst(Cardiff University)X. Fan(Tsinghua University)S. Farinon(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)B. Farr(University of Chicago)Will M. Farr(University of Birmingham)E. J. Fauchon-Jones(Cardiff University)M. Favata(Montclair State University)M. Fays(Cardiff University)C. Fee(Kenyon College)H. Fehrmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. Feicht(California Institute of Technology)M. M. Fejer(Stanford University)A. Fernandez-Galiana(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)I. Ferrante(University of Pisa)E. C. Ferreira(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)F. Ferrini(European Gravitational Observatory)F. Fidecaro(University of Pisa)D. Finstad(Syracuse University)I. Fiori(European Gravitational Observatory)D. Fiorucci(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Fishbach(University of Chicago)R. P. Fisher(Syracuse University)M. Fitz-Axen(University of Minnesota)R. Flaminio(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Fletcher(University of Glasgow)S. M. Fleischer(University of Toronto)José A. Font(Universitat de València)P. W. F. Forsyth(Australian National University)S. S. Forsyth(Georgia Institute of Technology)J.‐D. Fournier(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)S. Frasca(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)F. Frasconi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)Z. Frei(Eötvös Loránd University)A. Freise(University of Birmingham)R. Frey(University of Oregon)R. Frey(Université Paris-Sud)E. M. Fries(California Institute of Technology)P. Fritschel(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)V. V. Frolov(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)P. Fulda(University of Florida)M. Fyffe(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H. Gabbard(University of Glasgow)B. U. Gadre(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)S. M. Gaebel(University of Birmingham)J. R. Gair(University of Edinburgh)L. Gammaitoni(University of Perugia)M. R. Ganija(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)S. G. Gaonkar(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)C. García-Quirós(Universitat de les Illes Balears)F. Garufi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)B. GateleyS. Gaudio(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)G. Gaur(Indian Institute of Advanced Research)V. Gayathri(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram)N. Gehrels(Goddard Space Flight Center)G. Gemme(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)E. Genin(European Gravitational Observatory)A. Gennai(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)D. George(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)J. George(Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology)L. Gergely(University of Szeged)V. Germain(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)S. Ghonge(Georgia Institute of Technology)Abhirup Ghosh(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)Archisman Ghosh(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)S. Ghosh(Radboud University Nijmegen)J. A. Giaime(Louisiana State University)K. D. Giardina(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)A. Giazotto(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)K. Gill(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)L. Glover(California State University Los Angeles)E. Goetz(University of Michigan)E. Goetz(University of Florida)S. Gomes(Cardiff University)B. Goncharov(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)G. González(Louisiana State University)J. M. Gonzalez Castro(University of Pisa)A. Gopakumar(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)M. L. Gorodetsky(Lomonosov Moscow State University)S. E. Gossan(California Institute of Technology)M. Gosselin(European Gravitational Observatory)R. Gouaty(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Grado(Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte)C. Graef(University of Glasgow)M. Granata(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Grant(University of Glasgow)S. Gras(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)C. GrayG. Greco(University of Urbino)A. C. Green(University of Birmingham)E. M. Gretarsson(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)P. Groot(Radboud University Nijmegen)H. Grote(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. Grünewald(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. Grüning(Université Paris-Sud)G. M. Guidi(University of Urbino)X. Guo(Tsinghua University)A. Gupta(Pennsylvania State University)Manoj Gupta(Institute for Plasma Research)K. E. Gushwa(California Institute of Technology)E. K. Gustafson(California Institute of Technology)R. Gustafson(University of Michigan)O. Halim(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)E. D. Hall(Washington State University)E. D. Hall(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)E. Z. Hamilton(Cardiff University)G. Hammond(University of Glasgow)M. Haney(University of Zurich)M. M. Hanke(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. HanksC. Hanna(Pennsylvania State University)M. D. Hannam(Cardiff University)O. A. Hannuksela(Chinese University of Hong Kong)J. Hanson(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)T. Hardwick(Louisiana State University)J. Harms(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)I. W. Harry(American University)I. W. Harry(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. J. Hart(University of Glasgow)C.