Tests of General Relativity with GW150914.

By B. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, Rana X. Adhikari and 489 more. Physical Review Letters, 2016

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