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Finding bundle
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record state
frontier-ownedThis finding is part of accepted frontier state. Review events, reviewable changes, and proof state explain how it can change.
finding statement
finding typeNo entity list is declared.
evidence
source-boundtheoretical · manual state transition
proof impact
packet context2 reviewable changes and 0 evaluation records are attached to this finding id.
Evidence and conditions
method
manual state transition
evidence type
theoretical
conditions
Provenance
source title
LIGO-Virgo gravitational wave transient catalog (GWTC-1/2/3)
authors
reviewer:will-blair
Binary neutron star mergers comprise approximately 10-25% of detected gravitational wave transients in LIGO-Virgo O3 and O4 observing runs, with the remaining ~75-90% being binary black hole mergers.
vs_c717b7d9b17ffae6 · manual_curation
outgoing
vf_ff42549911de5395Observed binary composition ratios and merger rate densities are two aspects of the same population census
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events
vev_4d54d755e588aae9finding.assertedManual finding added to frontier state
reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
vev_01925bc89961c582finding.caveatedVerifier caution: Finding claims BNS mergers comprise 10-25% of O3/O4 detections with BBH at 75-90%. Web search indicates only ~2-3 confirmed BNS detections across all runs, with 5-6 NSBH candidates, implying BNS+NSBH combined are ~5-20% of detections, not 10-25% for BNS alone. The upper bound is
reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
reviewable changes
vpr_b28806a09904de5afinding.addManual finding added to frontier state
applied · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
vpr_db57f990d8c897d3finding.caveatVerifier caution: Finding claims BNS mergers comprise 10-25% of O3/O4 detections with BBH at 75-90%. Web search indicates only ~2-3 confirmed BNS detections across all runs, with 5-6 NSBH candidates, implying BNS+NSBH combined are ~5-20% of detections, not 10-25% for BNS alone. The upper bound is
applied · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-05-29
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