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Wei LW, Põld JH, Schmelzer D, Karan K, Willke B. Temperature effects in narrow-linewidth optical cavity control with a surrogate quasi-second-harmonic field. APPLIED OPTICS 2024; 63:3445-3452. [PMID: 38856529 DOI: 10.1364/ao.519988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Fabry-Perot cavities are widely used in precision interferometric applications. Various techniques have been developed to achieve the resonance condition via the direct interrogation of the cavity with the main laser field of interest. Some use cases, however, require a surrogate field for cavity control. In this study, we construct a bichromatic cavity to study the surrogate control approach, where the main and the surrogate fields are related by the second-harmonic generation with nonlinear optics. We experimentally verify the temperature dependence of the differential reflection phase of a dielectric coating design optimized for the surrogate control approach of the optical cavities of the light-shining-through-a-wall experiment Any Light Particle Search II and develop a comprehensive cavity model for quasi-second-harmonic resonances that considers also other important factors, such as the Gouy phase shift, for a detailed analysis of the surrogate control approach.
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Venugopalan G, Salces-Cárcoba F, Arai K, Adhikari RX. Global optimization of multilayer dielectric coatings for precision measurements. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:11751-11762. [PMID: 38571015 DOI: 10.1364/oe.513807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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We describe the design of optimized multilayer dielectric coatings for precision laser interferometry. By setting up an appropriate cost function and then using a global optimizer to find a minimum in the parameter space, we were able to realize coating designs that meet the design requirements for spectral reflectivity, thermal noise, absorption, and tolerances to coating fabrication errors. We also present application of a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) based parameter estimation algorithm that can infer thicknesses of dielectric layers in a coating, given a measurement of the spectral reflectivity. This technique can be a powerful diagnostic tool for both commercial coating manufacturers, and the community using dielectric mirrors for precision metrology experiments.
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Ebadi R, Kaplan DE, Rajendran S, Walsworth RL. GALILEO: Galactic Axion Laser Interferometer Leveraging Electro-Optics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:101001. [PMID: 38518313 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.101001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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We propose a novel experimental method for probing light dark matter candidates. We show that an electro-optical material's refractive index is modified in the presence of a coherently oscillating dark matter background. A high-precision resonant Michelson interferometer can be used to read out this signal. The proposed detection scheme allows for the exploration of an uncharted parameter space of dark matter candidates over a wide range of masses-including masses exceeding a few tens of microelectronvolts, which is a challenging parameter space for microwave cavity haloscopes.
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- Reza Ebadi
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Quantum Technology Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Quantum Technology Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Ma S, Sun L, Chen Y. Black Hole Spectroscopy by Mode Cleaning. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:141401. [PMID: 37084422 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.141401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We formulate a Bayesian framework to analyze ringdown gravitational waves from colliding binary black holes and test the no-hair theorem. The idea hinges on mode cleaning-revealing subdominant oscillation modes by removing dominant ones using newly proposed "rational filters." By incorporating the filter into Bayesian inference, we construct a likelihood function that depends only on the mass and spin of the remnant black hole (no dependence on mode amplitudes and phases) and implement an efficient pipeline to constrain the remnant mass and spin without Markov chain Monte Carlo. We test ringdown models by cleaning combinations of different modes and evaluating the consistency between the residual data and pure noise. The model evidence and Bayes factor are used to demonstrate the presence of a particular mode and to infer the mode starting time. In addition, we design a hybrid approach to estimate the remnant black hole properties exclusively from a single mode using Markov chain Monte Carlo after mode cleaning. We apply the framework to GW150914 and demonstrate more definitive evidence of the first overtone by cleaning the fundamental mode. This new framework provides a powerful tool for black hole spectroscopy in future gravitational-wave events.
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- Sizheng Ma
- TAPIR 350-17, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- OzGrav-ANU, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, College of Science, The Australian National University, ACT 2601, Australia
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- TAPIR 350-17, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Dmitriev A, Miao H, Martynov D. Enhancing the sensitivity of interferometers with stable phase-insensitive quantum filters. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.022007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tran M, Agostinetti P, Aiello G, Avramidis K, Baiocchi B, Barbisan M, Bobkov V, Briefi S, Bruschi A, Chavan R, Chelis I, Day C, Delogu R, Ell B, Fanale F, Fassina A, Fantz U, Faugel H, Figini L, Fiorucci D, Friedl R, Franke T, Gantenbein G, Garavaglia S, Granucci G, Hanke S, Hogge JP, Hopf C, Kostic A, Illy S, Ioannidis Z, Jelonnek J, Jin J, Latsas G, Louche F, Maquet V, Maggiora R, Messiaen A, Milanesio D, Mimo A, Moro A, Ochoukov R, Ongena J, Pagonakis I, Peponis D, Pimazzoni A, Ragona R, Rispoli N, Ruess T, Rzesnicki T, Scherer T, Spaeh P, Starnella G, Strauss D, Thumm M, Tierens W, Tigelis I, Tsironis C, Usoltceva M, Van Eester D, Veronese F, Vincenzi P, Wagner F, Wu C, Zeus F, Zhang W. Status and future development of Heating and Current Drive for the EU DEMO. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Testing Quantum Gravity in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Era. UNIVERSE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/universe8060321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quantum gravity (QG) remains elusive despite almost century-long efforts to combine general relativity and quantum mechanics. All the approaches triggered and powered by purely theoretical considerations eventually failed with a prevailing feeling of a complete lack of guidance from the experimental side. Currently, however, this circumstance is beginning to change considerably. We have entered the era of multi-messenger astronomy. The electromagnetic window to the universe—so far the only one—has been tremendously enlarged in the energy range beyond gamma rays up to ultra-high-energy photons and has been complemented by other messengers: high-energy cosmic rays, cosmic neutrinos, and gravitational waves (GWs). This has created a unique environment in which to observationally constrain various phenomenological QG effects. In this paper, we focus on the LIV phenomenology manifested as energy-dependent time-of-flight delays and strong lensing time delays. We review results regarding time-of-flight delays obtained with GRBs. We also recall the idea of energy-dependent lensing time delays, which allow one to constrain LIV models independently of the intrinsic time delay. Lastly, we show how strongly a gravitationally lensed GW signal would place interesting constraints on the LIV.
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Massart V, Paranjape M. Near zone dynamical effects in gravity. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.084024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yu H, Adhikari RX. Nonlinear Noise Cleaning in Gravitational-Wave Detectors With Convolutional Neural Networks. Front Artif Intell 2022; 5:811563. [PMID: 35372828 PMCID: PMC8969740 DOI: 10.3389/frai.2022.811563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Currently, the sub-60 Hz sensitivity of gravitational-wave (GW) detectors like Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) is limited by the control noises from auxiliary degrees of freedom which nonlinearly couple to the main GW readout. One promising way to tackle this challenge is to perform nonlinear noise mitigation using convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which we examine in detail in this study. In many cases, the noise coupling is bilinear and can be viewed as a few fast channels' outputs modulated by some slow channels. We show that we can utilize this knowledge of the physical system and adopt an explicit “slow×fast” structure in the design of the CNN to enhance its performance of noise subtraction. We then examine the requirements in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in both the target channel (i.e., the main GW readout) and in the auxiliary sensors in order to reduce the noise by at least a factor of a few. In the case of limited SNR in the target channel, we further demonstrate that the CNN can still reach a good performance if we use curriculum learning techniques, which in reality can be achieved by combining data from quiet times and those from periods with active noise injections.
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- Hang Yu
- TAPIR, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, MC 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Hang Yu
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- LIGO Laboratory, MC 100-36, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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Review of the Advanced LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatories Leading to Observing Run Four. GALAXIES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/galaxies10010036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Gravitational waves from binary black hole and neutron star mergers are being regularly detected. As of 2021, 90 confident gravitational wave detections have been made by the LIGO and Virgo detectors. Work is ongoing to further increase the sensitivity of the detectors for the fourth observing run, including installing some of the A+ upgrades designed to lower the fundamental noise that limits the sensitivity to gravitational waves. In this review, we will provide an overview of the LIGO detectors optical configuration and lock acquisition procedure, discuss the detectors’ fundamental and technical noise limits, show the current measured sensitivity, and explore the A+ upgrades currently being installed in the detectors.
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Graviton Mass in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy. UNIVERSE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/universe8020083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The idea of massive graviton plays a fundamental role in modern physics as a landmark of most scenarios related to modified gravity theories. Limits on graviton mass can be obtained through different methods, using all the capabilities of multi-messenger astronomy available today. In this paper, we consider some emerging opportunities. In particular, modified relativistic dispersion relations of massive gravitons may lead to changes in the travel time of gravitational waves (GWs) emitted from distant astrophysical objects. Strong gravitational lensing of signals from a carefully selected class of extra-galactic sources such as compact object binaries (actually, binary neutron stars) is predicted to play an important role in this context. Comparing time delays between images of the lensed GW signal and its electromagnetic (EM) counterpart may be a new model-independent strategy (proposed by us in X.-L. Fan et al, 2017), which is especially promising in light of the fruitful observing runs of interferometric GW detectors, resulting in numerous GW signals. In addition to this direct, kinematic method, one can use an indirect, static method. In this approach, the non-zero graviton mass would modify estimates of the total cluster mass via a Yukawa term, influencing the Newtonian potential. In A. Piórkowska-Kurpas et al, 2022, using the X-COP galaxy cluster sample, we obtained mg<(4.99−6.79)×10−29 eV (at 95% C.L.), which is one of the best available constraints.
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Klochkov YY, Prokhorov LG, Matiushechkina MS, Adhikari RX, Mitrofanov VP. Using silicon disk resonators to measure mechanical losses caused by an electric field. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:014501. [PMID: 35104983 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Several projects of the next generation gravitational-wave detectors use the high purity monocrystalline silicon test masses. The electric field of the actuator that is applied to correct the position of the silicon test mass causes additional mechanical losses and associated noise. Disk mechanical resonators are widely used to study mechanical losses in multilayer optical coatings that are deposited on the test masses of gravitational-wave detectors. We use silicon disk resonators to study losses caused by an electric field. In particular, the dependence of mechanical losses on the resistivity of silicon is investigated. The resonator is a thin commercial silicon wafer in which a low frequency nodal diameter mode is excited. A DC voltage is applied between the wafer and a nearby electrode. We use two measurement configurations. In the first configuration, the dependence of losses on the resistance in the voltage supply circuit is investigated. The dependence of losses on the resistivity of silicon is investigated in the second configuration. We propose a model that relates the electric field induced mechanical loss in disk resonators to the resistivity of the material. Measurements are carried out for low and high resistivity silicon wafers. The measurement results are compared with calculations. Based on these studies, it is possible to estimate the loss and noise of the test masses of gravitational-wave detectors associated with electrostatic actuators.
