Posterior samples of the parameters of black hole mergers released to date in the second Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run. (arXiv:1811.09232v1 [gr-qc])

Posterior samples of the parameters of black hole mergers released to date in the second Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run. (arXiv:1811.09232v1 [gr-qc])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+De_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Soumi De</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+Capano_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Collin D. Capano</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+Biwer_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Christopher M. Biwer</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+Nitz_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alexander H. Nitz</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+Brown_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Duncan A. Brown</a>

This paper presents the first public data release of samples from the
posterior probability density function for the three binary black hole
mergers—GW170104, GW170608, and GW170814—detected during the second
observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo observatories. We describe the
methodology for parameter estimation of compact binaries using
gravitational-wave data, and we present the posterior distributions of the
inferred astrophysical parameters using the open data available. We release our
samples of the posterior probability density function with tutorials on using
and replicating our results presented in this paper.

This paper presents the first public data release of samples from the
posterior probability density function for the three binary black hole
mergers—GW170104, GW170608, and GW170814—detected during the second
observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo observatories. We describe the
methodology for parameter estimation of compact binaries using
gravitational-wave data, and we present the posterior distributions of the
inferred astrophysical parameters using the open data available. We release our
samples of the posterior probability density function with tutorials on using
and replicating our results presented in this paper.

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