LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914

A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially designated G184098 and later given the name GW150914, is described in detail elsewhere. By prior arrange...

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Main Authors: Aggarwal, Nancy, Barsotti, Lisa, Biscans, Sebastien, Bodiya, Timothy P., Brown, N. M., Buikema, Aaron, Donovan, Frederick J, Essick, Reed Clasey, Evans, Matthew J, Fritschel, Peter K, Gras, Slawomir, Isogai, Tomoki, Katsavounidis, Erotokritos, Kontos, Antonios, Libson, Adam A., Lynch, Ryan Christopher, MacInnis, Myron E, Mason, Kenneth R, Matichard, Fabrice, Miller, John, Mittleman, Richard K, Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan, Oelker, Eric Glenn, Shoemaker, David H, Tse, Maggie, Vaulin, Ruslan, Vitale, Salvatore, Weiss, Rainer, Yam, William, Yu, H., Zhang, Fan, Zucker, Michael E
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Published: American Astronomical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119484
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