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Ryan DP, Henzel KS, Pearson BL, Siwek ME, Papazoglou A, Guo L, Paesler K, Yu M, Müller R, Xie K, Schröder S, Becker L, Garrett L, Hölter SM, Neff F, Rácz I, Rathkolb B, Rozman J, Ehninger G, Klingenspor M, Klopstock T, Wolf E, Wurst W, Zimmer A, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Hrabě de Angelis M, Sidiropoulou K, Weiergräber M, Zhou Y, Ehninger D. A paternal methyl donor-rich diet altered cognitive and neural functions in offspring mice. Mol Psychiatry 2018; 23:1345-1355. [PMID: 28373690 PMCID: PMC5984088 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Dietary intake of methyl donors, such as folic acid and methionine, shows considerable intra-individual variation in human populations. While it is recognized that maternal departures from the optimum of dietary methyl donor intake can increase the risk for mental health issues and neurological disorders in offspring, it has not been explored whether paternal dietary methyl donor intake influences behavioral and cognitive functions in the next generation. Here, we report that elevated paternal dietary methyl donor intake in a mouse model, transiently applied prior to mating, resulted in offspring animals (methyl donor-rich diet (MD) F1 mice) with deficits in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory, impaired hippocampal synaptic plasticity and reduced hippocampal theta oscillations. Gene expression analyses revealed altered expression of the methionine adenosyltransferase Mat2a and BK channel subunit Kcnmb2, which was associated with changes in Kcnmb2 promoter methylation in MD F1 mice. Hippocampal overexpression of Kcnmb2 in MD F1 mice ameliorated altered spatial learning and memory, supporting a role of this BK channel subunit in the MD F1 behavioral phenotype. Behavioral and gene expression changes did not extend into the F2 offspring generation. Together, our data indicate that paternal dietary factors influence cognitive and neural functions in the offspring generation.
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- D P Ryan
- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Friedrich-Baur-Institut, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Chair of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institut, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany,DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,Chair of Developmental Genetics, Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany,Chair of Experimental Genetics, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklio, Greece
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany,Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Sigmund-Freud-Str. 27, Bonn 53127, Germany. E-mail:
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Acernese F, Adams T, Agathos M, Agatsuma K, Allocca A, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Basti A, Bauer TS, Bavigadda V, Bejger M, Belczynski C, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Bloemen S, Boer M, Bogaert G, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Boschi V, Bosi L, Bradaschia C, Branchesi M, Briant T, Brillet A, Brisson V, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Chiummo A, Chua S, Cleva F, Coccia E, Cohadon PF, Colla A, Colombini M, Conte A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D'Antonio S, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, Debreczeni G, Degallaix J, De Laurentis M, Deléglise S, Pozzo WD, Dereli H, De Rosa R, Fiore LD, Lieto AD, Virgilio AD, Dolique V, Drago M, Ducrot M, Endrőczi G, Fafone V, Farinon S, Ferrante I, Ferrini F, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franco S, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gatto A, Gemme G, Gendre B, Genin E, Gennai A, Ghosh S, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greco G, Groot P, Guidi GM, Harms J, Heidmann A, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hemming G, Hofman D, Jonker RJG, Kasprzack M, Kéfélian F, Królak A, Kutynia A, Lazzaro C, Lebigot E, Leonardi M, Leroy N, Letendre N, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Majorana E, Maksimovic I, Malvezzi V, Man N, Mangano V, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Martinelli L, Masserot A, Meacher D, Meidam J, Mezzani F, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Moggi A, Mohan M, Mours B, Nagy MF, Nardecchia I, Naticchioni L, Nelemans G, Neri I, Neri M, Nocera F, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Pichot M, Piergiovanni F, Pillant G, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prijatelj M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabeling DS, Rácz I, Rapagnani P, Razzano M, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sequino V, Shah S, Siellez K, Straniero N, Swinkels B, Tacca M, Tonelli M, Travasso F, Vajente G, van Bakel N, van Beuzekom M, van den Brand JFJ, Broeck CVD, van der Sluys MV, van Heijningen J, Vasúth M, Vedovato G, Veitch J, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Wei LW, Yvert M, Zadrożny A, Zendri JP. The Advanced Virgo detector. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Aasi J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott T, Abernathy MR, Accadia T, Acernese F, Ackley K, Adams C, Adams T, Addesso P, Adhikari RX, Affeldt C, Agathos M, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Ain A, Ajith P, Alemic A, Allen B, Allocca A, Amariutei D, Andersen M, Anderson R, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Arai K, Araya MC, Arceneaux C, Areeda J, Aston SM, Astone P, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Austin L, Aylott BE, Babak S, Baker PT, Ballardin G, Ballmer SW, Barayoga JC, Barbet M, Barish BC, Barker D, Barone F, Barr B, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Basti A, Batch JC, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Behnke B, Bejger M, Beker MG, Belczynski C, Bell AS, Bell C, Bergmann G, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Beyersdorf PT, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Biscans S, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bloemen S, Blom M, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Boer M, Bogaert G, Bogan C, Bond C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Boschi V, Bose S, Bosi L, Bradaschia C, Brady PR, Braginsky VB, Branchesi M, Brau JE, Briant T, Bridges DO, Brillet