How big is Kerry?

Document #:

LIGO-T1600039-v2

Document type:

T - Technical notes

Abstract:

We summarise some geometric properties, and try to give an im- pression of the ‘size’, of the black hole which was formed by the merger that emitted the first ever directly detected gravitational wave signal GW150914.

Files in Document:

• how big is kerry.pdf (156.3 kB)

Topics:

• Education, Outreach

Author Groups:

• LSC

Keywords:

GW150914 black-hole horizon outreach visualization size-comparison

Notes and Changes:

Added citation of GW150914

Related Documents:

• LIGO-G1600225: GW150914 size comparisons