INTEGRAL sets limits on gamma rays from merging black holes

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    Following the discovery of gravitational waves from the merging of two black holes, ESA's INTEGRAL satellite has revealed no simultaneous gamma rays, just as models predict. On 14 September, the terrestrial Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves - fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime - produced by a pair of black holes as they spiralled towards each other before merging. The signal lasted less than half a second.

     

    The discovery was the first direct observation of gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago.

     

    http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/INTEGRAL_sets_limits_on_gamma_rays_from_merging_black_holes_999.html

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    Follow-up of first detection of gravitational waves.

     

     

    Period1 Apr 2016

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    • TitleINTEGRAL sets limits on gamma rays from merging black holes
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletSpace Daily
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date01/04/2016
      Description Following the discovery of gravitational waves from the merging of two black holes, ESA's INTEGRAL satellite has revealed no simultaneous gamma rays, just as models predict. On 14 September, the terrestrial Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves - fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime - produced by a pair of black holes as they spiralled towards each other before merging. The signal lasted less than half a second.

      The discovery was the first direct observation of gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago.
      URLwww.spacedaily.com/reports/INTEGRAL_sets_limits_on_gamma_rays_from_merging_black_holes_999.html
      PersonsSøren Kristian Brandt, V. Savchenko
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    Keywords

    • Gravitational waves, black holes, INTEGRAL

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