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most citedA gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

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astro-ph.HE2016★ 19 cited

MASTER optical polarization variability detection in the Microquasar V404 Cyg/GS2023+33

Vladimir M. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V. Kornilov +23

On 2015 June 15 the Swift space observatory discovered that the Galactic black hole candidate V404 Cyg was undergoing another active X-ray phase, after 25 years of inactivity (Bart…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 48 cited

First Gravitational-Wave Burst GW150914: Part II. MASTER Optical Follow-Up Observations

V. M. Lipunov, V. Kornilov, E. Gorbovskoy +33

The Advanced LIGO observatory recently reported the first direct detection of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein (1916). We report on the first optical observations of the G…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 55 cited

Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538

This Supplement provides supporting material for arXiv:1602.08492 . We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the c…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 28 cited

Discovery of an unusual bright eclipsing binary with the longest known period: TYC 2505-672-1 / MASTER OT J095310.04+335352.8

V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V. Afanasiev +16

We report on the MASTER Global Robotic Net discovery of an eclipsing binary, MASTER OT J095310.04+335352.8, previously known as unremarkable star TYC 2505-672-1, which displays ext…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 327 cited

Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538

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 e…