Detecting a stochastic background of gravitational radiation: Signal processing strategies and sensitivities

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Allen, Bruce ^a   Romano, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 85037884087     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.102001     Document Type: Article

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