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- Y Yu Klochkov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Yu H, Adhikari RX, Magee R, Sachdev S, Chen Y. Early warning of coalescing neutron-star and neutron-star-black-hole binaries from the nonstationary noise background using neural networks. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.104.062004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Vajente G, Yang L, Davenport A, Fazio M, Ananyeva A, Zhang L, Billingsley G, Prasai K, Markosyan A, Bassiri R, Fejer MM, Chicoine M, Schiettekatte F, Menoni CS. Low Mechanical Loss TiO_{2}:GeO_{2} Coatings for Reduced Thermal Noise in Gravitational Wave Interferometers. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:071101. [PMID: 34459624 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.071101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The sensitivity of current and planned gravitational wave interferometric detectors is limited, in the most critical frequency region around 100 Hz, by a combination of quantum noise and thermal noise. The latter is dominated by Brownian noise: thermal motion originating from the elastic energy dissipation in the dielectric coatings used in the interferometer mirrors. The energy dissipation is a material property characterized by the mechanical loss angle. We have identified mixtures of titanium dioxide (TiO_{2}) and germanium dioxide (GeO_{2}) that show internal dissipations at a level of 1×10^{-4}, low enough to provide improvement of almost a factor of 2 on the level of Brownian noise with respect to the state-of-the-art materials. We show that by using a mixture of 44% TiO_{2} and 56% GeO_{2} in the high refractive index layers of the interferometer mirrors, it would be possible to achieve a thermal noise level in line with the design requirements. These results are a crucial step forward to produce the mirrors needed to meet the thermal noise requirements for the planned upgrades of the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and Virgo detectors.
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- Gabriele Vajente
- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Morales MD, Antelis JM, Moreno C, Nesterov AI. Deep Learning for Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis: A Resampling White-Box Approach. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:3174. [PMID: 34063581 PMCID: PMC8124390 DOI: 10.3390/s21093174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this work, we apply Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to detect gravitational wave (GW) signals of compact binary coalescences, using single-interferometer data from real LIGO detectors. Here, we adopted a resampling white-box approach to advance towards a statistical understanding of uncertainties intrinsic to CNNs in GW data analysis. We used Morlet wavelets to convert strain time series to time-frequency images. Moreover, we only worked with data of non-Gaussian noise and hardware injections, removing freedom to set signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values in GW templates by hand, in order to reproduce more realistic experimental conditions. After hyperparameter adjustments, we found that resampling through repeated k-fold cross-validation smooths the stochasticity of mini-batch stochastic gradient descent present in accuracy perturbations by a factor of 3.6. CNNs are quite precise to detect noise, 0.952 for H1 data and 0.932 for L1 data; but, not sensitive enough to recall GW signals, 0.858 for H1 data and 0.768 for L1 data-although recall values are dependent on expected SNR. Our predictions are transparently understood by exploring tthe distribution of probabilistic scores outputted by the softmax layer, and they are strengthened by a receiving operating characteristic analysis and a paired-sample t-test to compare with a random classifier.
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- Manuel D. Morales
- Departamento de Física, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico; (C.M.); (A.I.N.)
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Science, Monterrey, NL 64849, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Física, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico; (C.M.); (A.I.N.)
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- Departamento de Física, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico; (C.M.); (A.I.N.)
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Brooks AF, Vajente G, Yamamoto H, Abbott R, Adams C, Adhikari RX, Ananyeva A, Appert S, Arai K, Areeda JS, Asali Y, Aston SM, Austin C, Baer AM, Ball M, Ballmer SW, Banagiri S, Barker D, Barsotti L, Bartlett J, Berger BK, Betzwieser J, Bhattacharjee D, Billingsley G, Biscans S, Blair CD, Blair RM, Bode N, Booker P, Bork R, Bramley A, Brown DD, Buikema A, Cahillane C, Cannon KC, Cao HT, Chen X, Ciobanu AA, Clara F, Compton C, Cooper SJ, Corley KR, Countryman ST, Covas PB, Coyne DC, Datrier LE, Davis D, Difronzo CD, Dooley KL, Driggers JC, Dupej P, Dwyer SE, Effler A, Etzel T, Evans M, Evans TM, Feicht J, Fernandez-Galiana A, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Giaime JA, Giardina DD, Godwin P, Goetz E, Gras S, Gray C, Gray R, Green AC, Gupta A, Gustafson EK, Gustafson D, Hall E, Hanks J, Hanson J, Hardwick T, Hasskew RK, Heintze MC, Helmling-Cornell AF, Holland NA, Izmui K, Jia W, Jones JD, Kandhasamy S, Karki S, Kasprzack M, Kawabe K, Kijbunchoo N, King PJ, Kissel JS, Kumar R, Landry M, Lane BB, Lantz B, Laxen M, Lecoeuche YK, Leviton J, Jian L, Lormand M, Lundgren AP, Macas R, Macinnis M, Macleod DM, Mansell GL, Marka S, Marka Z, Martynov DV, Mason K, Massinger TJ, Matichard F, Mavalvala N, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McCormick S, McCuller L, McIver J, McRae T, Mendell G, Merfeld K, Merilh EL, Meylahn F, Mistry T, Mittleman R, Moreno G, Mow-Lowry CM, Mozzon S, Mullavey A, Nelson TJ, Nguyen P, Nuttall LK, Oberling J, Oram RJ, Osthelder C, Ottaway DJ, Overmier H, Palamos JR, Parker W, Payne E, Pele A, Penhorwood R, Perez CJ, Pirello M, Radkins H, Ramirez KE, Richardson JW, Riles K, Robertson NA, Rollins JG, Romel CL, Romie JH, Ross MP, Ryan K, Sadecki T, Sanchez EJ, Sanchez LE, Tiruppatturrajamanikkam SR, Savage RL, Schaetzl D, Schnabel R, Schofield RM, Schwartz E, Sellers D, Shaffer T, Sigg D, Slagmolen BJ, Smith JR, Soni S, Sorazu B, Spencer AP, Strain KA, Sun L, Szczepanczyk MJ, Thomas M, Thomas P, Thorne KA, Toland K, Torrie CI, Traylor G, Tse M, Urban AL, Valdes G, Vander-Hyde DC, Veitch PJ, Venkateswara K, Venugopalan G, Viets AD, Vo T, Vorvick C, Wade M, Ward RL, Warner J, Weaver B, Weiss R, Whittle C, Willke B, Wipf CC, Xiao L, Yu H, Yu H, Zhang L, Zucker ME, Zweizig J. Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO. APPLIED OPTICS 2021; 60:4047-4063. [PMID: 33983346 DOI: 10.1364/ao.419689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Small, highly absorbing points are randomly present on the surfaces of the main interferometer optics in Advanced LIGO. The resulting nanometer scale thermo-elastic deformations and substrate lenses from these micron-scale absorbers significantly reduce the sensitivity of the interferometer directly though a reduction in the power-recycling gain and indirect interactions with the feedback control system. We review the expected surface deformation from point absorbers and provide a pedagogical description of the impact on power buildup in second generation gravitational wave detectors (dual-recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers). This analysis predicts that the power-dependent reduction in interferometer performance will significantly degrade maximum stored power by up to 50% and, hence, limit GW sensitivity, but it suggests system wide corrections that can be implemented in current and future GW detectors. This is particularly pressing given that future GW detectors call for an order of magnitude more stored power than currently used in Advanced LIGO in Observing Run 3. We briefly review strategies to mitigate the effects of point absorbers in current and future GW wave detectors to maximize the success of these enterprises.
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We provide a bird’s-eye view of neutron-star seismology, which aims to probe the extreme physics associated with these objects, in the context of gravitational-wave astronomy. Focussing on the fundamental mode of oscillation, which is an efficient gravitational-wave emitter, we consider the seismology aspects of a number of astrophysically relevant scenarios, ranging from transients (like pulsar glitches and magnetar flares), to the dynamics of tides in inspiralling compact binaries and the eventual merged object and instabilities acting in isolated, rapidly rotating, neutron stars. The aim is not to provide a thorough review, but rather to introduce (some of) the key ideas and highlight issues that need further attention.
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Mukherjee S, Wandelt BD, Nissanke SM, Silvestri A. Accurate precision cosmology with redshift unknown gravitational wave sources. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.043520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Essick R, Godwin P, Hanna C, Blackburn L, Katsavounidis E. iDQ: Statistical inference of non-gaussian noise with auxiliary degrees of freedom in gravitational-wave detectors. MACHINE LEARNING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abab5f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lopac N, Lerga J, Cuoco E. Gravitational-Wave Burst Signals Denoising Based on the Adaptive Modification of the Intersection of Confidence Intervals Rule. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E6920. [PMID: 33287319 PMCID: PMC7729785 DOI: 10.3390/s20236920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Gravitational-wave data (discovered first in 2015 by the Advanced LIGO interferometers and awarded by the Nobel Prize in 2017) are characterized by non-Gaussian and non-stationary noise. The ever-increasing amount of acquired data requires the development of efficient denoising algorithms that will enable the detection of gravitational-wave events embedded in low signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) environments. In this paper, an algorithm based on the local polynomial approximation (LPA) combined with the relative intersection of confidence intervals (RICI) rule for the filter support selection is proposed to denoise the gravitational-wave burst signals from core collapse supernovae. The LPA-RICI denoising method's performance is tested on three different burst signals, numerically generated and injected into the real-life noise data collected by the Advanced LIGO detector. The analysis of the experimental results obtained by several case studies (conducted at different signal source distances corresponding to the different SNR values) indicates that the LPA-RICI method efficiently removes the noise and simultaneously preserves the morphology of the gravitational-wave burst signals. The technique offers reliable denoising performance even at the very low SNR values. Moreover, the analysis shows that the LPA-RICI method outperforms the approach combining LPA and the original intersection of confidence intervals (ICI) rule, total-variation (TV) based method, the method based on the neighboring thresholding in the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) domain, and three wavelet-based denoising techniques by increasing the improvement in the SNR by up to 118.94% and the peak SNR by up to 138.52%, as well as by reducing the root mean squared error by up to 64.59%, the mean absolute error by up to 55.60%, and the maximum absolute error by up to 84.79%.
