GW250114: Testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration; The Virgo Collaboration; The KAGRA Collaboration; Swetha Bhagwat; Alice Bonino; J Bryant; Gregorio Carullo; Artemii Dmitriev; Lari Koponen; Krishnendu Naderi Varium; Denis Martynov; Hannah Middleton; Debnandini Mukherjee; Xingrui Peng; Khun Sang Phukon; Geraint Pratten; Patricia Schmidt; Jiri Smetana; Alberto Vecchio; Teng Zhang

doi:10.1103/kw5g-d732

GW250114: Testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
, The Virgo Collaboration
, The KAGRA Collaboration
, Swetha Bhagwat
, Alice Bonino
, J Bryant
, Gregorio Carullo
, Artemii Dmitriev
, Lari Koponen
, Krishnendu Naderi Varium
, Denis Martynov
, Hannah Middleton
, Debnandini Mukherjee
, Xingrui Peng
, Khun Sang Phukon
, Geraint Pratten
, Patricia Schmidt
, Jiri Smetana
, Alberto Vecchio
, Teng Zhang

Physics and Astronomy

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Original language	English
Article number	111405
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	135
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/kw5g-d732
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2025

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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, The KAGRA Collaboration, Bhagwat, S., Bonino, A., Bryant, J., Carullo, G., Dmitriev, A., Koponen, L., Naderi Varium, K., Martynov, D., Middleton, H., Mukherjee, D., Peng, X., Phukon, K. S., Pratten, G., Schmidt, P., Smetana, J., Vecchio, A., & Zhang, T. (2025). GW250114: Testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes. Physical Review Letters, 135, Article 111405. https://doi.org/10.1103/kw5g-d732

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GW250114: Testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes

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