Compact binary coalescences in the band of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Mandel, Ilya ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Richard ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952831941     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/11/114007     Document Type: Article

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