<h1 id="ligo"><a href="./">LIGO</a></h1> <h2 id="laser-interferometer-gravitational-wave-observatory-ligo">(Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ; LIGO</h2> <p>(Observatory) ; LIGO Lab)</p> <p>started 1984</p> <p>LIGO’s mission is to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves. 1984: Founded as Caltech/MT project. 1999: LIGO inauguration ceremony.</p> <h3 id="monographs-from-caltechauthors">Monographs from <a href="https://authors.library.caltech.edu">CaltechAUTHORS</a></h3> <ul> <li>Kumar, Rajesh; Dexheimer, Veronica; et al. (2023) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20230502-892067000.1">Theoretical and Experimental Constraints for the Equation of State of Dense and Hot Matter</a></li> <li>Davis, Derek; Trevor, Max; et al. (2022) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220712-193855803">Incorporating information from LIGO data quality streams into the PyCBC search for gravitational waves</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2204.03091">10.48550/arXiv.2204.03091</a></li> <li>Magee, Ryan and Borhanian, Ssohrab (2022) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220517-214231488">Realistic observing scenarios for the next decade of early warning detection of binary neutron stars</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.11841">10.48550/arXiv.2201.11841</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abe, H.; et al. (2022) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220510-170623934">All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.00697">10.48550/arXiv.2201.00697</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abe, H.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220429-221717423">Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.06861">10.48550/arXiv.2112.06861</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abe, H.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220502-145359645">Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.13106">10.48550/arXiv.2111.13106</a></li> <li>Couvares, Peter; Bird, Ian; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220322-205039404">Gravitational Wave Data Analysis: Computing Challenges in the 3G Era</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.06987">10.48550/arXiv.2111.06987</a></li> <li>Kalogera, Vicky; Sathyaprakash, B. S.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20211213-224956515">The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.06990">10.48550/arXiv.2111.06990</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abbott, T. D.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220420-165758873">GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the Second Part of the Third Observing Run</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.03606">10.48550/arXiv.2111.03606</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abbott, T. D.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220304-171256602">All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational-waves from Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s first three observing runs</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2110.09834">10.48550/arXiv.2110.09834</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abbott, T. D.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220223-214547495">Search for subsolar-mass binaries in the first half of Advanced LIGO and Virgo’s third observing run</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.12197">10.48550/arXiv.2109.12197</a></li> <li>Abbott, R.; Abbott, T. D.; et al. (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20211018-185241165">GWTC-2.1: Deep Extended Catalog of Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2108.01045">10.48550/arXiv.2108.01045</a></li> <li>Lo, Rico K. L. and Magaña Hernandez, Ignacio (2021) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20210809-205949295">A Bayesian statistical framework for identifying strongly-lensed gravitational-wave signals</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2104.09339">10.48550/arXiv.2104.09339</a></li> <li>Singer, Leo P.; Goldstein, Daniel A.; et al. (2019) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20191121-083352293">The Two LIGO/Virgo Binary Black Hole Mergers on 2019 August 28 Were Not Strongly Lensed</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1910.03601">10.48550/arXiv.1910.03601</a></li> <li>Kuns, Kevin A.; Yu, Hang; et al. (2019) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200224-124524603">Astrophysics and cosmology with a deci-hertz gravitational-wave detector: TianGO</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1908.06004">10.48550/arXiv.1908.06004</a></li> <li>Li, Alvin K. Y.; Lo, Rico K. L.; et al. (2019) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190501-135950324">Targeted Sub-threshold Search for Strongly-lensed Gravitational-wave Events</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1904.06020">10.48550/arXiv.1904.06020</a></li> <li>Smith, Joshua R.; Adhikari, Rana X.; et al. (2019) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190409-124545596">Apparatus to Measure Optical Scatter of Coatings Versus Annealing Temperature</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1901.11400">10.48550/arXiv.1901.11400</a></li> <li>Sachdev, Surabhi; Caudill, Sarah; et al. (2019) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190501-135953792">The GstLAL Search Analysis Methods for Compact Binary Mergers in Advanced LIGO’s Second and Advanced Virgo’s First Observing Runs</a></li> <li>Isi, Maximiliano and Weinstein, Alan J. (2017) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190107-090805839">Probing gravitational wave polarizations with signals from compact binary coalescences</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1710.03794">10.48550/arXiv.1710.03794</a></li> <li>Abadie, J.; Abbott, B. P.; et al. (2010) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20230926-170843564">Sensitivity to Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences Achieved during LIGO’s Fifth and Virgo’s First Science Run</a>; <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1003.2481">10.48550/arXiv.1003.2481</a></li> <li>Tsai, Victor C.; Weinstein, Alan J.; et al. (2001) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141029-142001261">LIGO Physics Environmental Monitoring at the 40-meter Prototype</a></li> <li>Weiss, Rainer; Zucker, Michael E.; et al. (1992) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20230213-220222219">Optical Pathlength Noise in Sensitive Interferometers Due to Residual Gas</a></li> <li>Whitcomb, Stanley E. (1984) <a href="https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20230213-213939267">Optical Pathlength Fluctuations in an Interferometer Due to Residual Gas</a></li> </ul>