UK Involvement in the Operations of Advanced LIGO

Research output

Research output per year 2013 2016 2017

• 38 Article

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2017

  Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors

  Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abernathy, M. R., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Altin, P. A., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Arai, K., Araya, M. C., & 31 othersArceneaux, C. C., Areeda, J. S., Arun, K. G., Ashton, G., Ast, M., Aston, S. M., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Baker, P. T., Ballmer, S. W., Barayoga, J. C., Barclay, S. E., Barish, B. C., Berry, C. P. L., Bond, C., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W. M., Freise, A., Green, A. C., Haster, C. J., Middleton, H., Mow-Lowry, C. M., Töyrä, D., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J., Vinciguerra, S., Vousden, W. D., Wang, H., Wang, M. & The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 24 Jan 2017, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 34, 4, 044001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • sensitivity 60%
  • detectors 56%
  • astronomy 54%
  • signal to noise ratios 42%
  416 Citations (Scopus)

• GW170104; Observation of a 50 solar mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Vecchio, A. & Mow-Lowry, C., 1 Jun 2017, In: Physical Review Letters. 118, 22, 221101 .

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  • coalescing 100%
  • gravitons 49%
  • gravitational waves 40%
  • relativity 38%
  • orbitals 29%
  1592 Citations (Scopus)

  123 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Astrophysical implications of the binary black hole merger GW150914

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Vecchio, A., Mandel, I., Freise, A., Del Pozzo, W., Veitch, J., Farr, W., Berry, C., Mow-Lowry, C., Miao, H., Haster, C-J., Wang, H., Middleton, H., Thomas, E., Green, A., Vinciguerra, S. & Töyrä, D., 11 Feb 2016, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 818, 2, 15 p., L22.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • merger 100%
  • astrophysics 69%
  • detector 34%
  • LIGO (observatory) 28%
  • gravitational waves 22%
  482 Citations (Scopus)

• Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Mandel, I., Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Veitch, J., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Miao, H., Berry, C., Haster, C-J., Mow-Lowry, C., Middleton, H., Wang, H., Green, A., Thomas, E., Vinciguerra, S. & Töyrä, D., 6 Jun 2016, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 33, 13

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • gravitational waves 78%
  • characterization 44%
  • detectors 44%
  • background noise 22%
  162 Citations (Scopus)

• Dynamic temperature selection for parallel-tempering in Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations

  Vousden, W., Farr, W. M. & Mandel, I., 11 Jan 2016, In: Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices. 455, 2, p. 1919-1937

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Markov chains 100%
  • tempering 98%
  • Markov chain 89%
  • sampling 57%
  • samplers 55%
  66 Citations (Scopus)

• Fermi GBM Observations of LIGO Gravitational Wave event GW150914

  Connaughton, V., Hui, C. M., Jenke, P., Littenberg, T., McEnery, J. E., Racusin, J., Shawhan, P., Singer, L., Veitch, J., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Bhat, P. N., Bissaldi, E., Cleveland, W., Gibby, M. H., Kienlin, A. V., Kippen, R. M., McBreen, S., Mailyan, B., Meegan, C. A., Paciesas, W. S., & 5 othersRoberts, O., Sparke, L., Stanbro, M., Toelge, K. & Veres, P., 13 Jul 2016, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 826, 1

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  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • interferometer 93%
  • gamma ray bursts 84%
  • gamma radiation 81%
  • gravitational waves 78%
  224 Citations (Scopus)

  153 Downloads (Pure)

• Going the distance: Mapping host galaxies of LIGO and Virgo sources in three dimensions using local cosmography and targeted follow-up

  Singer, L. P., Chen, H. -Y., Holz, D. E., Farr, W. M., Price, L. R., Raymond, V., Cenko, S. B., Gehrels, N., Cannizzo, J., Kasliwal, M. M., Nissanke, S., Coughlin, M., Farr, B., Urban, A. L., Vitale, S., Veitch, J., Graff, P., Berry, C. P. L., Mohapatra, S. & Mandel, I., 21 Sept 2016, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 829, 1

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  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • interferometer 93%
  • observatory 73%
  • gravitational waves 62%
  • laser 60%
  77 Citations (Scopus)

  356 Downloads (Pure)

• GW150914: first results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 7 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review D. 93, 12, 122003.