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- Nikola Lopac
- Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Studentska 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
- Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejcic 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejcic 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), Cascina, I-56021 Pisa, Italy;
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7-56126 Pisa, Italy
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Torres-Forné A, Cuoco E, Font JA, Marquina A. Application of dictionary learning to denoise LIGO’s blip noise transients. Int J Clin Exp Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.023011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cataño-Lopez SB, Santiago-Condori JG, Edamatsu K, Matsumoto N. High-Q Milligram-Scale Monolithic Pendulum for Quantum-Limited Gravity Measurements. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:221102. [PMID: 32567925 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.221102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present the development of a high-Q monolithic silica pendulum weighing 7 milligram. The measured Q value for the pendulum mode at 2.2 Hz was 2.0×10^{6}. To the best of our knowledge this is the lowest dissipative milligram-scale mechanical oscillator to date. By employing this suspension system, the optomechanical displacement sensor for gravity measurements we recently reported in Matsumoto et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 071101 (2019)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.122.071101] can be improved to realize quantum-noise-limited sensing at several hundred hertz. In combination with the optical spring effect, the amount of intrinsic dissipation measured in the pendulum mode is enough to satisfy requirements for measurement-based quantum control of a massive pendulum confined in an optical potential. This paves the way for not only testing dark matter via quantum-limited force sensors, but also Newtonian interaction in quantum regimes, namely, between two milligram-scale oscillators in quantum states, as well as improving the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors.
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- Seth B Cataño-Lopez
- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- JST, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Cao HT, Brown DD, Veitch PJ, Ottaway DJ. Optical lock-in camera for gravitational wave detectors. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:14405-14413. [PMID: 32403481 DOI: 10.1364/oe.384754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Knowledge of the intensity and phase profiles of spectral components in a coherent optical field is critical for a wide range of high-precision optical applications. One of these is interferometric gravitational wave detectors, which rely on the optical beats between these fields for precise control of the experiment. Here we describe an optical lock-in camera and show that it can be used to record optical beats at MHz or greater frequencies with higher spatial and temporal resolution than previously possible. This improvement is achieved using a Pockels cell as a fast optical switch to transform each pixel on a sCMOS array into an optical lock-in amplifier. We demonstrate that the optical lock-in camera can record fields with 2 Mpx resolution at 10 Hz with a sensitivity of -62 dBc when averaged over 2s.
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Harms J, Bonilla E, Coughlin M, Driggers J, Dwyer S, McManus D, Ross M, Slagmolen B, Venkateswara K. Observation of a potential future sensitivity limitation from ground motion at LIGO Hanford. Int J Clin Exp Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.101.102002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ni Z, Lu Q, Xu Y, Huo H. Intensity Simulation of a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20071833. [PMID: 32224914 PMCID: PMC7181073 DOI: 10.3390/s20071833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper introduces an intensity simulation for the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer whose core element is the Michelson interferometer to provide support for the on-orbit monitoring of the instrument and to improve the data processing and application of the Fourier transform spectrometer. The Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Imager (GIIRS) aboard on Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) satellite, which will be launched in 2020, aims to provide hyperspectral infrared observations. An intensity simulation of the Michelson interferometer based on the GIIRS’s instrument parameters is systematically analyzed in this paper. Off-axis effects and non-linearity response are two important factors to be considered in this simulation. Off-axis effects mainly cause the wavenumber shift to induce a large brightness temperature error compared with the input spectrum, and the non-linearity response reduces the energy received by the detector. Then, off-axis effects and a non-linearity response are added to the input spectrum successively to obtain the final spectrum. Off-axis correction and non-linearity correction are also developed to give a full simulation process. Comparing the corrected spectrum with the input spectrum, we can see that the brightness temperature errors have a magnitude of 10−3 K, and this fully proves the reliability and rationality of the whole simulation process.
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- Zhuoya Ni
- Key Laboratory of Radiometric Calibration and Validation for Environment Satellites, National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Radiometric Calibration and Validation for Environment Satellites, National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China;
- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China;
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Fitz-Axen M, Flaminio R, Fletcher M, Flynn E, Fong H, Font JA, Forsyth PWF, Fournier JD, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Frei Z, Freise A, Frey R, Frey V, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fujii Y, Fukunaga M, Fukushima M, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Gabbard HA, Gadre BU, Gaebel SM, Gair JR, Gammaitoni L, Ganija MR, Gaonkar SG, Garcia A, García-Quirós C, Garufi F, Gateley B, Gaudio S, Gaur G, Gayathri V, Ge GG, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, George D, George J, Gergely L, Germain V, Ghonge S, Ghosh A, Ghosh A, Ghosh S, Giacomazzo B, Giaime JA, Giardina KD, Giazotto A, Gill K, Giordano G, Glover L, Godwin P, Goetz E, Goetz R, Goncharov B, González G, Castro JMG, Gopakumar A, Gorodetsky ML, Gossan SE, Gosselin M, Gouaty R, Grado A, Graef C, Granata M, Grant A, Gras S, Grassia P, Gray C, Gray R, Greco G, Green AC, Green R, Gretarsson EM, Groot P, Grote H, Grunewald S, Gruning P, Guidi GM, Gulati HK, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta MK, Gustafson EK, Gustafson R, Haegel L, Hagiwara A, Haino S, Halim O, Hall BR, Hall ED, Hamilton EZ, Hammond G, Haney M, Hanke MM, Hanks J, Hanna C, Hannam MD, Hannuksela OA, Hanson J, Hardwick T, Haris K, Harms J, Harry GM, Harry IW, Hasegawa K, Haster CJ, Haughian K, Hayakawa H, Hayama K, Hayes FJ, Healy J, Heidmann A, Heintze MC, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hemming G, Hendry M, Heng IS, Hennig J, Heptonstall AW, Heurs M, Hild S, Himemoto Y, Hinderer T, Hiranuma Y, Hirata N, Hirose E, Hoak D, Hochheim S, Hofman D, Holgado AM, Holland NA, Holt K, Holz DE, Hong Z, Hopkins P, Horst C, Hough J, Howell EJ, Hoy CG, Hreibi A, Hsieh BH, Huang GZ, Huang PW, Huang YJ, Huerta EA, Huet D, Hughey B, Hulko M, Husa S, Huttner SH, Huynh-Dinh T, Idzkowski B, Iess A, Ikenoue B, Imam S, Inayoshi K, Ingram C, Inoue Y, Inta R, Intini G, Ioka K, Irwin B, Isa HN, Isac JM, Isi M, Itoh Y, Iyer BR, Izumi K, Jacqmin T, Jadhav SJ, Jani K, Janthalur NN, Jaranowski P, Jenkins AC, Jiang J, Johnson DS, Jones AW, Jones DI, Jones R, Jonker RJG, Ju L, Jung K, Jung P, Junker J, Kajita T, Kalaghatgi CV, Kalogera V, Kamai B, 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Matone L, Mavalvala N, Mazumder N, McCann JJ, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McCormick S, McCuller L, McGuire SC, McIver J, McManus DJ, McRae T, McWilliams ST, Meacher D, Meadors GD, Mehmet M, Mehta AK, Meidam J, Melatos A, Mendell G, Mercer RA, Mereni L, Merilh EL, Merzougui M, Meshkov S, Messenger C, Messick C, Metzdorff R, Meyers PM, Miao H, Michel C, Michimura Y, Middleton H, Mikhailov EE, Milano L, Miller AL, Miller A, Millhouse M, Mills JC, Milovich-Goff MC, Minazzoli O, Minenkov Y, Mio N, Mishkin A, Mishra C, Mistry T, Mitra S, Mitrofanov VP, Mitselmakher G, Mittleman R, Miyakawa O, Miyamoto A, Miyazaki Y, Miyo K, Miyoki S, Mo G, Moffa D, Mogushi K, Mohapatra SRP, Montani M, Moore CJ, Moraru D, Moreno G, Morisaki S, Moriwaki Y, Mours B, Mow-Lowry CM, Mukherjee A, Mukherjee D, Mukherjee S, Mukund N, Mullavey A, Munch J, Muñiz EA, Muratore M, Murray PG, Nagano K, Nagano S, Nagar A, Nakamura K, Nakano H, Nakano M, Nakashima R, Nardecchia I, Narikawa T, Naticchioni L, Nayak RK, Negishi R, Neilson J, Nelemans G, Nelson TJN, Nery M, Neunzert A, Ng KY, Ng S, Nguyen P, Ni WT, Nichols D, Nishizawa A, Nissanke S, Nocera F, North C, Nuttall LK, Obergaulinger M, Oberling J, O’Brien BD, Obuchi Y, O’Dea GD, Ogaki W, Ogin GH, Oh JJ, Oh SH, Ohashi M, Ohishi N, Ohkawa M, Ohme F, Ohta H, Okada MA, Okutomi K, Oliver M, Oohara K, Ooi CP, Oppermann P, Oram RJ, O’Reilly B, Ormiston RG, Ortega LF, O’Shaughnessy R, Oshino S, Ossokine S, Ottaway DJ, Overmier H, Owen BJ, Pace AE, Pagano G, Page MA, Pai A, Pai SA, Palamos JR, Palashov O, Palomba C, Pal-Singh A, Pan HW, Pan KC, Pang B, Pang HF, Pang PTH, Pankow C, Pannarale F, Pant BC, Paoletti F, Paoli A, Papa MA, Parida A, Park J, Parker W, Pascucci D, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Patil M, Patricelli B, Pearlstone BL, Pedersen C, Pedraza M, Pedurand R, Pele A, Arellano FEP, Penn S, Perez CJ, Perreca A, Pfeiffer HP, Phelps M, Phukon KS, Piccinni OJ, Pichot M, Piergiovanni F, Pillant G, Pinard L, Pinto I, Pirello M, Pitkin M, Poggiani R, Pong DYT, Ponrathnam S, Popolizio P, Porter EK, Powell J, Prajapati AK, Prasad J, Prasai K, Prasanna R, Pratten G, Prestegard T, Privitera S, Prodi GA, Prokhorov LG, Puncken O, Punturo M, Puppo P, Pürrer M, Qi H, Quetschke V, Quinonez PJ, Quintero EA, Quitzow-James R, Raab FJ, Radkins H, Radulescu N, Raffai P, Raja S, Rajan C, Rajbhandari B, Rakhmanov M, Ramirez KE, Ramos-Buades A, Rana J, Rao K, Rapagnani P, Raymond V, Razzano M, Read J, Regimbau T, Rei L, Reid S, Reitze DH, Ren W, Ricci F, Richardson CJ, Richardson JW, Ricker PM, Riles K, Rizzo M, Robertson NA, Robie R, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Rollins JG, Roma VJ, Romanelli M, Romano R, Romel CL, Romie JH, Rose K, Rosińska D, Rosofsky SG, Ross MP, Rowan S, Rüdiger A, Ruggi P, Rutins G, Ryan K, Sachdev S, Sadecki T, Sago N, Saito S, Saito Y, Sakai K, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Sakellariadou M, Sakuno Y, Salconi L, Saleem M, Samajdar A, Sammut L, Sanchez EJ, Sanchez LE, Sanchis-Gual N, Sandberg V, Sanders JR, Santiago KA, 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Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. LIVING REVIEWS IN RELATIVITY 2020; 23:3. [PMID: 33015351 PMCID: PMC7520625 DOI: 10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years, with the intention of providing information to facilitate planning for multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. We estimate the sensitivity of the network to transient gravitational-wave signals for the third (O3), fourth (O4) and fifth observing (O5) runs, including the planned upgrades of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. We study the capability of the network to determine the sky location of the source for gravitational-wave signals from the inspiral of binary systems of compact objects, that is binary neutron star, neutron star-black hole, and binary black hole systems. The ability to localize the sources is given as a sky-area probability, luminosity distance, and comoving volume. The median sky localization area (90% credible region) is expected to be a few hundreds of square degrees for all types of binary systems during O3 with the Advanced LIGO and Virgo (HLV) network. The median sky localization area will improve to a few tens of square degrees during O4 with the Advanced LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA (HLVK) network. During O3, the median localization volume (90% credible region) is expected to be on the order of 10 5 , 10 6 , 10 7 Mpc 3 for binary neutron star, neutron star-black hole, and binary black hole systems, respectively. The localization volume in O4 is expected to be about a factor two smaller than in O3. We predict a detection count of 1 - 1 + 12 ( 10 - 10 + 52 ) for binary neutron star mergers, of 0 - 0 + 19 ( 1 - 1 + 91 ) for neutron star-black hole mergers, and 17 - 11 + 22 ( 79 - 44 + 89 ) for binary black hole mergers in a one-calendar-year observing run of the HLV network during O3 (HLVK network during O4). We evaluate sensitivity and localization expectations for unmodeled signal searches, including the search for intermediate mass black hole binary mergers.
