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most citedCharacterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

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physics.optics2015★ 28 cited

Material loss angles from direct measurements of broadband thermal noise

Maria Principe, Innocenzo M. Pinto, Vincenzo Pierro +8

We estimate the loss angles of the materials currently used in the highly reflective test-mass coatings of interferometric detectors of gravitational waves, namely Silica, Tantala,…

gr-qc2014★ 1.3k cited

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +867

In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observa- tory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitation…

gr-qc2014★ 58 cited

Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two co-located LIGO Hanford detectors

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +873

Searches for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) using terrestrial detectors typically involve cross-correlating data from pairs of detectors. The sensitivity of such…

physics.atm-clus2014★ 28 cited

Particle Dynamics in Damped Nonlinear Quadrupole Ion Traps

Eugene A. Vinitsky, Eric D. Black, Kenneth G. Libbrecht

We examine the motions of particles in quadrupole ion traps as a function of damping and trapping forces, including cases where nonlinear damping or nonlinearities in the electric…

physics.ins-det2014★ 27 cited

A Laser Interferometer for the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory Demonstrating Picometer Sesitivity

Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Eric D. Black

We describe a laser interferometer experiment for the undergraduate teaching laboratory that achieves picometer sensitivity in a hands-on table-top instrument. In addition to provi…

gr-qc2014★ 123 cited

Improved Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from 2009-2010 LIGO and Virgo Data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +846

Gravitational waves from a variety of sources are predicted to superpose to create a stochastic background. This background is expected to contain unique information from throughou…