A, Brinkmann M, Brisson V, Brooks AF, Brown DA, Brown DD, Brückner F, Buchman S, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buonanno A, Burman R, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cadonati L, Cagnoli G, Bustillo JC, Calloni E, Camp JB, Campsie P, Cannon KC, Canuel B, Cao J, Capano CD, Carbognani F, Carbone L, Caride S, Castiglia A, Caudill S, Cavaglià M, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Celerier C, Cella G, Cepeda C, Cesarini E, Chakraborty R, Chalermsongsak T, Chamberlin SJ, Chao S, Charlton P, Chassande-Mottin E, Chen X, Chen Y, Chincarini A, Chiummo A, Cho HS, Chow J, Christensen N, Chu Q, Chua SSY, Chung S, Ciani G, Clara F, Clark JA, Cleva F, Coccia E, Cohadon PF, Colla A, Collette C, Colombini M, Cominsky L, Constancio M, Conte A, Cook D, Corbitt TR, Cordier M, Cornish N, Corpuz A, Corsi A, Costa CA, Coughlin MW, Coughlin S, Coulon JP, Countryman S, Couvares P, Coward DM, Cowart M, Coyne DC, Coyne R, Craig K, Creighton JDE, Crowder SG, Cumming A, Cunningham L, Cuoco E, Dahl K, Canton TD, Damjanic M, Danilishin SL, D'Antonio S, Danzmann K, Dattilo V, Daveloza H, Davier M, Davies GS, Daw EJ, Day R, Dayanga T, Debreczeni G, Degallaix J, Deléglise S, Del Pozzo W, Denker T, Dent T, Dereli H, Dergachev V, De Rosa R, DeRosa RT, DeSalvo R, Dhurandhar S, Díaz M, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Di Palma I, Di Virgilio A, Donath A, Donovan F, Dooley KL, Doravari S, Dossa S, Douglas R, Downes TP, Drago M, Drever RWP, Driggers JC, Du Z, Dwyer S, Eberle T, Edo T, Edwards M, Effler A, Eggenstein H, Ehrens P, Eichholz J, Eikenberry SS, Endrőczi G, Essick R, Etzel T, Evans M, Evans T, Factourovich M, Fafone V, Fairhurst S, Fang Q, Farinon S, Farr B, Farr WM, Favata M, Fehrmann H, Fejer MM, Feldbaum D, Feroz F, Ferrante I, Ferrini F, Fidecaro F, Finn LS, Fiori I, Fisher RP, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franco S, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Frede M, Frei Z, Freise A, Frey R, Fricke TT, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Gair J, Gammaitoni L, Gaonkar S, Garufi F, Gehrels N, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Ghosh S, Giaime JA, Giardina KD, Giazotto A, Gill C, Gleason J, Goetz E, Goetz R, Gondan L, González G, Gordon N, Gorodetsky ML, Gossan S, Gossler S, Gouaty R, Gräf C, Graff PB, Granata M, Grant A, Gras S, Gray C, Greenhalgh RJS, Gretarsson AM, Groot P, Grote H, Grover K, Grunewald S, Guidi GM, Guido C, Gushwa K, Gustafson EK, Gustafson R, Hammer D, Hammond G, Hanke M, Hanks J, Hanna C, Hanson J, Harms J, Harry GM, Harry IW, Harstad ED, Hart M, Hartman MT, Haster CJ, Haughian K, Heidmann A, Heintze M, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hemming G, Hendry M, Heng IS, Heptonstall AW, Heurs M, Hewitson M, Hild S, Hoak D, Hodge KA, Holt K, Hooper S, Hopkins P, Hosken DJ, Hough J, Howell EJ, Hu Y, Huerta E, Hughey B, Husa S, Huttner SH, Huynh M, Huynh-Dinh T, Ingram DR, Inta R, Isogai T, Ivanov A, Iyer BR, Izumi K, Jacobson M, James E, Jang H, Jaranowski P, Ji Y, Jiménez-Forteza F, Johnson WW, Jones DI, Jones R, Jonker RJG, Ju L, K H, Kalmus P, Kalogera V, Kandhasamy S, Kang G, Kanner JB, Karlen J, Kasprzack M, Katsavounidis E, Katzman W, Kaufer H, Kawabe K, Kawazoe F, Kéfélian F, Keiser GM, Keitel D, Kelley DB, Kells W, Khalaidovski A, Khalili FY, Khazanov EA, Kim C, Kim K, Kim N, Kim NG, Kim YM, King EJ, King PJ, Kinzel DL, Kissel JS, Klimenko S, Kline J, Koehlenbeck S, Kokeyama K, Kondrashov V, Koranda S, Korth WZ, Kowalska I, Kozak DB, Kremin A, Kringel V, Królak A, Kuehn G, Kumar A, Kumar P, Kumar R, Kuo L, Kutynia A, Kwee P, Landry M, Lantz B, Larson S, Lasky PD, Lawrie C, Lazzarini A, Lazzaro C, Leaci P, Leavey S, Lebigot EO, Lee CH, Lee HK, Lee HM, Lee J, Leonardi M, Leong JR, Le Roux A, Leroy N, Letendre N, Levin Y, Levine B, Lewis J, Li TGF, Libbrecht K, Libson A, Lin AC, Littenberg TB, Litvine V, Lockerbie NA, Lockett V, Lodhia D, Loew K, Logue J, Lombardi AL, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Lormand M, Losurdo G, Lough J, Lubinski MJ, Lück H, Luijten E, Lundgren AP, Lynch R, Ma Y, Macarthur J, Macdonald EP, MacDonald T, Machenschalk B, MacInnis M, Macleod DM, Magana-Sandoval F, Mageswaran M, Maglione C, Mailand K, Majorana E, Maksimovic I, Malvezzi V, Man N, Manca GM, Mandel I, Mandic V, Mangano V, Mangini N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Márka S, Márka Z, Markosyan A, Maros E, Marque J, Martelli F, Martin IW, Martin RM, Martinelli L, Martynov D, Marx JN, Mason K, Masserot A, Massinger TJ, Matichard F, Matone L, Matzner RA, Mavalvala N, Mazumder N, Mazzolo G, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McGuire SC, McIntyre G, McIver J, McLin K, Meacher D, Meadors GD, Mehmet M, Meidam J, Meinders M, Melatos A, Mendell G, Mercer RA, Meshkov S, Messenger C, Meyers P, Miao H, Michel C, Mikhailov EE, Milano L, Milde S, Miller J, Minenkov Y, Mingarelli CMF, Mishra C, Mitra S, Mitrofanov VP, Mitselmakher G, Mittleman R, Moe B, Moesta P, Mohan M, Mohapatra SRP, Moraru D, Moreno G, Morgado N, Morriss SR, Mossavi K, Mours B, Mow-Lowry CM, Mueller CL, Mueller G, Mukherjee S, Mullavey A, Munch J, Murphy D, Murray PG, Mytidis A, Nagy MF, Kumar DN, Nardecchia I, Naticchioni L, Nayak RK, Necula V, Nelemans G, Neri I, Neri M, Newton G, Nguyen T, Nitz A, Nocera F, Nolting D, Normandin MEN, Nuttall LK, Ochsner E, O'Dell J, Oelker E, Oh JJ, Oh SH, Ohme F, Oppermann P, O'Reilly B, O'Shaughnessy R, Osthelder C, Ottaway DJ, Ottens RS, Overmier H, Owen BJ, Padilla C, Pai A, Palashov O, Palomba C, Pan H, Pan Y, Pankow C, Paoletti F, Paoletti R, Paris H, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Pedraza M, Penn S, Perreca A, Phelps M, Pichot M, Pickenpack M, Piergiovanni F, Pierro V, Pinard L, Pinto IM, Pitkin M, Poeld J, Poggiani R, Poteomkin A, Powell J, Prasad J, Premachandra S, Prestegard T, Price LR, Prijatelj M, Privitera S, Prodi GA, Prokhorov L, Puncken O, Punturo M, Puppo P, Qin J, Quetschke V, Quintero E, Quiroga G, Quitzow-James R, Raab FJ, Rabeling DS, Rácz I, Radkins H, Raffai P, Raja S, Rajalakshmi G, Rakhmanov M, Ramet C, Ramirez K, Rapagnani P, Raymond V, Re V, Read J, Reed CM, Regimbau T, Reid S, Reitze DH, Rhoades E, Ricci F, Riles K, Robertson NA, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rodruck M, Rolland L, Rollins JG, Romano JD, Romano R, Romanov G, Romie JH, Rosińska D, Rowan S, Rüdiger A, Ruggi