GWTC-1 reports 11 significant compact binary merger events from O1 and O2 with inferred rates of 9.7-101 Gpc^{-3} y^{-1} for binary black holes and 110-3840 Gpc^{-3} y^{-1} for binary neutron stars.
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GWTC-3 yields BNS merger rates of 10-1700 Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1}, NS-BH rates of 7.8-140, BBH rates of 17.9-44 at z=0.2 with (1+z)^{2.9} evolution, plus mass distributions showing peaks at chirp masses 8.3 and 27.9 solar masses and a sharp drop after the neutron-star maximum mass.
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GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs
GWTC-1 reports 11 significant compact binary merger events from O1 and O2 with inferred rates of 9.7-101 Gpc^{-3} y^{-1} for binary black holes and 110-3840 Gpc^{-3} y^{-1} for binary neutron stars.
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The population of merging compact binaries inferred using gravitational waves through GWTC-3
GWTC-3 yields BNS merger rates of 10-1700 Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1}, NS-BH rates of 7.8-140, BBH rates of 17.9-44 at z=0.2 with (1+z)^{2.9} evolution, plus mass distributions showing peaks at chirp masses 8.3 and 27.9 solar masses and a sharp drop after the neutron-star maximum mass.