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Two black holes in mutual orbit whose inspiral and merger can radiate strong gravitational waves.
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Two black holes can form an inspiraling binary system.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
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GW150914 matched a binary-black-hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown waveform.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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