Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 11229877
- 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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51
- Research group(s)
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C - Gravitational Waves
- 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
- Lundgren did the initial vetting of the detector data in the first hour after the event of a binary black hole merger reported in this paper, and personally informed the LIGO control rooms of a probable detection. He was co-chair of the detector characterization group responsible for certifying the data quality around the detection, which was vital to make the case that it was not a false alarm. He worked with others in the group to write the text making the case that this did not have an instrumental origin.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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