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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

14.2k citations

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6 papers · 2 filters

astro-ph.HE2009★ 26 cited

A long-term optical - X-ray correlation in 4U 1957+11

D. M. Russell, F. Lewis, P. Roche +3

[abridged] Three years of optical monitoring of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) 4U 1957+11 is presented. The source was observed in V, R and i-bands using the Faulkes Telescopes N…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 70 cited

AKARI and BLAST Observations of the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant and Surrounding Interstellar Medium

B. Sibthorpe, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock +30

We use new large area far infrared maps ranging from 65 - 500 microns obtained with the AKARI and the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) missions to chara…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 164 cited

Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +678

We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides ov…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 75 cited

Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +665

We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 85 cited

Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search method is used, "stacking'' t…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 114 cited

Optical spectroscopy and photometry of SAX J1808.4-3658 in outburst

P. Elebert, M. T. Reynolds, P. J. Callanan +8

We present phase resolved optical spectroscopy and photometry of V4580 Sagittarii, the optical counterpart to the accretion powered millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658, obtained du…