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  • matched filters 100%
  • LIGO (observatory) 93%
  • coalescing 72%
  • false alarms 50%
  • detectors 41%
  234 Citations (Scopus)

  201 Downloads (Pure)

• GW150914: the Advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, Mandel, I., Green, A., Middleton, H., Haster, C-J., Thomas, E., Töyrä, D., Vinciguerra, S., Wang, H., Berry, C., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Freise, A., Miao, H., Mow-Lowry, C., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J. & Martynov, D., 1 Apr 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 13, 12 p., 131103.

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  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • detectors 44%
  • gravitational waves 31%
  • signal to noise ratios 26%
  • launching 19%
  328 Citations (Scopus)

  290 Downloads (Pure)

• GW150914: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Binary Black Holes

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Mandel, I., Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Veitch, J., Del Pozzo, W., Miao, H., Farr, W., Berry, C., Mow-Lowry, C., Haster, C-J., Middleton, H., Thomas, E., Green, A., Wang, H., Vinciguerra, S. & Töyrä, D., 31 Mar 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 13-1 April 2016

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • LIGO (observatory) 95%
  • coalescing 24%
  • confidence 24%
  • universe 20%
  195 Citations (Scopus)

• GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Green, A., Middleton, H., Haster, C-J., Thomas, E., Töyrä, D., Vinciguerra, S., Wang, H., Berry, C., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Freise, A., Miao, H., Mow-Lowry, C., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J., Mandel, I., Stevenson, S. & Gaebel, S., 15 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 24, 14 p., 241103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • gravitational waves 100%
  • coalescing 98%
  • LIGO (observatory) 63%
  • matched filters 34%
  • stellar mass 26%
  2230 Citations (Scopus)

  190 Downloads (Pure)

• High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Green, A., Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Del Pozzo, W., Mandel, I., Veitch, J., Haster, C-J., Middleton, H., Wang, H., Farr, W., Berry, C., Miao, H., Thomas, E., Töyrä, D., Vinciguerra, S. & Mow-Lowry, C., 23 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 93, 12-15 June 2016

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • neutrinos 84%
  • energy 30%
  • LIGO (observatory) 15%
  • detectors 14%
  99 Citations (Scopus)

• Inference on gravitational waves from coalescences of stellar-mass compact objects and intermediate-mass black holes

  Haster, C., Wang, Z., Berry, C. P. L., Stevenson, S., Veitch, J. & Mandel, I., 21 Apr 2016, In: Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices. 457, 4, p. 4499-4506

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • inference 100%
  • coalescence 94%
  • stellar mass 94%
  • gravitational waves 87%
  • coalescing 86%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 11 Feb 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 6, 16 p., 061102.

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  • gravitational waves 100%
  • false alarms 22%
  • matched filters 22%
  • LIGO (observatory) 21%
  • stellar mass 17%
  6036 Citations (Scopus)

  229 Downloads (Pure)

• Observing gravitational-wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Mandel, I., Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Del Pozzo, W., Veitch, J., Farr, W., Miao, H., Mow-Lowry, C., Berry, C., Haster, C-J., Middleton, H., Wang, H., Thomas, E., Green, A., Vinciguerra, S. & Töyrä, D., 7 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 93, 12-15 June 16

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • waveforms 45%
  • detectors 28%
  • chirp 27%
  101 Citations (Scopus)

• Parameter estimation on gravitational waves from neutron-star binaries with spinning components

  Farr, B., Berry, C. P. L., Farr, W. M., Haster, C., Middleton, H., Cannon, K., Graff, P. B., Hanna, C., Mandel, I., Pankow, C., Price, L. R., Sidery, T., Singer, L. P., Urban, A. L., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J. & Vitale, S., 11 Jul 2016, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 825, 2, 116.

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  • parameter estimation 100%
  • metal spinning 98%
  • gravitational waves 97%
  • neutron stars 96%
  • LIGO (observatory) 37%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

  261 Downloads (Pure)

• Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 14 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 24, 19 p., 241102.

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  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • gravitational waves 78%
  • relativity 36%
  • waveforms 35%
  • intervals 29%
  479 Citations (Scopus)

  140 Downloads (Pure)

• Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Mandel, I., Green, A., Middleton, H., Haster, C-J., Thomas, E., Töyrä, D., Vinciguerra, S., Wang, H., Berry, C., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Freise, A., Miao, H., Mow-Lowry, C., Vecchio, A. & Veitch, J., 8 Feb 2016, In: Living Reviews in Relativity.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  389 Citations (Scopus)

• Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Martynov, D., Mandel, I., Green, A., Middleton, H., Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Del Pozzo, W., Veitch, J., Haster, C-J., Wang, H., Farr, W., Berry, C., Vinciguerra, S., Thomas, E., Töyrä, D., Miao, H. & Mow-Lowry, C., 2 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 93, 11-1 June 2016, 112004.

