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Gravitational Wave Sources and Their Evolution

This quiz focuses on early LIGO gravitational wave detections, including GW150914, GW151226, and GW170104, covering their signal properties and black hole parameters.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the primary source of gravitational waves?

  1. Black hole mergers
  2. Neutron star mergers
  3. Supernovae
  4. Pulsar glitches
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the typical frequency range of gravitational waves from black hole mergers?

  1. 10 Hz - 100 Hz
  2. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
  3. 1 kHz - 10 kHz
  4. 10 kHz - 100 kHz
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the typical duration of a gravitational wave signal from a black hole merger?

  1. Less than a second
  2. A few seconds
  3. A few minutes
  4. Hours or days
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the expected rate of black hole mergers in the observable universe?

  1. A few per year
  2. A few per month
  3. A few per day
  4. A few per hour
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the first gravitational wave signal detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)?

  1. GW150914
  2. GW151226
  3. GW170104
  4. GW170817
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the larger black hole in GW150914?

  1. 36 solar masses
  2. 29 solar masses
  3. 20 solar masses
  4. 10 solar masses
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the smaller black hole in GW150914?

  1. 29 solar masses
  2. 20 solar masses
  3. 15 solar masses
  4. 10 solar masses
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the distance to GW150914?

  1. 400 million light-years
  2. 1.3 billion light-years
  3. 2.4 billion light-years
  4. 3.5 billion light-years
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the second gravitational wave signal detected by LIGO?

  1. GW151226
  2. GW170104
  3. GW170817
  4. GW190521
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the larger black hole in GW151226?

  1. 14 solar masses
  2. 20 solar masses
  3. 26 solar masses
  4. 32 solar masses
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the smaller black hole in GW151226?

  1. 8 solar masses
  2. 10 solar masses
  3. 12 solar masses
  4. 16 solar masses
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the distance to GW151226?

  1. 440 million light-years
  2. 1.4 billion light-years
  3. 2.3 billion light-years
  4. 3.2 billion light-years
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the third gravitational wave signal detected by LIGO?

  1. GW170104
  2. GW170817
  3. GW190521
  4. GW200115
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the larger black hole in GW170104?

  1. 32 solar masses
  2. 25 solar masses
  3. 20 solar masses
  4. 15 solar masses
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the mass of the smaller black hole in GW170104?

  1. 20 solar masses
  2. 16 solar masses
  3. 12 solar masses
  4. 8 solar masses
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the distance to GW170104?

  1. 880 million light-years
  2. 1.2 billion light-years
  3. 1.9 billion light-years
  4. 2.6 billion light-years
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