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Table 1.
Number of mergers detected per year by the two detectors for different S/N cuts.
| Merger rate [yr−1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All masses | ||||
| Pessimistic | Optimistic | |||
| LGWA | LISA | LGWA | LISA | |
| All mergers | 0.61±0.07 | 49.11±0.85 | ||
| S/N > 8 | 0.49±0.06 | 0.45±0.06 | 27.60±0.53 | 26.20±0.50 |
| S/N > 100 | 0.17±0.02 | 0.16±0.02 | 3.52±0.12 | 7.25±0.21 |
| Mbin ∈ [103, 105] M⊙ | ||||
| All mergers | 0.39±0.06 | 30.34±0.69 | ||
| S/N > 8 | 0.34±0.06 | 0.29±0.05 | 19.89±0.47 | 14.91±0.41 |
| S/N > 100 | 0.12±0.02 | 0.06±0.01 | 2.66±0.11 | 0.91±0.05 |
| Mbin ∈ [105, 107] M⊙ | ||||
| All mergers | 0.16±0.04 | 11.34±0.32 | ||
| S/N > 8 | 0.13±0.03 | 0.16±0.04 | 7.18±0.26 | 11.08±0.30 |
| S/N > 100 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.10±0.02 | 0.85±0.06 | 6.18±0.19 |
| Mbin ∈ [107, 108] M⊙ | ||||
| All mergers | (4.68 ± 3.09)×10−4 | 0.18±0.02 | ||
| S/N > 8 | (1.81 ± 2.17)×10−4 | (4.68 ± 3.09)×10−4 | (6.48 ± 1.77)×10−3 | 0.18±0.02 |
| S/N > 100 | (1.77 ± 0.78)×10−5 | (4.68 ± 3.09)×10−4 | (1.09 ± 0.25)×10−4 | 0.15±0.02 |
Notes. The rates are summed over the entire redshift range considered. The first main row corresponds to all BHs irrespective of mass, while the remaining three rows correspond to the total binary mass, Mbin, as indicated.
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