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  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • astronomy 85%
  • gravitational waves 78%
  • coalescing 51%
  • sensitivity 47%
  175 Citations (Scopus)

  164 Downloads (Pure)

• Tests of general relativity with GW150914

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Vecchio, A., Freise, A., Mandel, I., Veitch, J., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Berry, C., Miao, H., Mow-Lowry, C., Haster, C-J., Middleton, H., Wang, H., Thomas, E., Green, A., Vinciguerra, S. & Töyrä, D., 3 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 22, 19 p., 221101.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • relativity 100%
  • gravitons 64%
  • LIGO (observatory) 33%
  • gravitational fields 26%
  • gravitational waves 26%
  776 Citations (Scopus)

• The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from Advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & Farr, W., 30 Nov 2016, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 833, 1, 8 p., L1.

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  • merger 100%
  • LIGO (observatory) 99%
  • false alarms 30%
  • detector 29%
  • actuators 27%
  181 Citations (Scopus)

  77 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Advanced LIGO

  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Freise, A., 3 Mar 2015, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32, 7, 074001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • recycling 36%
  • gravitational waves 31%
  • sensitivity 28%
  • low frequencies 22%
  1151 Citations (Scopus)

• Constraining the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars

  Agathos, M., Meidam, J., Pozzo, W. D., Li, T. G. F., Tompitak, M., Veitch, J., Vitale, S. & Broeck, C. V. D., 28 Jul 2015, In: Physical Review D. 92, 2-15, 17 p., 023012.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • binary stars 100%
  • gravitational waves 82%
  • neutron stars 81%
  • coalescing 81%
  • equations of state 70%
  106 Citations (Scopus)

• Counting and Confusion: Bayesian Rate Estimation With Multiple Populations

  Farr, W. M., Mandel, I., Gair, J. R. & Cutler, C., 22 Jan 2015, In: Physical Review D. 91, 2, 14 p., 023005 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • confusion 100%
  • counting 70%
  • actuators 26%
  • star distribution 20%
  • star clusters 18%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Directed search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with initial LIGO data

  Aylott, B., Berry, C., Bond, C., Brown, D., Del Pozzo, W., Farr, W., Freise, A., Haster, C-J., Mandel, I., Miao, H., Middleton, H., Sidery, T., Stevenson, S., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J., Vousden, W., Wang, H., Wang, M., The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 26 Mar 2015, In: Physical Review D. 91, 20 p., 062008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • gravitational waves 78%
  • x ray binaries 42%
  • false alarms 35%
  • sidebands 27%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Efficient method for measuring the parameters encoded in a gravitational-wave signal

  Haster, C. J., Mandel, I. & Farr, W. M., 13 Nov 2015, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32, 23, 235017.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • inference 100%
  • gravitational waves 87%
  • costs 67%
  • probability distribution functions 55%
  • grids 36%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Limits on anisotropy in the nanohertz stochastic gravitational-wave background

  EPTA collaboration & Taylor, S. R., 22 Jul 2015, In: Physical Review Letters. 115, 041101.

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  • gravitational waves 100%
  • anisotropy 65%
  • angular distribution 58%
  • isotropy 39%
  • monopoles 35%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Measuring Intermediate-Mass Black-Hole Binaries with Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors

  Veitch, J., Pürrer, M. & Mandel, I., 2 Oct 2015, In: Physical Review Letters. 115, 14, 141101.

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  • gravitational waves 100%
  • detectors 56%
  • mass ratios 26%
  • signal to noise ratios 14%
  • chirp 9%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  263 Downloads (Pure)

• Parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using the LALInference software library

  Veitch, J., Raymond, V., Farr, B., Farr, W., Graff, P., Vitale, S., Aylott, B., Blackburn, K., Christensen, N., Coughlin, M., Del Pozzo, W., Feroz, F., Gair, J., Haster, C. J., Kalogera, V., Littenberg, T., Mandel, I., O'Shaughnessy, R., Pitkin, M., Rodriguez, C., & 7 othersRöver, C., Sidery, T., Smith, R., Van Der Sluys, M., Vecchio, A., Vousden, W. & Wade, L., 15 Feb 2015, In: Physical Review D. 91, 4, 042003.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • gravitational waves 100%
  • computer programs 74%
  • sampling 51%
  • neutron stars 39%
  • coalescing 39%
  447 Citations (Scopus)

