GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 2115
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101
- Title of journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Article number
- 161101
- First page
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- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 16
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- 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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1,123
- Research group(s)
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D - Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics
- Citation count
- 3,312
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- Daw and his group developed hardware and software components of advanced LIGO detectors used in the detection of this event: 1) Slave laser system at LIGO Hanford used to measure the geometry of the short Michelson interferometer; 2) IWAVE wave tracking system implemented on the front end processors for characterising violin mode harmonics and parametric instabilities in optical body modes. Daw and Edo on instrument builders list. Post-analysis using the Sheffield IWAVE algorithm of the two gravitational wave strain signals from GW170817 provided important detector calibration information and insight into the frequency and amplitude evolution of the signals.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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