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The '''chirp mass''' of a [[binary star]] system with component masses <math>m_1</math> and  <math>m_2</math> is given by <math>\mathcal{M}=\frac{(m_1m_2)^{3/5}}{(m_1+m_2)^{1/5}}</math>.<ref>L. Blanchet, T. Damour, B. R. Iyer, C. M. Will, and A. G. Wiseman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3515 (1995).</ref><ref> L. Blanchet, B. R. Iyer, C. M. Will, and A. G. Wiseman, Classical Quantum Gravity 13, 575 (1996).</ref> According to [[general relativity]], the chirp mass determines the leading order amplitude and frequency evolution of the [[gravitational wave]] signal emitted by the binary during its inspiral.

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