  157 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  A more effective coordinate system for parameter estimation of precessing compact binaries from gravitational waves

  Farr, B., Ochsner, E., Farr, W. M. & O'Shaughnessy, R., 7 Jul 2014, In: Physical Review D. 90, 2, p. 1-11 11 p., 024018.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • detectors 42%
  • LIGO (observatory) 31%
  • angular momentum 21%
  • orbitals 18%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Parameter estimation on compact binary coalescences with abruptly terminating gravitational waveforms

  Mandel, I., Berry, C. P. L., Ohme, F., Fairhurst, S. & Farr, W. M., 7 Aug 2014, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 31, 15, 155005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • stopping 100%
  • coalescing 91%
  • waveforms 83%
  • cut-off 63%
  • templates 53%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Reconstructing the sky location of gravitational-wave detected compact binary systems: Methodology for testing and comparison

  Sidery, T., Aylott, B., Christensen, N., Farr, B., Farr, W., Feroz, F., Gair, J., Grover, K., Graff, P., Hanna, C., Kalogera, V., Mandel, I., O'Shaughnessy, R., Pitkin, M., Price, L., Raymond, V., Röver, C., Singer, L., Van Der Sluys, M., Smith, R. J. E., & 3 othersVecchio, A., Veitch, J. & Vitale, S., 18 Apr 2014, In: Physical Review D. 89, 8, 084060.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • sky 97%
  • methodology 83%
  • triangulation 35%
  • data products 22%
  42 Citations (Scopus)

• The first two years of electromagnetic follow-up with advanced ligo and virgo

  Singer, L. P., Price, L. R., Farr, B., Urban, A. L., Pankow, C., Vitale, S., Veitch, J., Farr, W. M., Hanna, C., Cannon, K., Downes, T., Graff, P., Haster, C. J., Mandel, I., Sidery, T. & Vecchio, A., 10 Nov 2014, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 795, 2, 16 p., 105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • LIGO (observatory) 100%
  • sky 60%
  • electromagnetism 57%
  • detection 47%
  • detector 42%
  147 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Electromagnetic transients as triggers in searches for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers

  Kelley, L. Z., Mandel, I. & Ramirez-ruiz, E., Jun 2013, In: Physical Review D. 87, 12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Inadequacies of the Fisher Information Matrix in gravitational-wave parameter estimation

  Rodriguez, C. L., Farr, B., Mandel, I. & Farr, W. M., 2013, In: Physical Review D. 88, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fisher information 100%
  • gravitational waves 72%
  • matrices 41%
  • signal to noise ratios 24%
  • Markov chains 18%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Studies of waveform requirements for intermediate mass-ratio coalescence searches with advanced gravitational-wave detectors

  Smith, R. J. E., Mandel, I. & Vecchio, A., Aug 2013, In: Physical Review D. 88, 4

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

• The transient gravitational-wave sky

  Andersson, N., Baker, J., Belczynski, K., Bernuzzi, S., Berti, E., Cadonati, L., Cerdá-Durán, P., Clark, J., Favata, M., Finn, L. S., Fryer, C., Giacomazzo, B., González, J. A., Hendry, M., Heng, I. S., Hild, S., Johnson-Mcdaniel, N., Kalmus, P., Klimenko, S., Kobayashi, S., & 26 othersKokkotas, K., Laguna, P., Lehner, L., Levin, J., Liebling, S., Macfadyen, A., Mandel, I., Marka, S., Marka, Z., Neilsen, D., O'Brien, P., Perna, R., Read, J., Reisswig, C., Rodriguez, C., Ruffert, M., Schnetter, E., Searle, A., Shawhan, P., Shoemaker, D., Soderberg, A., Sperhake, U., Sutton, P., Tanvir, N., Was, M. & Whitcomb, S., 7 Oct 2013, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 30, 19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • gravitational waves 100%
  • sky 97%
  • astrophysics 29%
  • universe 27%
  • signatures 27%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards rapid parameter estimation on gravitational waves from compact binaries using interpolated waveforms

  Smith, R. J. E., Cannon, K., Hanna, C., Keppel, D. & Mandel, I., Jun 2013, In: Physical Review D. 87, 12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  24 Citations (Scopus)