Sentences with phrase «black hole mergers per»

By comparing the models to recent observations of clusters in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, the results show that Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory) could eventually see more than 100 binary black hole mergers per year.

If they can reach that goal, then, extrapolating from the current observations, LIGO might eventually spot as many as one black hole merger per day.

Not exact matches

The merger generates powerful ripples in space called gravitational waves that kick the newly merged black hole away at speeds of hundreds or even thousands of kilometres per second.

This suggests LIGO — which is in the midst of upgrades to boost its sensitivity and planning for a new station in India — could eventually be detecting the chirps from black hole mergers at a rate of anywhere between once per day to once per week.

But Goldstein and Racusin said that LIGO is expected to detect more merging black holes in the coming years, as many as 100 such mergers per year at the instrument's peak design sensitivity, Goldstein said.