‐J. Haster(University of Toronto)K. Haughian(University of Glasgow)J. Healy(Rochester Institute of Technology)A. Heidmann(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. C. Heintze(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H. Heitmann(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)P. Hello(Université Paris-Sud)H. Heitmann(European Gravitational Observatory)M. Hendry(University of Glasgow)I. S. Heng(University of Glasgow)J. Hennig(University of Glasgow)A. W. Heptonstall(California Institute of Technology)M. Heurs(Leibniz University Hannover)S. Hild(University of Glasgow)Tanja Hinderer(Radboud University Nijmegen)D. Hoak(European Gravitational Observatory)D. Hofman(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)K. Holt(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)D. E. Holz(University of Chicago)P. Hopkins(Cardiff University)C. Horst(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)J. Hough(University of Glasgow)E. A. Houston(University of Glasgow)E. J. Howell(The University of Western Australia)A. Hreibi(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Yi-Ming Hu(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)E. A. Huerta(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)D. Huet(Université Paris-Sud)B. Hughey(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)S. Husa(Universitat de les Illes Balears)S. H. Huttner(University of Glasgow)T. Huynh–Dinh(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)N. Indik(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)R. Inta(Texas Tech University)G. Intini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)H. N. Isa(University of Glasgow)J.-M. Isac(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Isi(California Institute of Technology)B. R. Iyer(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)K. IzumiT. Jacqmin(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)K. Jani(Georgia Institute of Technology)P. Jaranowski(University of Białystok)S. Jawahar(University of Strathclyde)F. Jiménez‐Forteza(Universitat de les Illes Balears)W. W. Johnson(Louisiana State University)Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel(University of Cambridge)D. I. Jones(University of Southampton)R. Jones(University of Glasgow)R. J. G. Jonker(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)L. Ju(The University of Western Australia)J. Junker(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. V. Kalaghatgi(Cardiff University)V. Kalogera(Northwestern University)B. Kamai(California Institute of Technology)S. Kandhasamy(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)G. Kang(Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information)J. B. Kanner(California Institute of Technology)S. J. Kapadia(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)S. Karki(University of Oregon)K. S. Karvinen(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Kasprzack(Louisiana State University)M. Katolik(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)E. Katsavounidis(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)W. Katzman(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)S. Kaufer(Leibniz University Hannover)K. KawabeF. Kéfélian(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)D. Keitel(University of Glasgow)A. J. Kemball(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)R. Kennedy(University of Sheffield)C. Kent(Cardiff University)J. S. Key(University of Washington Bothell)F. Y. Khalili(Lomonosov Moscow State University)I. Khan(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)S. Khan(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Z. Khan(Institute for Plasma Research)Е. А. Хазанов(Institute of Applied Physics)N. Kijbunchoo(Australian National University)Chunglee Kim(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)J. C. Kim(Inje University)K. Kim(Chinese University of Hong Kong)W. Kim(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)W. S. Kim(National Institute for Mathematical Sciences)Y.-M. Kim(Pusan National University)S. J. Kimbrell(Georgia Institute of Technology)E. J. King(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)P. J. KingM. Kinley-Hanlon(American University)R. Kirchhoff(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. S. KisselL. Kleybolte(Universität Hamburg)S. Klimenko(University of Florida)T. D. Knowles(West Virginia University)Patrick M. Koch(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. M. Koehlenbeck(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. Koley(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)V. Kondrashov(California Institute of Technology)A. Kontos(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. Korobko(Universität Hamburg)W. Z. Korth(California Institute of Technology)I. Kowalska(University of Warsaw)D. B. Kozak(California Institute of Technology)C. Krämer(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)V. Kringel(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)B. Krishnan(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Królak(National Centre for Nuclear Research)G. Kuehn(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. Kumar(University of Toronto)S. Kumar(Institute for Plasma Research)S. Kumar(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)L. Kuo(National Tsing Hua University)A. Kutynia(National Centre for Nuclear Research)S. Kwang(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)B. D. Lackey(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)K. H. Lai(Chinese University of Hong Kong)M. LandryR. N. Lang(Hillsdale College)J. Lange(Rochester Institute of Technology)B. Lantz(Stanford University)R. K. Lanza(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)A. Lartaux-Vollard(Université