P, Ryan K, Salemi F, Sammut L, Sandberg V, Sanders JR, Sannibale V, Santiago-Prieto I, Saracco E, Sassolas B, Sathyaprakash BS, Saulson PR, Savage R, Scheuer J, Schilling R, Schnabel R, Schofield RMS, Schreiber E, Schuette D, Schutz BF, Scott J, Scott SM, Sellers D, Sengupta AS, Sentenac D, Sequino V, Sergeev A, Shaddock D, Shah S, Shahriar MS, Shaltev M, Shapiro B, Shawhan P, Shoemaker DH, Sidery TL, Siellez K, Siemens X, Sigg D, Simakov D, Singer A, Singer L, Singh R, Sintes AM, Slagmolen BJJ, Slutsky J, Smith JR, Smith M, Smith RJE, Smith-Lefebvre ND, Son EJ, Sorazu B, Souradeep T, Sperandio L, Staley A, Stebbins J, Steinlechner J, Steinlechner S, Stephens BC, Steplewski S, Stevenson S, Stone R, Stops D, Strain KA, Straniero N, Strigin S, Sturani R, Stuver AL, Summerscales TZ, Susmithan S, Sutton PJ, Swinkels B, Tacca M, Talukder D, Tanner DB, Tarabrin SP, Taylor R, Ter Braack APM, Thirugnanasambandam MP, Thomas M, Thomas P, Thorne KA, Thorne KS, Thrane E, Tiwari V, Tokmakov KV, Tomlinson C, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Torres CV, Torrie CI, Travasso F, Traylor G, Tse M, Ugolini D, Unnikrishnan CS, Urban AL, Urbanek K, Vahlbruch H, Vajente G, Valdes G, Vallisneri M, van den Brand JFJ, Van Den Broeck C, van der Putten S, van der Sluys MV, van Heijningen J, van Veggel AA, Vass S, Vasúth M, Vaulin R, Vecchio A, Vedovato G, Veitch J, Veitch PJ, Venkateswara K, Verkindt D, Verma SS, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vincent-Finley R, Vinet JY, Vitale S, Vo T, Vocca H, Vorvick C, Vousden WD, Vyachanin SP, Wade A, Wade L, Wade M, Walker M, Wallace L, Wang M, Wang X, Ward RL, Was M, Weaver B, Wei LW, Weinert M, Weinstein AJ, Weiss R, Welborn T, Wen L, Wessels P, West M, Westphal T, Wette K, Whelan JT, White DJ, Whiting BF, Wiesner K, Wilkinson C, Williams K, Williams L, Williams R, Williams T, Williamson AR, Willis JL, Willke B, Wimmer M, Winkler W, Wipf CC, Wiseman AG, Wittel H, Woan G, Worden J, Yablon J, Yakushin I, Yamamoto H, Yancey CC, Yang H, Yang Z, Yoshida S, Yvert M, Zadrożny A, Zanolin M, Zendri JP, Zhang F, Zhang L, Zhao C, Zhu XJ, Zucker ME, Zuraw S, Zweizig J. Improved upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from 2009-2010 LIGO and Virgo data. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:231101. [PMID: 25526109 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.231101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Gravitational waves from a variety of sources are predicted to superpose to create a stochastic background. This background is expected to contain unique information from throughout the history of the Universe that is unavailable through standard electromagnetic observations, making its study of fundamental importance to understanding the evolution of the Universe. We carry out a search for the stochastic background with the latest data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors. Consistent with predictions from most stochastic gravitational-wave background models, the data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. Assuming a gravitational-wave spectrum of Ω_{GW}(f)=Ω_{α}(f/f_{ref})^{α}, we place 95% confidence level upper limits on the energy density of the background in each of four frequency bands spanning 41.5-1726 Hz. In the frequency band of 41.5-169.25 Hz for a spectral index of α=0, we constrain the energy density of the stochastic background to be Ω_{GW}(f)<5.6×10^{-6}. For the 600-1000 Hz band, Ω_{GW}(f)<0.14(f/900 Hz)^{3}, a factor of 2.5 lower than the best previously reported upper limits. We find Ω_{GW}(f)<1.8×10^{-4} using a spectral index of zero for 170-600 Hz and Ω_{GW}(f)<1.0(f/1300 Hz)^{3} for 1000-1726 Hz, bands in which no previous direct limits have been placed. The limits in these four bands are the lowest direct measurements to date on the stochastic background. We discuss the implications of these results in light of the recent claim by the BICEP2 experiment of the possible evidence for inflationary gravitational waves.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Ain
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - P Ajith
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - A Alemic
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Andersen
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R Anderson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W G Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Astone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Austin
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S W Ballmer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Barbet
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - B Barr
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - M G Beker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Belczynski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bersanetti
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P T Beyersdorf
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Blackburn
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Bloemen
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M Blom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G Bogaert
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
| | - L Bonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - R Bork
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Boschi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Sukanta Bose
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - V B Braginsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Brückner
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Buchman
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Burman
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - L Cadonati
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - A Castiglia
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Celerier
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - J Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M Cordier
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corpuz
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - S Coughlin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M Cowart
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - A Donath
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Dossa
- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Gill