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- B. P. Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
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- Università di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN UK
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Accelerator Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1,Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032 Japan
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, 603103 India
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- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Kamioka Branch, 238 Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu Pref. Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
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- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), 245 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 70, Yuseong-daero 1689 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34047 Korea
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 560-0043 Japan
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- School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
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- Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Università di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Budapest, 1121 Hungary
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, 62032 Camerino, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- INFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ UK
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON - UMR6082, 3500 Rennes, France
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Genova, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - J. Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - E. Capocasa
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - F. Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S. Caride
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
| | - M. F. Carney
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | | | | | - C. Casentini
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - S. Caudill
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M. Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA
| | - F. Cavalier
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - R. Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G. Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - P. Cerdá-Durán
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
| | - G. Cerretani
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E. Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, 00184 Rome, Italy
| | - O. Chaibi
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - K. Chakravarti
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - S. J. Chamberlin
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - M. Chan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - M. L. Chan
- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - S. Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, ROC
| | - P. Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E. A. Chase
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - E. Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D. Chatterjee
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | | | - K. Chatziioannou
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | | | - C. S. Chen
- Tamkang University, No.151, Yingzhuan Rd., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City, 25137 Taiwan
| | - H. Y. Chen
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - K. H. Chen
- Department of Physics, The Center for High Energy and High Field Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Zhongda Road, Zhongyi District, Taiyuan City, 320 Taiwan
| | - X. Chen
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - Y. Chen
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - Y. R. Chen
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - H.-P. Cheng
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - C. K. Cheong
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - H. Y. Chia
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | | | - A. Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G. Cho
- Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 South Korea
| | - H. S. Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 South Korea
| | - M. Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
| | - N. Christensen
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057 USA
| | - H. Y. Chu
- Department of Physics, The Center for High Energy and High Field Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Zhongda Road, Zhongyi District, Taiyuan City, 320 Taiwan
| | - Q. Chu
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - Y. K. Chu
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - S. Chua
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - K. W. Chung
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - S. Chung
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - G. Ciani
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
| | - A. A. Ciobanu
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - R. Ciolfi
- INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - F. Cipriano
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - A. Cirone
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Genova, 16146 Genoa, Italy
| | - F. Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - J. A. Clark
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
| | - P. Clearwater
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
| | - F. Cleva
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - C. Cocchieri
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA
| | - E. Coccia
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - P.-F. Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - D. Cohen
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - R. Colgan
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - M. Colleoni
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | | | - C. Collins
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | | | - M. Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - L. Conti
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
| | - S. J. Cooper
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - P. Corban
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - T. R. Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
| | - I. Cordero-Carrión
- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
| | | | - N. Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
| | - A. Corsi
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
| | - S. Cortese
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C. A. Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - R. Cotesta
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M. W. Coughlin
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - S. B. Coughlin
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - J.-P. Coulon
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | | | - P. Couvares
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - P. B. Covas
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - E. E. Cowan
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
| | - D. M. Coward
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - M. J. Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - D. C. Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - R. Coyne
- University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 USA
| | | | - T. D. Creighton
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - J. Cripe
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
| | - M. Croquette
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | | | - T. J. Cullen
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
| | - A. Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | | | - E. Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T. Dal Canton
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
| | - G. Dálya
- MTA-ELTE Astrophysics Research Group, Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1117 Hungary
| | - S. L. Danilishin
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S. D’Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - K. Danzmann
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A. Dasgupta
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | | | | | - V. Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - I. Dave
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
| | - M. Davier
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - D. Davis
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
| | - E. J. Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | - D. DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
| | - M. Deenadayalan
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - J. Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - M. De Laurentis
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S. Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - W. Del Pozzo
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L. M. DeMarchi
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - N. Demos
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - T. Dent
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- IGFAE, Campus Sur, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - R. De Pietri
- INFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche,Università di Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
| | - J. Derby
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - R. De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - C. De Rossi
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R. DeSalvo
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | - O. de Varona
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S. Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - M. C. Díaz
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - T. Dietrich
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L. Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M. Di Giovanni
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - T. Di Girolamo
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A. Di Lieto
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - B. Ding
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - S. Di Pace
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - I. Di Palma
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F. Di Renzo
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A. Dmitriev
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - Z. Doctor
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - K. Doi
- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
| | - F. Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - K. L. Dooley
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA
| | - S. Doravari
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - T. P. Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - M. Drago
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | | | - Z. Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - J.-G. Ducoin
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - P. Dupej
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - S. E. Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - P. J. Easter
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - T. B. Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | | | - A. Effler
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - S. Eguchi
- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - P. Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - J. Eichholz
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | | | - M. Eisenmann
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - R. A. Eisenstein
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - Y. Enomoto
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | | | - H. Estelles
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - D. Estevez
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | | | - T. Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - M. Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - T. M. Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - V. Fafone
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - H. Fair
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
| | | | - X. Fan
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - S. Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B. Farr
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
| | - W. M. Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | | | - M. Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
| | - M. Fays
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | - M. Fazio
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - C. Fee
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
| | - J. Feicht
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | | | - F. Feng
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | | | - I. Ferrante
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E. C. Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - T. A. Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - F. Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F. Fidecaro
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I. Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D. Fiorucci
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M. Fishbach
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - R. P. Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606 USA
| | - J. M. Fishner
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - M. Fitz-Axen
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - R. Flaminio
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - M. Fletcher
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - E. Flynn
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - H. Fong
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - J. A. Font
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
- Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, 46980 Paterna, València Spain
| | - P. W. F. Forsyth
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - J.-D. Fournier
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - S. Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - Z. Frei
- MTA-ELTE Astrophysics Research Group, Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1117 Hungary
| | - A. Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - R. Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
| | - V. Frey
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - P. Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - V. V. Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - Y. Fujii
- Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - M. Fukunaga
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - M. Fukushima
- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - P. Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - M. Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | | | - B. U. Gadre
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - S. M. Gaebel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - J. R. Gair
- School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD UK
| | | | - M. R. Ganija
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - S. G. Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - A. Garcia
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - C. García-Quirós
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - F. Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - B. Gateley
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - S. Gaudio
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
| | - G. Gaur
- Institute Of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, 382426 India
| | - V. Gayathri
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076 India
| | - G. G. Ge
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, West No. 30, Xiaohongshan, Wuhan, 430071 China
| | - G. Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E. Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A. Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D. George
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - J. George
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
| | - L. Gergely
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged, 6720 Hungary
| | - V. Germain
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - S. Ghonge
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
| | - Abhirup Ghosh
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - Archisman Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S. Ghosh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - B. Giacomazzo
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J. A. Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
| | - G. Giordano
- Università di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - L. Glover
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | - P. Godwin
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - R. Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - B. Goncharov
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - G. González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
| | | | - A. Gopakumar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005 India
| | - M. L. Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | - S. E. Gossan
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - M. Gosselin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R. Gouaty
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - A. Grado
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, 80131 Napoli, Italy
| | - C. Graef
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - M. Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - A. Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - S. Gras
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - P. Grassia
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - C. Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - R. Gray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - G. Greco
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - A. C. Green
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - R. Green
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H. Grote
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - S. Grunewald
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - P. Gruning
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - G. M. Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - H. K. Gulati
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - Y. Guo
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A. Gupta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - M. K. Gupta
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - E. K. Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | | | - L. Haegel
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - A. Hagiwara
- Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
| | - S. Haino
- Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
| | - O. Halim
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - B. R. Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
| | - E. D. Hall
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | | | - G. Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - M. Haney
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M. M. Hanke
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J. Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - C. Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | | | | | - J. Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - T. Hardwick
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
| | - K. Haris
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - J. Harms
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - G. M. Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016 USA
| | - I. W. Harry
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - K. Hasegawa
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - C.-J. Haster
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - K. Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - H. Hayakawa
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - K. Hayama
- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - F. J. Hayes
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - J. Healy
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
| | - A. Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - M. C. Heintze
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - H. Heitmann
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - P. Hello
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - G. Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M. Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - I. S. Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - J. Hennig
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - M. Heurs
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S. Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - Y. Himemoto
- College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 1-2-1,Izumi-cho, Narashino-shi, Chiba 275-8575 Japan
| | - T. Hinderer
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, Science Park 904, 1090 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Y. Hiranuma
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - N. Hirata
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - E. Hirose
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - D. Hoak
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S. Hochheim
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D. Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - A. M. Holgado
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - N. A. Holland
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - K. Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - D. E. Holz
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - Z. Hong
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - P. Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - C. Horst
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - J. Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - E. J. Howell
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - C. G. Hoy
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - A. Hreibi
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - B. H. Hsieh
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - G. Z. Huang
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - P. W. Huang
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, West No. 30, Xiaohongshan, Wuhan, 430071 China
| | - Y. J. Huang
- Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
| | - E. A. Huerta
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - D. Huet
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - B. Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
| | - M. Hulko
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - S. Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | | | - T. Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - B. Idzkowski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A. Iess
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - B. Ikenoue
- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - S. Imam
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - K. Inayoshi
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Yiheyuan Road 5, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871 China
| | - C. Ingram
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - Y. Inoue
- Department of Physics, The Center for High Energy and High Field Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Zhongda Road, Zhongyi District, Taiyuan City, 320 Taiwan
| | - R. Inta
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
| | - G. Intini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - K. Ioka
- Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, KitaShirakawa, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
| | - B. Irwin
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
| | - H. N. Isa
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - J.-M. Isac
