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most citedLIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

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16 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

LIGO Detector Characterization in the Second and Third Parts of the Fourth Observing Run

J. Glanzer, A. F. Helmling-Cornell, A. Calafat +244

LIGO detector characterization efforts enabled the confident detection of gravitational waves from hundreds of compact binary coalescences during the fourth observing run. Reliable…

gr-qc2017★ 112 cited

First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1050

We present results from the first directed search for nontensorial gravitational waves. While general relativity allows for tensorial (plus and cross) modes only, a generic metric…

physics.ins-det2015★ 212 cited

Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance

F. Matichard, B. Lantz, R. Mittleman +49

Isolating ground-based interferometric gravitational wave observatories from environmental disturbances is one of the great challenges of the advanced detector era. In order to dir…

physics.ins-det2014

Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 1: Design and Production Overview

Fabrice Matichard, Brian Lantz, Kenneth Mason +37

New generations of gravity wave detectors require unprecedented levels of vibration isolation. This paper presents the final design of the vibration isolation and positioning platf…

physics.ins-det2014

Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 2: Experimental Investigation and Tests Results

Fabrice Matichard, Brian Lantz, Kenneth Mason +37

This paper presents the results of the past seven years of experimental investigation and testing done on the two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation platform for Advanced LIGO g…

gr-qc2013★ 29 cited

Hydraulic External Pre-Isolator System for LIGO

S. Wen, R. Mittleman, K. Mason +20

The Hydraulic External Pre-Isolator (HEPI) is the first 6 degrees of freedom active seismic isolation system implemented at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory…