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^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

ⁱ MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^m MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^p SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^r LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^s WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^u SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^w University of Maryland   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^y NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^ac CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ad CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^af CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ag EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^aj PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^al SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ao AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ap EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq University of Minnesota   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^as UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^at NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^au NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^av INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^ax LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ay HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^az Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^ba ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bb UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^bc SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bd TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^be ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^bf SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/72/7/076901     Document Type: Article

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