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - M. Isi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - Y. Itoh
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho,Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
| | - B. R. Iyer
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - K. Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
- JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Japan
| | - T. Jacqmin
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - S. J. Jadhav
- Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management, Mumbai, 400094 India
| | - K. Jani
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
| | - N. N. Janthalur
- Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management, Mumbai, 400094 India
| | | | - A. C. Jenkins
- King’s College London, University of London, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - J. Jiang
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - D. S. Johnson
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - A. W. Jones
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - D. I. Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
| | - R. Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. J. G. Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L. Ju
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - K. Jung
- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 South Korea
| | - P. Jung
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - J. Junker
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T. Kajita
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | | | - V. Kalogera
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - B. Kamai
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - M. Kamiizumi
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - N. Kanda
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho,Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
| | - S. Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA
| | - G. W. Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), 245 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
| | - J. B. Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - S. J. Kapadia
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - S. Karki
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
| | - K. S. Karvinen
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R. Kashyap
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - M. Kasprzack
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - S. Katsanevas
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - E. Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - W. Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - S. Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K. Kawabe
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - K. Kawaguchi
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - N. Kawai
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 Japan
| | - T. Kawasaki
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - N. V. Keerthana
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - F. Kéfélian
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - D. Keitel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. Kennedy
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | - J. S. Key
- University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA 98011 USA
| | - F. Y. Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | - H. Khan
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - I. Khan
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - S. Khan
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z. Khan
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - E. A. Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 603950
| | | | - N. Kijbunchoo
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - Chunglee Kim
- Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760 South Korea
| | - C. Kim
- Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760 Korea
| | - J. C. Kim
- Inje University, Gimhae, South Gyeongsang 50834 South Korea
| | - J. Kim
- Department of Computer Simulation, Inje University, 197 Inje-ro, Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do 50834 Korea
| | - K. Kim
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - W. Kim
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - W. S. Kim
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 70, Yuseong-daero 1689 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34047 Korea
| | - Y.-M. Kim
- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 South Korea
| | - C. Kimball
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - N. Kimura
- Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
| | - E. J. King
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - P. J. King
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | | | - R. Kirchhoff
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J. S. Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - N. Kita
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - H. Kitazawa
- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - S. Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | | | - E. Knyazev
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - P. Koch
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S. M. Koehlenbeck
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G. Koekoek
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
| | - Y. Kojima
- Department of Physical Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 903-0213 Japan
| | - K. Kokeyama
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - S. Koley
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K. Komori
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - V. Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - A. K. H. Kong
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - A. Kontos
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - N. Koper
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M. Korobko
- Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W. Z. Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - K. Kotake
- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - I. Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D. B. Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - C. Kozakai
- Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
| | - R. Kozu
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - V. Kringel
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N. Krishnendu
- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, 603103 India
| | - A. Królak
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
- Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00656 Warsaw, Poland
| | - G. Kuehn
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A. Kumar
- Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management, Mumbai, 400094 India
| | - P. Kumar
- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
| | - Rahul Kumar
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - R. Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - S. Kumar
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - J. Kume
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - C. M. Kuo
- Department of Physics, The Center for High Energy and High Field Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Zhongda Road, Zhongyi District, Taiyuan City, 320 Taiwan
| | - H. S. Kuo
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - L. Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, ROC
| | - S. Kuroyanagi
- Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
| | - K. Kusayanagi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 Japan
| | | | - K. Kwak
- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 South Korea
| | - S. Kwang
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - B. D. Lackey
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - K. H. Lai
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - T. L. Lam
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - M. Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - B. B. Lane
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - R. N. Lang
- Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI 49242 USA
| | - J. Lange
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
| | - B. Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
| | - R. K. Lanza
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - A. Lartaux-Vollard
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - P. D. Lasky
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - M. Laxen
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - A. Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - C. Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P. Leaci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - S. Leavey
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - C. H. Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 South Korea
| | - H. K. Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763 South Korea
| | - H. M. Lee
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, 34055 South Korea
| | - H. W. Lee
- Inje University, Gimhae, South Gyeongsang 50834 South Korea
| | - J. Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 South Korea
| | - K. Lee
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. K. Lee
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - J. Lehmann
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A. Lenon
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
| | - M. Leonardi
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - N. Leroy
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - N. Letendre
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - Y. Levin
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - J. Li
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
| | - K. J. L. Li
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - T. G. F. Li
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - X. Li
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - C. Y. Lin
- National Applied Research Laboratories, National Center for High-performance computing, No. 7, R&D 6th Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu City, 30076 Taiwan
| | - F. Lin
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - F. L. Lin
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
| | - L. C. C. Lin
- Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 South Korea
| | - F. Linde
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S. D. Linker
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | | | - G. C. Liu
- Tamkang University, No.151, Yingzhuan Rd., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City, 25137 Taiwan
| | - J. Liu
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - X. Liu
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - R. K. L. Lo
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | | | | | - A. Longo
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy
| | - M. Lorenzini
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi, Italy
| | | | - M. Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - G. Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J. D. Lough
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C. O. Lousto
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
| | - G. Lovelace
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - M. E. Lower
- OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia
| | - H. Lück
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D. Lumaca
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | | | - L. W. Luo
- Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
| | - R. Lynch
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - Y. Ma
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - R. Macas
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - S. Macfoy
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ UK
| | - M. MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | | | - A. Macquet
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | | | | | - R. M. Magee
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | | | | | - A. Malik
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
| | - N. Man
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - V. Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - V. Mangano
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - G. L. Mansell
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - M. Manske
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - M. Mantovani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F. Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, 62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - M. Marchio
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - F. Marion
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - S. Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - Z. Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - C. Markakis
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN UK
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | | | - A. Markowitz
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - E. Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - A. Marquina
- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
| | - S. Marsat
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - F. Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - I. W. Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. M. Martin
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
| | | | - K. Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - E. Massera
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | - A. Masserot
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - T. J. Massinger
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | | | - S. Mastrogiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A. Matas
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - F. Matichard
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - L. Matone
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
| | - N. Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - N. Mazumder
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
| | - J. J. McCann
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - R. McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - D. E. McClelland
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - S. McCormick
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - L. McCuller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - S. C. McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
| | - J. McIver
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - D. J. McManus
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - T. McRae
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | | | - D. Meacher
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - G. D. Meadors
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - M. Mehmet
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A. K. Mehta
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru, 560089 India
| | - J. Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A. Melatos
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
| | - G. Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - R. A. Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - L. Mereni
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - E. L. Merilh
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - M. Merzougui
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - S. Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - C. Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - C. Messick
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - R. Metzdorff
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS,ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
| | - P. M. Meyers
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
| | - H. Miao
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - C. Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - Y. Michimura
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - H. Middleton
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
| | | | - L. Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A. L. Miller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - A. Miller
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | | | - M. C. Milovich-Goff
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | - O. Minazzoli
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 quai Antoine Ier, 98000 Monaco, Monaco
| | - Y. Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - N. Mio
- Institute for Photon Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
| | - A. Mishkin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - C. Mishra
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
| | - T. Mistry
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
| | - S. Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - V. P. Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | | | - R. Mittleman
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - O. Miyakawa
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - A. Miyamoto
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
| | - Y. Miyazaki
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - K. Miyo
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - S. Miyoki
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - G. Mo
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057 USA
| | - D. Moffa
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
| | - K. Mogushi
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA
| | | | - M. Montani
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - C. J. Moore
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN UK
| | - D. Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - G. Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - S. Morisaki
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - Y. Moriwaki
- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
| | - B. Mours
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | | | - Arunava Mukherjee
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D. Mukherjee
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - S. Mukherjee
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - N. Mukund
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - A. Mullavey
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - J. Munch
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | | | - M. Muratore
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
| | - P. G. Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - K. Nagano
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - S. Nagano
- The Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1, Nukuikita-machi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8795 Japan
| | - A. Nagar
- Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”, 00184 Rome, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France
| | - K. Nakamura
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - H. Nakano
- Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University, 67 Fukakusa Tsukamoto-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8577 Japan
| | - M. Nakano
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - R. Nakashima
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 Japan
| | - I. Nardecchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - T. Narikawa
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, KitaShirakawa, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
| | - L. Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R. K. Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252 India
| | - R. Negishi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - J. Neilson
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | - G. Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - M. Nery
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A. Neunzert
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
| | - K. Y. Ng
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - S. Ng
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - P. Nguyen
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
| | - W. T. Ni
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, West No. 30, Xiaohongshan, Wuhan, 430071 China
| | - D. Nichols
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A. Nishizawa
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 Japan
| | - S. Nissanke
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - F. Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C. North
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | | | - M. Obergaulinger
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
| | - J. Oberling
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | | | - Y. Obuchi
- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - G. D. O’Dea
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
| | - W. Ogaki
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - G. H. Ogin
- Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA
| | - J. J. Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 70, Yuseong-daero 1689 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34047 Korea
| | - S. H. Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 70, Yuseong-daero 1689 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34047 Korea
| | - M. Ohashi
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - N. Ohishi
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Kamioka Branch, 238 Higashi-Mozumi, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu Pref. Japan
| | - M. Ohkawa
- Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - F. Ohme
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H. Ohta
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - M. A. Okada
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - K. Okutomi
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - M. Oliver
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - K. Oohara
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - C. P. Ooi
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - P. Oppermann
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - B. O’Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | | | - L. F. Ortega
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | | | - S. Oshino
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - S. Ossokine
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - D. J. Ottaway
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
| | - H. Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - B. J. Owen
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
| | - A. E. Pace
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - G. Pagano
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M. A. Page
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
| | - A. Pai
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076 India
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- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 603950
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Physics, The Center for High Energy and High Field Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Zhongda Road, Zhongyi District, Taiyuan City, 320 Taiwan
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - F. Pannarale
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - B. C. Pant
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M. A. Papa
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
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- Department of Physics, Sogang University, One Sinsu-Dong, Mapo-Gu, Seoul, 121-742 Korea
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - A. Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R. Passaquieti
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M. Patil
- Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00656 Warsaw, Poland
| | - B. Patricelli
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - R. Pedurand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, 69361 Lyon, France
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - S. Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456 USA
