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LIGO and Virgo have detected a significant gravitational wave event, named S250206dm, accompanied by neutrino signals. This event, observed on February 6, 2025 at 21:25:30.439 UTC (GPS time: 1422912348.439), marks a potential breakthrough in multi-messenger astronomy. The detection was made using data from LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1) and LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) and identified by the GstLAL, MBTA, and PyCBC Live analysis pipelines. The event is of considerable interest due to its low false alarm rate, estimated at approximately one in 25 years.
Two sky maps generated by BAYESTAR are available for follow-up observations, with the preferred map being bayestar.multiorder.fits,1. This map indicates a 90% credible region of 1544 deg2 and estimates the luminosity distance at 409 +/- 139 Mpc. Based on preliminary analysis, the event is most likely a neutron star-black hole merger (NSBH) with a 55% probability, followed by a binary neutron star merger (BNS) at 37%. The probability that the lighter compact object is consistent with a neutron star mass is greater than 99%. This trifecta of gravitational waves, neutrinos, and potentially light, could provide unprecedented insights into the merger of compact objects.
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Two sky maps generated by BAYESTAR are available for follow-up observations, with the preferred map being bayestar.multiorder.fits,1. This map indicates a 90% credible region of 1544 deg2 and estimates the luminosity distance at 409 +/- 139 Mpc. Based on preliminary analysis, the event is most likely a neutron star-black hole merger (NSBH) with a 55% probability, followed by a binary neutron star merger (BNS) at 37%. The probability that the lighter compact object is consistent with a neutron star mass is greater than 99%. This trifecta of gravitational waves, neutrinos, and potentially light, could provide unprecedented insights into the merger of compact objects.
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- bigthink.com: Reports an unprecedented gravitational wave event accompanied by neutrinos.
- gcn.nasa.gov: Reports on the neutrino detection coinciding with the LIGO gravitational wave event.
- gracedb.ligo.org: Provides details about the gravitational wave event S250206dm detected by LIGO.
- StartsWithABang: Did LIGO just see its most important gravitational wave ever? On February 6, 2025, LIGO saw a gravitational wave event that must've involved a neutron star. IceCube saw a neutrino arriving from the place, simultaneously. What could that mean?