Improving the data quality of Advanced LIGO based on early engineering run results

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2015, Pages

  Nuttall, L K ^a   Massinger, T J ^a   Areeda, J ^b   Betzwieser, J ^c   Dwyer, S ^d   Effler, A ^e   Fisher, R P ^a   Fritschel, P ^e   Kissel, J S ^d   Lundgren, A P ^f   Macleod, D M ^g   Martynov, D ^e   McIver, J ^e,h   Mullavey, A ^c   Sigg, D ^d   Smith, J R ^b   Vajente, G ^e   Williamson, A R ⁱ   Wipf, C C ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced LIGO; detector characterization; gravitational waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948846004     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/32/24/245005     Document Type: Article

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