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Gossler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C Guido
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Holt
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E James
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - P Jaranowski
- Biał ystok University, 15-424 Biał ystok, Poland
| | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Haris K
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kremin
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | | | - P Kwee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C-H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E Luijten
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N Mangini
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R A Matzner
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Milde
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Miller
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - P Moesta
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - A Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - H Paris
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Quiroga
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J D Romano
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Romano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Smith
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - L Sperandio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - S Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/International Center for Theoretical Physics-South American Institue for Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Tiwari
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Tomlinson
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - A Toncelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - O Torre
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - M Tse
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Urbanek
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - J F J van den Brand
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | | | - M V van der Sluys
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - A A van Veggel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P J Veitch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Venkateswara
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - D Verkindt
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S S Verma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - F Vetrano
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - R Vincent-Finley
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Vitale
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S P Vyachanin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K Williams
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Williams
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Search for gravitational waves associated with γ-ray bursts detected by the interplanetary network. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:011102. [PMID: 25032916 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.011102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 223 γ-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) in 2005-2010 during LIGO's fifth and sixth science runs and Virgo's first, second, and third science runs. The IPN satellites provide accurate times of the bursts and sky localizations that vary significantly from degree scale to hundreds of square degrees. We search for both a well-modeled binary coalescence signal, the favored progenitor model for short GRBs, and for generic, unmodeled gravitational wave bursts. Both searches use the event time and sky localization to improve the gravitational wave search sensitivity as compared to corresponding all-time, all-sky searches. We find no evidence of a gravitational wave signal associated with any of the IPN GRBs in the sample, nor do we find evidence for a population of weak gravitational wave signals associated with the GRBs. For all IPN-detected GRBs, for which a sufficient duration of quality gravitational wave data are available, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source in accordance with an optimistic assumption of gravitational wave emission energy of 10(-2)M⊙c(2) at 150 Hz, and find a median of 13 Mpc. For the 27 short-hard GRBs we place 90% confidence exclusion distances to two source models: a binary neutron star coalescence, with a median distance of 12 Mpc, or the coalescence of a neutron star and black hole, with a median distance of 22 Mpc. Finally, we combine this search with previously published results to provide a population statement for GRB searches in first-generation LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and a resulting examination of prospects for the advanced gravitational wave detectors.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B P Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Abbott
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M R Abernathy
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Acernese
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - K Ackley
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Addesso
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - R X Adhikari
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P Ajith
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - A Alemic
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Andersen
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R A Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W G Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J S Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Ast
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Astone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Augustus
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S W Ballmer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Barbet
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - B Barr
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Baune
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Bavigadda
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - M G Beker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Belczynski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bersanetti
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Biwer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Blackburn
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Bloemen
