Environmental influences on the LIGO gravitational wave detectors during the 6th science run

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Effler, A ^a   Schofield, R M S ^b   Frolov, V V ^c   Gonzalez G ^a   Kawabe, K ^d   Smith, J R ^e   Birch, J ^c   McCarthy, R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gravitational wave detectors; gravitational waves; LIGO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921033982     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/32/3/035017     Document Type: Article

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