This collection features the open access research of the Nobel Prize-winning LIGO project. Louisiana State University is a participant in this endeavor, which has detected the gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein over one hundred years ago in his General Theory of Relativity

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Submissions from 2012

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Implications for the origin of GRB 051103 from LIGO observations, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Searches for gravitational waves from perturbed black holes in data from LIGO detectors, Sarah Elizabeth Caudill

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Swift follow-up observations of candidate gravitational-wave transient events, P. A. Evans, J. K. Fridriksson, N. Gehrels, J. Homan, J. P. Osborne, M. Siegel, A. Beardmore, P. Handbauer, J. Gelbord, J. A. Kennea, et al.

Submissions from 2011

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A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. Abernathy, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Search for gravitational wave bursts from six magnetars, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, B. Allen, et al.

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Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using LIGO S5 science data, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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Homodyne detection for laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors, Tobin Thomas Fricke

Submissions from 2010

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Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, et al.

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Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, et al.

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All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short gamma-ray bursts during LIGO'S fifth and Virgo's first science run, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, et al.

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Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with science run 5 ligo data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, M. Alshourbagy, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO science run 5 and Virgo science run 1, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, M. Alshourbagy, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

Gravitational-wave detector-derived error signals for the LIGO thermal compensation system, Rupal S. Amin and Joseph A. Giaime

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Modeling thermal phenomena and searching for new thermally induced monitor signals in large sale gravitational wave detectors, Rupal Shashikant Amin

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IGEC2: A 17-month search for gravitational wave bursts in 2005-2007, P. Astone, L. Baggio, M. Bassan, M. Bignotto, M. Bonaldi, P. Bonifazi, G. Cavallari, M. Cerdonio, E. Coccia, L. Conti, et al.

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Accurate calibration of test mass displacement in the LIGO interferometers, E. Goetz, R. L. Savage, J. Garofoli, G. Gonzalez, E. Hirose, P. Kalmus, K. Kawabe, J. Kissel, M. Landry, B. O'Reilly, et al.

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Calibrating and improving the sensitivity of the LIGO detectors, Jeffrey S. Kissel

Prototyping, testing and performance of the two-stage seismic isolation system for advanced ligo gravitational wave detectors, Fabrice Matichard, Richard Mittleman, Brian Lantz, Ben Abbott, Sam Barnum, Dennis Coyne, Dan DeBra, Stephany Foley, Joseph Giaime, Corey Gray, et al.

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Mechanism of fiber assembly: Treatment of Aβ peptide aggregation with a coarse-grained united-residue force field, Ana Rojas, Adam Liwo, Dana Browne, and Harold A. Scheraga

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Quantifying the impact of data quality on searches for gravitational waves from binary coalescing systems with LIGO, Jacob Peter Slutsky

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Methods for reducing false alarms in searches for compact binary coalescences in LIGO data, J. Slutsky, L. Blackburn, D. A. Brown, L. Cadonati, J. Cain, M. Cavaglià, S. Chatterji, N. Christensen, M. Coughlin, S. Desai, et al.

Submissions from 2009

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Erratum: All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data (Physical Review D (2008) 77 (022001)), B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, D. P. Anderson, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, et al.

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Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, M. Alshourbagy, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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All-Sky LIGO search for periodic gravitational waves in the early fifth-science-run data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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LIGO: The laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Stacked search for gravitational waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 storm, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Testing gravitational-wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: Results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project, Benjamin Aylott, John G. Baker, William D. Boggs, Michael Boyle, Patrick R. Brady, Duncan A. Brown, Bernd Brügmann, Luisa T. Buchman, Alessandra Buonanno, Laura Cadonati, et al.

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Precise calibration of LIGO test mass actuators using photon radiation pressure, E. Goetz, P. Kalmus, S. Erickson, R. L. Savage, G. Gonzalez, K. Kawabe, M. Landry, S. Marka, B. O'Reilly, K. Riles, et al.

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Are swift long-lag gamma-ray bursts in the local supercluster?, Xiao Limin and Bradley E. Schaefer

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Improved seismic isolation for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory with hydraulic external pre-isolator system, Shyang Wen

Submissions from 2008

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Search for gravitational waves associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts using data from the second, third, and fourth LIGO runs, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data (Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (2008) 77, (022001)), B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Implications for the origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO observations, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts from soft gamma repeaters, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: Status and prospects, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. A. Arain, et al.

