GW170817: Observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 82861374
- 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
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1,149
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 3,312
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- GW170817 is the first binary neutron star event observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors. The strongest signal for this event came from the frequency band around 100 Hz. During the commissioning break before the event, Martynov helped to find a large source of scattered light noise in the relevant band. Addressing this source improved LIGO sensitivity by 20%. Martynov also manually checked the LIGO auxiliary channels to validate that the detector had been operating properly during the detection, since a large glitch in Livingston data happened during the event.
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