| | - C. J. Perez
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - A. Perreca
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - H. P. Pfeiffer
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - M. Phelps
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - O. J. Piccinni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M. Pichot
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - F. Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - G. Pillant
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L. Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - I. Pinto
- Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - M. Pirello
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - M. Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. Poggiani
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D. Y. T. Pong
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
| | - S. Ponrathnam
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - P. Popolizio
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - E. K. Porter
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - J. Powell
- OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia
| | - A. K. Prajapati
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - J. Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - K. Prasai
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
| | - R. Prasanna
- Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management, Mumbai, 400094 India
| | - G. Pratten
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - T. Prestegard
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - S. Privitera
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G. A. Prodi
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L. G. Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | - O. Puncken
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M. Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P. Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
| | - M. Pürrer
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - H. Qi
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - V. Quetschke
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - P. J. Quinonez
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
| | - E. A. Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | | | - F. J. Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - H. Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - N. Radulescu
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - P. Raffai
- MTA-ELTE Astrophysics Research Group, Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1117 Hungary
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- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
| | - C. Rajan
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
| | | | - M. Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - K. E. Ramirez
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - A. Ramos-Buades
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - Javed Rana
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - K. Rao
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - P. Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V. Raymond
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
| | - M. Razzano
- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J. Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - T. Regimbau
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - L. Rei
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - S. Reid
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ UK
| | - D. H. Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
| | - W. Ren
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - F. Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Università di Roma ’La Sapienza’, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - J. W. Richardson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - P. M. Ricker
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - K. Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
| | - M. Rizzo
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - N. A. Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - R. Robie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - F. Robinet
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91898 Orsay, France
| | - A. Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - L. Rolland
- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
| | - J. G. Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - V. J. Roma
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
| | - M. Romanelli
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON - UMR6082, 3500 Rennes, France
| | - R. Romano
- Università di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - C. L. Romel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - J. H. Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - K. Rose
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
| | - D. Rosińska
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
- Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S. G. Rosofsky
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
| | - M. P. Ross
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
| | - S. Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - A. Rüdiger
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P. Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G. Rutins
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE UK
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - T. Sadecki
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - N. Sago
- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
| | - S. Saito
- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - Y. Saito
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - K. Sakai
- Department of Electronic Control Engineering, Nagaoka College, National Institute of Technology, 888 Nishikatakai, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-8532 Japan
| | - Y. Sakai
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - H. Sakamoto
- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
| | - M. Sakellariadou
- King’s College London, University of London, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - Y. Sakuno
- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - L. Salconi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M. Saleem
- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, 603103 India
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, València Spain
| | - V. Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - B. S. Sathyaprakash
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, 3-7-2, Kajino-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8584 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - O. Sauter
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
| | - R. L. Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - Y. Sekiguchi
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi-shi, Chiba Japan
| | - D. Sellers
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
| | - A. S. Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424 India
| | - N. Sennett
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - D. Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V. Sequino
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
| | - A. Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 603950
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
| | - T. Shaffer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - M. S. Shahriar
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - M. B. Shaner
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013 India
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- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180 Japan
| | - R. Shimizu
- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - T. Shimoda
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
| | - K. Shimode
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
| | - R. Shink
- Université de Montréal/Polytechnique, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4 Canada
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- Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Kitayama 1-79-1, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0196 Japan
| | - T. Shishido
- School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
| | - A. Shoda
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - D. H. Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - D. M. Shoemaker
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
| | - M. Sieniawska
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D. Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - A. D. Silva
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo Brazil
| | - L. P. Singer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
| | - N. Singh
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A. Singhal
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
| | - A. M. Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3—IEEC, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S. Sitmukhambetov
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - V. Skliris
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
| | - R. J. E. Smith
- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
| | - S. Somala
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Khandi, Telangana 502285 India
| | - K. Somiya
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 Japan
| | - E. J. Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 70, Yuseong-daero 1689 Beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34047 Korea
| | - B. Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | | | - H. Sotani
- Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
| | - T. Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
| | - E. Sowell
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
| | - C. Stachie
- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - M. Standke
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M. Steinke
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J. Steinlechner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
- Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S. P. Stevenson
- OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia
| | - D. Stocks
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
| | - R. Stone
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
| | - D. J. Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
| | - K. A. Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - G. Stratta
- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
| | - S. E. Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
| | - A. Strunk
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
| | - R. Sturani
- International Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN 59078-970 Brazil
| | - A. L. Stuver
- Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085 USA
| | - V. Sudhir
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - R. Sugimoto
- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
| | | | - L. Sun
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
| | - S. Sunil
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428 India
| | - J. Suresh
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411007 India
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- Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
| | - Toshikazu Suzuki
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - B. L. Swinkels
- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - H. Tagoshi
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
| | - S. C. Tait
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
| | - H. Takahashi
- Department of Information and Management Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188 Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1,Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032 Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, KitaShirakawa, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged, 6720 Hungary
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, National Metrology Institute of Japan, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8568 Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005 India
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA UK
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
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- Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational physik (Albert Einstein Institute), 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, 62032 Camerino, Italy
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754 USA
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- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
- Università di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto-cho, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
- Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050, Ikarashi-2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
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- Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
- Department of Communications, National Defense Academy of Japan, Hashirimizu 1-10-20, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-Pref 239-8686 Japan
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- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Information and Management Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188 Japan
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- Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212 USA
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- Advanced Technology Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-747 South Korea
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Budapest, 1121 Hungary
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, 61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE UK
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- Artemis, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
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- Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 119991
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, West No. 30, Xiaohongshan, Wuhan, 430071 China
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 section 4 Ting-Chou Rd., Taipei, 116 Taiwan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
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- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, Higashi-Mozumi 238, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu 506-1205 Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555 Japan
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT Hong Kong
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), CNRS/IN2P3, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 74941 Annecy, France
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1,Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 USA
| | - M. E. Zucker
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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Quantum-Enhanced Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:231107. [PMID: 31868462 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.231107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) has been directly detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers since 2015. We report on the first use of squeezed vacuum states in the direct measurement of gravitational waves with the Advanced LIGO H1 and L1 detectors. This achievement is the culmination of decades of research to implement squeezed states in gravitational-wave detectors. During the ongoing O3 observation run, squeezed states are improving the sensitivity of the LIGO interferometers to signals above 50 Hz by up to 3 dB, thereby increasing the expected detection rate by 40% (H1) and 50% (L1).
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Gebhard TD, Kilbertus N, Harry I, Schölkopf B. Convolutional neural networks: A magic bullet for gravitational-wave detection? Int J Clin Exp Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.100.063015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Junca J, Bertoldi A, Sabulsky D, Lefèvre G, Zou X, Decitre JB, Geiger R, Landragin A, Gaffet S, Bouyer P, Canuel B. Characterizing Earth gravity field fluctuations with the MIGA antenna for future gravitational wave detectors. Int J Clin Exp Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.99.104026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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1-OGC: The First Open Gravitational-wave Catalog of Binary Mergers from Analysis of Public Advanced LIGO Data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Horowitz CJ, Reddy S. Gravitational Waves from Compact Dark Objects in Neutron Stars. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:071102. [PMID: 30848652 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.071102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Dark matter could be composed of compact dark objects (CDOs). We find that the oscillation of CDOs inside neutron stars can be a detectable source of gravitational waves (GWs). The GW strain amplitude depends on the mass of the CDO, and its frequency is typically in the range 3-5 kHz as determined by the central density of the star. In the best cases, LIGO may be sensitive to CDO masses greater than or of order 10^{-8} M_{⊙}.
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- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Theory and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Jung S, Shin CS. Gravitational-Wave Fringes at LIGO: Detecting Compact Dark Matter by Gravitational Lensing. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:041103. [PMID: 30768325 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.041103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Utilizing gravitational-wave (GW) lensing opens a new way to understand the small-scale structure of the Universe. We show that, in spite of its coarse angular resolution and short duration of observation, LIGO can detect the GW lensing induced by small structures, in particular by compact dark matter (DM) or the primordial black hole of 10-10^{5} M_{⊙}, which remains an interesting DM candidate. The lensing is detected through GW frequency chirping, creating the natural and rapid change of lensing patterns: frequency-dependent amplification and modulation of GW waveforms. As a highest-frequency GW detector, LIGO is a unique GW lab to probe such light compact DM. With the design sensitivity of Advanced LIGO, one-year observation by three detectors can optimistically constrain the compact DM density fraction f_{DM} to the level of a few percent.
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- Sunghoon Jung
- Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, IBS, Daejeon 34051, Korea
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Korobko M, Ma Y, Chen Y, Schnabel R. Quantum expander for gravitational-wave observatories. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2019; 8:118. [PMID: 31839938 PMCID: PMC6904558 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-019-0230-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The quantum uncertainty of laser light limits the sensitivity of gravitational-wave observatories. Over the past 30 years, techniques for squeezing the quantum uncertainty, as well as for enhancing gravitational-wave signals with optical resonators have been invented. Resonators, however, have finite linewidths, and the high signal frequencies that are produced during the highly scientifically interesting ring-down of astrophysical compact-binary mergers still cannot be resolved. Here, we propose a purely optical approach for expanding the detection bandwidth. It uses quantum uncertainty squeezing inside one of the optical resonators, compensating for the finite resonators' linewidths while keeping the low-frequency sensitivity unchanged. This quantum expander is intended to enhance the sensitivity of future gravitational-wave detectors, and we suggest the use of this new tool in other cavity-enhanced metrological experiments.
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- Mikhail Korobko
- Institut für Laserphysik und Zentrum für Optische Quantentechnologien, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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- Institut für Laserphysik und Zentrum für Optische Quantentechnologien, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Barsotti L, Harms J, Schnabel R. Squeezed vacuum states of light for gravitational wave detectors. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2019; 82:016905. [PMID: 29569572 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aab906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A century after Einstein's formulation of general relativity, the detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first direct detection of gravitational waves. This historic achievement was the culmination of a world-wide effort and decades of instrument research. While sufficient for this monumental discovery, the current generation of gravitational-wave detectors represent the least sensitive devices necessary for the task; improved detectors will be required to fully exploit this new window on the Universe. In this paper, we review the application of squeezed vacuum states of light to gravitational-wave detectors as a way to reduce quantum noise, which currently limits their performance in much of the detection band.
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- Lisa Barsotti
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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Measurement-based quantum control of mechanical motion. Nature 2018; 563:53-58. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0643-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Philippoz L, Boîtier A, Jetzer P. Gravitational wave polarization from combined Earth-space detectors. Int J Clin Exp Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.98.044025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yu H, Martynov D, Vitale S, Evans M, Shoemaker D, Barr B, Hammond G, Hild S, Hough J, Huttner S, Rowan S, Sorazu B, Carbone L, Freise A, Mow-Lowry C, Dooley KL, Fulda P, Grote H, Sigg D. Prospects for Detecting Gravitational Waves at 5 Hz with Ground-Based Detectors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:141102. [PMID: 29694109 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.141102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We propose an upgrade to Advanced LIGO (aLIGO), named LIGO-LF, that focuses on improving the sensitivity in the 5-30 Hz low-frequency band, and we explore the upgrade's astrophysical applications. We present a comprehensive study of the detector's technical noises and show that with technologies currently under development, such as interferometrically sensed seismometers and balanced-homodyne readout, LIGO-LF can reach the fundamental limits set by quantum and thermal noises down to 5 Hz. These technologies are also directly applicable to the future generation of detectors. We go on to consider this upgrade's implications for the astrophysical output of an aLIGO-like detector. A single LIGO-LF can detect mergers of stellar-mass black holes (BHs) out to a redshift of z≃6 and would be sensitive to intermediate-mass black holes up to 2000 M_{⊙}. The detection rate of merging BHs will increase by a factor of 18 compared to aLIGO. Additionally, for a given source the chirp mass and total mass can be constrained 2 times better than aLIGO and the effective spin 3-5 times better than aLIGO. Furthermore, LIGO-LF enables the localization of coalescing binary neutron stars with an uncertainty solid angle 10 times smaller than that of aLIGO at 30 Hz and 4 times smaller when the entire signal is used. LIGO-LF also significantly enhances the probability of detecting other astrophysical phenomena including the tidal excitation of neutron star r modes and the gravitational memory effects.