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A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO, L. Baggio, M. Bignotto, M. Bonaldi, M. Cerdonio, M. De Rosa, P. Falferi, S. Fattori, P. Fortini, G. Giusfredi, M. Inguscio, et al.

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Erratum: Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run (Classical and Quatnum Gravity (2007) 24 (5343-5369)), L. Blackburn, P. R. Brady, T. Demma, J. A. Giaime, and J. N. Marx

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Searching for gravitational waves from binary systems in non-stationary data, Chad Hanna

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Host galaxies catalog used in LIGO searches for compact binary coalescence events, Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, Chad Hanna, Vicky Kalogera, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Gabriela González, Patrick R. Brady, and Stephen Fairhurst

Submissions from 2007

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Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, et al.

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Searching for a stochastic background of gravitational waves with the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, et al.

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Quantum interferometric sensors, Kishore T. Kapale, Leo D. Didomenico, Hwang Lee, Pieter Kok, and Jonathan P. Dowling

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Reducing false alarms in searches for gravitational waves from coalescing binary systems, Andres Rodri­guez

Submissions from 2006

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Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO 's third science run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, et al.

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The ligo gravitational wave observatories: Recent results and future plans, G. M. Harry, R. Adhikari, S. Ballmer, K. Bayer, J. Betzwieser, B. Bochner, R. Burgess, L. Cadonati, S. Chatterji, T. Corbitt, et al.

Submissions from 2005

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Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, et al.

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First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, et al.

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Upper limits on gravitational wave bursts in LIGO's second science run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, et al.

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Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Search for gravitational waves from primordial black hole binary coalescences in the galactic halo, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, et al.

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A data analysis technique for the LIGO-ALLEGRO stochastic background search, John T. Whelan, Sukanta Bose, Jonathan Hanson, Ik Siong Heng, Warren W. Johnson, Martin P. McHugh, and Peter Zhang

Submissions from 2004

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Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR [Formula Presented] using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, et al.

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Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134, B. Allen, G. Woan, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, et al.

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Searching for gravitational waves from binary inspirais with LIGO, Duncan A. Brown, Stanislav Babak, Patrick R. Brady, Nelson Christensen, Thomas Cokelaer, Jolien D.E. Creighton, Stephen Fairhurst, Gabriela González, Eirini Messaritaki, B. S. Sathyaprakash, et al.

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Vetoes for inspiral triggers in LIGO data, Nelson Christensen, Peter Shawhan, and Gabriela González

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Long-term study of the seismic environment at LIGO, E. J. Daw, J. A. Giaime, D. Lormand, M. Lubinski, and J. Zweizig

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Quantum interferometric sensors, Leo D. Didomenico, Hwang Lee, Pieter Kok, and Jonathan P. Dowling

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Seismic isolation and suspension systems for advanced LIGO, N. A. Robertson, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, G. Allen, H. Armandula, S. Aston, A. Baglino, M. Barton, B. Bland, et al.

Submissions from 2003

Orientation studies of Si-phthalocyanine sulfonic acids cast on SiOx substrates, G. Appel, Harald Ade, A. G. Guerek, S. Stadler, R. P. Mikalo, and D. Schmeißer

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Feedforward reduction of the microseism disturbance in a long-base-line interferometric gravitational-wave detector, J. A. Giaime, E. J. Daw, M. Weitz, R. Adhikari, P. Fritschel, R. Abbott, R. Bork, and J. Heefner

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Limiting noises in gravitational wave detectors: Guidance from their statistical properties, Gabriela González

Submissions from 2001

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Readout and control of a power-recycled interferometric gravitational-wave antenna, Peter Fritschel, Rolf Bork, Gabriela González, Nergis Mavalvala, Dale Ouimette, Haisheng Rong, Daniel Sigg, and Michael Zucker

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Charge effects on gravitational wave detectors, R. F. O'Connell

Submissions from 2000

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Suspensions thermal noise in the LIGO gravitational wave detector, Gabriela González

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Close limit of grazing black hole collisions: Non-spinning holes, Gaurav Khanna, Reinaldo Gleiser, Richard Price, and Jorge Pullin

Submissions from 1996

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A passive vibration isolation stack for LIGO: Design, modeling, and testing, Joseph Giaime, Partha Saha, David Shoemaker, and Lisa Sievers