Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

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Authors/Creators:	Abbott, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abraham, S Acernese, F Ackley, K Adams, C Adhikari, RX Adya, VB Affeldt, C Agathos, M Agatsuma, K Aggarwal, N Aguiar, OD Aiello, L Ain, A Ajith, P Allen, G Allocca, A Aloy, MA Altin, PA Amato, A Ananyeva, A Anderson, SB Anderson, WG Angelova, SV Antier, S Appert, S Arai, K Araya, MC Areeda, JS Arene, M Arnaud, N Arun, KG Ascenzi, S Ashton, G Aston, SM Astone, P Aubin, F Aufmuth, P AultONeal, K Austin, C Avendano, V Avila-Alvarez, A Babak, S Bacon, P Badaracco, F Bader, MKM Bae, S Baker, PT Baldaccini, F Ballardin, G Ballmer, SW Banagiri, S Barayoga, JC Barclay, SE Barish, BC Barker, D Barkett, K Barnum, S Barone, F Barr, B Barsotti, L Barsuglia, M Barta, D Bartlett, J Bartos, I Bassiri, R Basti, A Bawaj, M Bayley, JC Bazzan, M Becsy, B Bejger, M Belahcene, I Bell, AS Beniwal, D Berger, BK Bergmann, G Bernuzzi, S Bero, JJ Berry, CPL Bersanetti, D Bertolini, A Betzwieser, J Bhandare, R Bidler, J Bilenko, IA Bilgili, SA Billingsley, G 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Keywords:	black holes; gravitational waves; statistical
Dates:	Accepted: 21 July 2019 Published (online): 9 September 2019 Published: 9 September 2019
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2019 09:00
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2019 09:00
Status:	Published
Publisher:	American Astronomical Society & IOP Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.3847/2041-8213/ab3800
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152148

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