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G Bogaert
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
| | - L Bonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - R Bork
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Boschi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Sukanta Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - V B Braginsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Brückner
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Buchman
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Buikema
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Burman
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - L Cadonati
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - G Castaldi
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Celerier
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - M Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - J H Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E Clark
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - J H Clayton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M J Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - R P Croce
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cutler
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - D DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - J Dickson
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - V Dolique
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E Dominguez
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - M Ducrot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H-B Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - X Fan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D Fazi
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E C Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J R Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Gendre
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Goßler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - C J Guido
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - J Ha
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - E D Hall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W Hamilton
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2 L 2Y5, Canada
| | - M D Hannam
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - K Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D Hoske
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Idrisy
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - G Islas
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | | | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Haris
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Kaur
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Krishnan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland and IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | | | - P K Lam
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - P J Lee
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Leonor
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - E Lopez
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - R Magee
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N M Mangini
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Mansell
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G May
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M S Meyer
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P M Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - F Mezzani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | | | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A H Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - S Omar
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Oram
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - H Paris
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Razzano
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Recchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - O Reula
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Riesen
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S B Roddy
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - S Sankar
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Schilman
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - P Schmidt
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D A Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Shao
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M R Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - S Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Tao
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Tellez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Tiwari
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Tomlinson
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Tse
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - D Tshilumba
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - H Tuennermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S A Usman
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M van Beuzekom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J F J van den Brand
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | - M V van der Sluys
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - A A van Veggel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P J Veitch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Venkateswara
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - D Verkindt
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - F Vetrano
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - R Vincent-Finley
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Vitale
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S P Vyachanin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A R Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Walsh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Weinert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A J Weinstein
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Wen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Wessels
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M West
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J T Whelan
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K Williams
