Astrophysical Implications Drawn from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

ORAL

Abstract

Following a major instrumentation upgrade, the Advanced LIGO detectors recently completed the first observing run. In this talk I will highlight constraints expected to be drawn from the analysis of this observational data set, in the context of astrophysical models for the formation and eventual mergers of binary compact objects in a wide range of stellar environments.

Authors

  • Daniel Holz

    University of Chicago

  • Gijs Nelemans

    Radboud University Nijmegen