Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 31757088
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102
- Title of journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Article number
- 061102
- First page
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- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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960
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 4,934
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- The paper reports the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger. Freise made significant contributions to the technology development for interferometric gravitational wave detectors and to the construction and commissioning of the Advanced LIGO detectors, as a member of the UK Advanced LIGO project team. Among his many contributions, his role in the optical design and modelling of noise coupling during commissioning was particularly important to this major discovery.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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