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- Hang Yu
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Max-Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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An Information Retrieval and Recommendation System for Astronomical Observatories. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/aaadb2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Walker M, Abbott TD, Aston SM, González G, Macleod DM, McIver J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adams C, Adhikari RX, Anderson SB, Ananyeva A, Appert S, Arai K, Ballmer SW, Barker D, Barr B, Barsotti L, Bartlett J, Bartos I, Batch JC, Bell AS, Betzwieser J, Billingsley G, Birch J, Biscans S, Biwer C, Blair CD, Bork R, Brooks AF, Ciani G, Clara F, Countryman ST, Cowart MJ, Coyne DC, Cumming A, Cunningham L, Danzmann K, Da Silva Costa CF, Daw EJ, DeBra D, DeRosa RT, DeSalvo R, Dooley KL, Doravari S, Driggers JC, Dwyer SE, Effler A, Etzel T, Evans M, Evans TM, Factourovich M, Fair H, Fernández Galiana A, Fisher RP, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Giaime JA, Giardina KD, Goetz E, Goetz R, Gras S, Gray C, Grote H, Gushwa KE, Gustafson EK, Gustafson R, Hall ED, Hammond G, Hanks J, Hanson J, Hardwick T, Harry GM, Heintze MC, Heptonstall AW, Hough J, Izumi K, Jones R, Kandhasamy S, Karki S, Kasprzack M, Kaufer S, Kawabe K, Kijbunchoo N, King EJ, King PJ, Kissel JS, Korth WZ, Kuehn G, Landry M, Lantz B, Lockerbie NA, Lormand M, Lundgren AP, MacInnis M, Márka S, Márka Z, Markosyan AS, Maros E, Martin IW, Martynov DV, Mason K, Massinger TJ, Matichard F, Mavalvala N, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McCormick S, McIntyre G, Mendell G, Merilh EL, Meyers PM, Miller J, Mittleman R, Moreno G, Mueller G, Mullavey A, Munch J, Nuttall LK, Oberling J, Oliver M, Oppermann P, Oram RJ, O'Reilly B, Ottaway DJ, Overmier H, Palamos JR, Paris HR, Parker W, Pele A, Penn S, Phelps M, Pierro V, Pinto I, Principe M, Prokhorov LG, Puncken O, Quetschke V, Quintero EA, Raab FJ, Radkins H, Raffai P, Reid S, Reitze DH, Robertson NA, Rollins JG, Roma VJ, Romie JH, Rowan S, Ryan K, Sadecki T, Sanchez EJ, Sandberg V, Savage RL, Schofield RMS, Sellers D, Shaddock DA, Shaffer TJ, Shapiro B, Shawhan P, Shoemaker DH, Sigg D, Slagmolen BJJ, Smith B, Smith JR, Sorazu B, Staley A, Strain KA, Tanner DB, Taylor R, Thomas M, Thomas P, Thorne KA, Thrane E, Torrie CI, Traylor G, Tuyenbayev D, Vajente G, Valdes G, van Veggel AA, Vecchio A, Veitch PJ, Venkateswara K, Vo T, Vorvick C, Ward RL, Warner J, Weaver B, Weiss R, Weßels P, Willke B, Wipf CC, Worden J, Wu G, Yamamoto H, Yancey CC, Yu H, Yu H, Zhang L, Zucker ME, Zweizig J. Effects of transients in LIGO suspensions on searches for gravitational waves. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:124501. [PMID: 29289175 DOI: 10.1063/1.5000264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This paper presents an analysis of the transient behavior of the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) suspensions used to seismically isolate the optics. We have characterized the transients in the longitudinal motion of the quadruple suspensions during Advanced LIGO's first observing run. Propagation of transients between stages is consistent with modeled transfer functions, such that transient motion originating at the top of the suspension chain is significantly reduced in amplitude at the test mass. We find that there are transients seen by the longitudinal motion monitors of quadruple suspensions, but they are not significantly correlated with transient motion above the noise floor in the gravitational wave strain data, and therefore do not present a dominant source of background noise in the searches for transient gravitational wave signals. Using the suspension transfer functions, we compared the transients in a week of gravitational wave strain data with transients from a quadruple suspension. Of the strain transients between 10 and 60 Hz, 84% are loud enough that they would have appeared above the sensor noise in the top stage quadruple suspension monitors if they had originated at that stage at the same frequencies. We find no significant temporal correlation with the suspension transients in that stage, so we can rule out suspension motion originating at the top stage as the cause of those transients. However, only 3.2% of the gravitational wave strain transients are loud enough that they would have been seen by the second stage suspension sensors, and none of them are above the sensor noise levels of the penultimate stage. Therefore, we cannot eliminate the possibility of transient noise in the detectors originating in the intermediate stages of the suspension below the sensing noise.
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- M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- American University, Washington, D.C. 20016, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Abstract
On August 14, 2017 at 10∶30:43 UTC, the Advanced Virgo detector and the two Advanced LIGO detectors coherently observed a transient gravitational-wave signal produced by the coalescence of two stellar mass black holes, with a false-alarm rate of ≲1 in 27 000 years. The signal was observed with a three-detector network matched-filter signal-to-noise ratio of 18. The inferred masses of the initial black holes are 30.5_{-3.0}^{+5.7}M_{⊙} and 25.3_{-4.2}^{+2.8}M_{⊙} (at the 90% credible level). The luminosity distance of the source is 540_{-210}^{+130} Mpc, corresponding to a redshift of z=0.11_{-0.04}^{+0.03}. A network of three detectors improves the sky localization of the source, reducing the area of the 90% credible region from 1160 deg^{2} using only the two LIGO detectors to 60 deg^{2} using all three detectors. For the first time, we can test the nature of gravitational-wave polarizations from the antenna response of the LIGO-Virgo network, thus enabling a new class of phenomenological tests of gravity.
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- B P Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
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- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716, Warsaw, Poland
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, I-00184 Roma, Italy
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, I-35122 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R De Pietri
- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università di Parma, I-43124 Parma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, I-43124 Parma, Italy
| | - V Dergachev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - C De Rossi
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Di Giovanni
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - T Di Girolamo
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Di Renzo
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S E Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T B Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T M Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Fiorucci
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
- Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, E-46980 Paterna, València, Spain
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, I-80131, Napoli, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kéfélian
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - D Keitel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A J Kemball
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - R Kennedy
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - C Kent
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J S Key
- University of Washington Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, Washington 98011, USA
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - I Khan
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Khan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Khan
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - N Kijbunchoo
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - Chunglee Kim
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 34055, Korea
| | - J C Kim
- Inje University Gimhae, South Gyeongsang 50834, Korea
| | - K Kim
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - W Kim
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - W S Kim
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 34047, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
| | - S J Kimbrell
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
| | - E J King
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | | | - R Kirchhoff
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L Kleybolte
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - T D Knowles
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
| | - P Koch
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Koley
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kontos
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Korobko
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Krämer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Krishnan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
- Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00656 Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Kumar
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - R Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - S Kumar
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | | | - S Kwang
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - B D Lackey
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - K H Lai
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R N Lang
- Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242, USA
| | - J Lange
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R K Lanza
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Lartaux-Vollard
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - P D Lasky
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - M Laxen
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
| | - H W Lee
- Inje University Gimhae, South Gyeongsang 50834, Korea
| | - K Lee
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Lehmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Lenon
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
| | - Y Levin
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - T G F Li
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - S D Linker
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
| | - T B Littenberg
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35811, USA
| | - J Liu
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - R K L Lo
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - L T London
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J E Lord
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J D Lough
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C O Lousto
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - G Lovelace
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Lumaca
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Macas
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - S Macfoy
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - N Man
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G L Mansell
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Manske
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Mantovani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - A S Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Markowitz
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Marquina
- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
| | - P Marsh
- University of Washington Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, Washington 98011, USA
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - L Martellini
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D V Martynov
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - E Massera
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
| | - T J Massinger
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Masso-Reid
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Mastrogiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Matas
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - F Matichard
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S McCormick
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L McCuller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J McManus
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - L McNeill
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - T McRae
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S T McWilliams
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
| | - D Meacher
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - G D Meadors
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - E Mejuto-Villa
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Melatos
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E L Merilh
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Merzougui
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Messick
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - H Miao
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - H Middleton
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A L Miller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - B B Miller
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Millhouse
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - M C Milovich-Goff
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 quai Antoine Ier, MC-98000, Monaco
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Ming
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D Moffa
- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - K Mogushi
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Montani
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - C J Moore
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Morisaki
- RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - A W Muir
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - A Mullavey
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Munch
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - E A Muñiz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Muratore
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K Napier
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - J Neilson
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - T J N Nelson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - L Nevin
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J M Newport
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - T T Nguyen
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - D Nichols
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - C North
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Oberling
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G D O'Dea
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, Washington 99362, USA
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- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 34047, Korea
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- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 34047, Korea
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - R Ormiston
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Ossokine
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - D J Ottaway
- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35811, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India
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- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - Howard Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Huang-Wei Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - B Pang
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - P T H Pang
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - C Pankow
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - F Pannarale
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Paoli
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - A Parida
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - W Parker
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Pascucci
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Patil
- Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00656 Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Patricelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
| | - B L Pearlstone
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Pedurand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon, France
| | - L Pekowsky
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - C J Perez
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Perreca
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L M Perri
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H P Pfeiffer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - M Phelps
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - O J Piccinni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pichot
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Pillant
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Pirello
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Poe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - R Poggiani
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - P Popolizio
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - E K Porter
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - A Post
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - J W W Pratt
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - G Pratten
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Prestegard
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - R Prix
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L G Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - H Qi
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E A Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | - C Rajan
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | | | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K E Ramirez
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Ramos-Buades
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M Razzano
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
| | - L Rei
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - W Ren
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - S D Reyes
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P M Ricker
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - S Rieger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Rizzo
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R Robie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V J Roma
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - J D Romano
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - C L Romel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716, Warsaw, Poland
- Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - M P Ross
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Rutins
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Sachdev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Sadecki
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L Sadeghian
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Sakellariadou
- King's College London, University of London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
| | - L Salconi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Saleem
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Samajdar
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - L Sammut
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - L M Sampson
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - E J Sanchez
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L E Sanchez
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N Sanchis-Gual
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
| | - B S Sathyaprakash
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - O Sauter
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - R L Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Sawadsky
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - P Schale
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Scheel
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - J Schmidt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Schmidt
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - R Schnabel
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - A Schönbeck
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B W Schulte
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - S G Schwalbe
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - E Seidel
- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - D A Shaddock
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - T J Shaffer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A A Shah
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35811, USA
| | - M S Shahriar
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M B Shaner
- California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
| | - L Shao
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - A Sheperd
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Shoemaker
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
| | - K Siellez
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Sieniawska
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716, Warsaw, Poland
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A D Silva
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - L P Singer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - A Singh
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - A Singhal
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - B Smith
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - S Somala
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Khandi, Telangana 502285, India
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 34047, Korea
| | - J A Sonnenberg
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - A P Spencer
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A K Srivastava
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - K Staats
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - D Steinmeyer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S P Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
- OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D J Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Stratta
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - S E Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A Strunk
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Sturani
- International Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal RN 59078-970, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - L Sun
- OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - S Sunil
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - J Suresh
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B L Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M J Szczepańczyk
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - M Tacca
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - S C Tait
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Talbot
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Tápai
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
| | - A Taracchini
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - J D Tasson
- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
| | - J A Taylor
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35811, USA
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S V Tewari
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - T Theeg
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Thies
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E G Thomas
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - E Thrane
- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
| | - S Tiwari
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - V Tiwari
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - K Toland
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Tonelli
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Z Tornasi
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Torres-Forné
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Töyrä
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Trinastic
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M C Tringali
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Trozzo
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - K W Tsang
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M Tse
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - R Tso
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Tsukada
- RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
| | - D Tsuna
- RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
| | - D Tuyenbayev
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Ueno
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
| | - J Worden
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - Hang Yu
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Haocun Yu
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - T Zelenova
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J-P Zendri
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Zevin
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - L Zhang
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - C Zhao
- OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - Z Zhou
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitations-physik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- OzGrav, School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Izumi K, Arai K, Tatsumi D, Takahashi R, Miyakawa O, Fujimoto MK. Guided lock of a suspended optical cavity enhanced by a higher-order extrapolation. APPLIED OPTICS 2017; 56:5470-5479. [PMID: 29047506 DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.005470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lock acquisition of a suspended optical cavity can be a highly stochastic process and is therefore nontrivial. Guided lock is a method to make lock acquisition less stochastic by decelerating the motion of the cavity length based on an extrapolation of the motion from an instantaneous velocity measurement. We propose an improved scheme that is less susceptible to seismic disturbances by incorporating the acceleration as a higher-order correction in the extrapolation. We implemented the new scheme in a 300-m suspended Fabry-Perot cavity and improved the success rate of lock acquisition by a factor of 30.
