Commissioning of the LIGO detectors

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1429-1435

  Sigg, Daniel ^a  

^a LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0036270018     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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