Paris-Sud)P. D. Lasky(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)M. Laxen(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)A. Lazzarini(California Institute of Technology)C. Lazzaro(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova)P. Leaci(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)S. Leavey(University of Glasgow)Chang‐Hwan Lee(Pusan National University)H. K. Lee(Hanyang University)Hyung Mok Lee(Seoul National University)H. W. Lee(Inje University)K. Lee(University of Glasgow)J. Lehmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Lenon(West Virginia University)M. Leonardi(University of Trento)N. Leroy(Université Paris-Sud)N. Letendre(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Y. Levin(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)T. G. F. Li(Chinese University of Hong Kong)S. D. Linker(California State University Los Angeles)T. B. Littenberg(Marshall Space Flight Center)J. Liu(The University of Western Australia)R. K. L. Lo(Chinese University of Hong Kong)N. A. Lockerbie(University of Strathclyde)L. T. London(Cardiff University)J. E. Lord(Syracuse University)M. Lorenzini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)V. Loriette(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Lormand(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)G. Losurdo(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)J. D. Lough(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. O. Loustó(Rochester Institute of Technology)Geoffrey Lovelace(California State University, Fullerton)H. Lück(Leibniz University Hannover)D. Lumaca(University of Rome Tor Vergata)A. P. 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Read(California State University, Fullerton)T. Regimbau(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)L. Rei(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)S. Reid(University of Strathclyde)D. H. Reitze(California Institute of Technology)Wei Ren(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)S. D. Reyes(Syracuse University)F. Ricci(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)P. M. Ricker(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)S. Rieger(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)K. Riles(University of Michigan)M. Rizzo(Rochester Institute of Technology)N. A. Robertson(California Institute of Technology)R. Robie(University of Glasgow)F. Robinet(Université Paris-Sud)A. Rocchi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)L. Rolland(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)J. G. Rollins(California Institute of Technology)V. J. Roma(University of Oregon)R. Romano(University of Salerno)C. L. RomelJ. H. Romie(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)D. 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Zhang(Northwestern University)C. Zhao(Northwestern University)M. Zhou(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Z. Zhou(ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery)S. J. Zhu(University of Toronto)X. J. Zhu(California Institute of Technology)Aaron Zimmerman(California Institute of Technology)M. E. ZuckerJ. Zweizig

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Abstract On 2017 June 8 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave (GW) signal from the merger of two stellar-mass black holes was observed by the two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detectors with a network signal-to-noise ratio of 13. This system is the lightest black hole binary so far observed, with component masses of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>⊙</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>⊙</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> (90% credible intervals). These lie in the range of measured black hole masses in low-mass X-ray binaries, thus allowing us to compare black holes detected through GWs with electromagnetic observations. The source’s luminosity distance is <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>340</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>140</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>140</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mspace width="0.25em"/> <mml:mi>Mpc</mml:mi> </mml:math> , corresponding to redshift <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.07</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.03</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.03</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> . We verify that the signal waveform is consistent with the predictions of general relativity.

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Funding

National Science Foundation
Institut des Origines de Lyon
Leverhulme Trust
Scottish Funding Council
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
European Commission
National Research Foundation
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Industry Canada
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Generalitat Valenciana
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
National Research Foundation of Korea
Ministry of Education, India
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Russian Science Foundation
Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research
Govern de les Illes Balears
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Science and Engineering Research Board
European Regional Development Fund
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Division of Human Resource Development

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