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Michimura Y, Kuwahara Y, Ushiba T, Matsumoto N, Ando M. Optical levitation of a mirror for reaching the standard quantum limit. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:13799-13806. [PMID: 28788921 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.013799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We propose a new method to optically levitate a macroscopic mirror with two vertical Fabry-Pérot cavities linearly aligned. This configuration gives the simplest possible optical levitation in which the number of laser beams used is the minimum of two. We demonstrate that reaching the standard quantum limit (SQL) of a displacement measurement with our system is feasible with current technology. The cavity geometry and the levitated mirror parameters are designed to ensure that the Brownian vibration of the mirror surface is smaller than the SQL. Our scheme provides a promising tool for testing macroscopic quantum mechanics.
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Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Armano M, Audley H, Auger G, Baird JT, Binetruy P, Born M, Bortoluzzi D, Brandt N, Bursi A, Caleno M, Cavalleri A, Cesarini A, Cruise M, Danzmann K, de Deus Silva M, Diepholz I, Dolesi R, Dunbar N, Ferraioli L, Ferroni V, Fitzsimons ED, Flatscher R, Freschi M, Gallegos J, García Marirrodriga C, Gerndt R, Gesa L, Gibert F, Giardini D, Giusteri R, Grimani C, Grzymisch J, Harrison I, Heinzel G, Hewitson M, Hollington D, Hueller M, Huesler J, Inchauspé H, Jennrich O, Jetzer P, Johlander B, Karnesis N, Kaune B, Killow CJ, Korsakova N, Lloro I, Liu L, López-Zaragoza JP, Maarschalkerweerd R, Madden S, Mance D, Martín V, Martin-Polo L, Martino J, Martin-Porqueras F, Mateos I, McNamara PW, Mendes J, Mendes L, Moroni A, Nofrarias M, Paczkowski S, Perreur-Lloyd M, Petiteau A, Pivato P, Plagnol E, Prat P, Ragnit U, Ramos-Castro J, Reiche J, Romera Perez JA, Robertson DI, Rozemeijer H, Rivas F, Russano G, Sarra P, Schleicher A, Slutsky J, Sopuerta C, Sumner TJ, Texier D, Thorpe JI, Trenkel C, Vetrugno D, Vitale S, Wanner G, Ward H, Wass PJ, Wealthy D, Weber WJ, Wittchen A, Zanoni C, Ziegler T, Zweifel P. Charge-Induced Force Noise on Free-Falling Test Masses: Results from LISA Pathfinder. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:171101. [PMID: 28498710 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.171101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report on electrostatic measurements made on board the European Space Agency mission LISA Pathfinder. Detailed measurements of the charge-induced electrostatic forces exerted on free-falling test masses (TMs) inside the capacitive gravitational reference sensor are the first made in a relevant environment for a space-based gravitational wave detector. Employing a combination of charge control and electric-field compensation, we show that the level of charge-induced acceleration noise on a single TM can be maintained at a level close to 1.0 fm s^{-2} Hz^{-1/2} across the 0.1-100 mHz frequency band that is crucial to an observatory such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Using dedicated measurements that detect these effects in the differential acceleration between the two test masses, we resolve the stochastic nature of the TM charge buildup due to interplanetary cosmic rays and the TM charge-to-force coupling through stray electric fields in the sensor. All our measurements are in good agreement with predictions based on a relatively simple electrostatic model of the LISA Pathfinder instrument.
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- M Armano
- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Auger
- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - J T Baird
- High Energy Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
| | - P Binetruy
- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bortoluzzi
- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, Italy
| | - N Brandt
- Airbus Defence and Space, Claude-Dornier-Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
| | - A Bursi
- CGS S.p.A, Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, Via Gallarate, 150-20151 Milano, Italy
| | - M Caleno
- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
| | - A Cavalleri
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - M Cruise
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M de Deus Silva
- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
| | - I Diepholz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Dolesi
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2AS, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Geophysik, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, United Kingdom
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Claude-Dornier-Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
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- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Claude-Dornier-Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Institut für Geophysik, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- DiSPeA, Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Via S. Chiara, 27 61029 Urbino/INFN, Italy
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- European Space Operations Centre, European Space Agency, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Physik Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
| | - N Karnesis
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Kaune
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C J Killow
- SUPA, Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Korsakova
- SUPA, Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I Lloro
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
| | - L Liu
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- European Space Operations Centre, European Space Agency, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Madden
- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
| | - D Mance
- Institut für Geophysik, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - V Martín
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
| | - L Martin-Polo
- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
| | - J Martino
- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - F Martin-Porqueras
- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
| | - J Mendes
- European Space Operations Centre, European Space Agency, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
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- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- CGS S.p.A, Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, Via Gallarate, 150-20151 Milano, Italy
| | - M Nofrarias
- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- APC UMR7164, Université Paris Diderot, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Department d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), C/ Gran Capità 2-4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- SUPA, Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- European Space Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- CGS S.p.A, Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, Via Gallarate, 150-20151 Milano, Italy
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Claude-Dornier-Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- High Energy Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2AS, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, Institute for Gravitational Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2AS, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik und Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy and Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Application/INFN, Italy
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- Airbus Defence and Space, Claude-Dornier-Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany
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- Institut für Geophysik, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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Principe M, Pinto IM. Locally optimum network detectors of unmodeled gravitational wave bursts in glitch noise. Int J Clin Exp Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.95.082006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Koptsov DV, Prokhorov LG, Mitrofanov VP. Measurement of fluctuations of electrostatic force acting between a dielectric plate and an electrostatic drive. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:044701. [PMID: 28456264 DOI: 10.1063/1.4979707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A setup for the measurement of the noise associated with the interaction of an electrostatic field produced by an electrostatic drive with a fused silica plate is presented. The fused silica plate is a part of a 63 Hz high-Q torsional oscillator. Its oscillations are measured by an optical interferometric sensor. The measurements are PC-controlled and fully automated. A digital post-processing scheme is described, allowing the calculation of the plate rotation angle fluctuations and the evolution of the charge distribution on the surface of the fused silica plate. The characteristic surface charge relaxation time has been purposely kept small on the order 103-104 s. The upper limit of the investigated noise has been obtained. We used this result to estimate the electrostatic drive noise in the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) gravitational wave detector at frequencies of about 18 Hz. The obtained upper limit of the strain amplitude spectral density is (1±0.13)⋅10-22Hz-1/2.
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- D V Koptsov
- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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UPPER LIMITS ON THE RATES OF BINARY NEUTRON STAR AND NEUTRON STAR–BLACK HOLE MERGERS FROM ADVANCED LIGO’S FIRST OBSERVING RUN. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/832/2/l21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Karki S, Tuyenbayev D, Kandhasamy S, Abbott BP, Abbott TD, Anders EH, Berliner J, Betzwieser J, Cahillane C, Canete L, Conley C, Daveloza HP, De Lillo N, Gleason JR, Goetz E, Izumi K, Kissel JS, Mendell G, Quetschke V, Rodruck M, Sachdev S, Sadecki T, Schwinberg PB, Sottile A, Wade M, Weinstein AJ, West M, Savage RL. The Advanced LIGO photon calibrators. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:114503. [PMID: 27910445 DOI: 10.1063/1.4967303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The two interferometers of the Laser Interferometry Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) recently detected gravitational waves from the mergers of binary black hole systems. Accurate calibration of the output of these detectors was crucial for the observation of these events and the extraction of parameters of the sources. The principal tools used to calibrate the responses of the second-generation (Advanced) LIGO detectors to gravitational waves are systems based on radiation pressure and referred to as photon calibrators. These systems, which were completely redesigned for Advanced LIGO, include several significant upgrades that enable them to meet the calibration requirements of second-generation gravitational wave detectors in the new era of gravitational-wave astronomy. We report on the design, implementation, and operation of these Advanced LIGO photon calibrators that are currently providing fiducial displacements on the order of 10-18m/Hz with accuracy and precision of better than 1%.
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- S Karki
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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