Status of LIGO at the start of the fifth science run

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Waldman, Samuel J ^a  

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EID: 33748912885     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/19/S03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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