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - Y Wu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA and Universities Space Research Association, 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, Maryland 21046, USA
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- INAF-IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation and Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama City, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Aasi J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott T, Abernathy MR, Acernese F, Ackley K, Adams C, Adams T, Addesso P, Adhikari RX, Affeldt C, Agathos M, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Ajith P, Alemic A, Allen B, Allocca A, Amariutei D, Andersen M, Anderson RA, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Arai K, Araya MC, Arceneaux C, Areeda JS, Ast S, Aston SM, Astone P, Aufmuth P, Augustus H, Aulbert C, Aylott BE, Babak S, Baker PT, Ballardin G, Ballmer SW, Barayoga JC, Barbet M, Barish BC, Barker D, Barone F, Barr B, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Basti A, Batch JC, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Baune C, Bavigadda V, Behnke B, Bejger M, Beker MG, Belczynski C, Bell AS, Bell C, Bergmann G, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Biscans S, Bitossi M, Biwer C, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bloemen S, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Boer M, Bogaert G, Bogan C, Bond C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Boschi V, Bose S, Bosi L, Bradaschia C, 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Search for gravitational waves associated with γ-ray bursts detected by the interplanetary network. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:011102. [PMID: 25032916 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.122004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 223 γ-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) in 2005-2010 during LIGO's fifth and sixth science runs and Virgo's first, second, and third science runs. The IPN satellites provide accurate times of the bursts and sky localizations that vary significantly from degree scale to hundreds of square degrees. We search for both a well-modeled binary coalescence signal, the favored progenitor model for short GRBs, and for generic, unmodeled gravitational wave bursts. Both searches use the event time and sky localization to improve the gravitational wave search sensitivity as compared to corresponding all-time, all-sky searches. We find no evidence of a gravitational wave signal associated with any of the IPN GRBs in the sample, nor do we find evidence for a population of weak gravitational wave signals associated with the GRBs. For all IPN-detected GRBs, for which a sufficient duration of quality gravitational wave data are available, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source in accordance with an optimistic assumption of gravitational wave emission energy of 10(-2)M⊙c(2) at 150 Hz, and find a median of 13 Mpc. For the 27 short-hard GRBs we place 90% confidence exclusion distances to two source models: a binary neutron star coalescence, with a median distance of 12 Mpc, or the coalescence of a neutron star and black hole, with a median distance of 22 Mpc. Finally, we combine this search with previously published results to provide a population statement for GRB searches in first-generation LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and a resulting examination of prospects for the advanced gravitational wave detectors.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B P Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Abbott
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M R Abernathy
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Acernese
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - K Ackley
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Addesso
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - R X Adhikari
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - A Alemic
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Andersen
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R A Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W G Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J S Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Ast
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Astone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Augustus
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Barbet
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - B Barr
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Baune
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Bavigadda
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Belczynski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bersanetti
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Biwer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Blackburn
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Bloemen
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G Bogaert
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
| | - L Bonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - R Bork
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Boschi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Sukanta Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - V B Braginsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Brückner
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Buchman
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Buikema
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Burman
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - L Cadonati
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - G Castaldi
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Celerier
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - M Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - J H Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E Clark
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - J H Clayton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M J Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - R P Croce
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cutler
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - D DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - J Dickson
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - V Dolique
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E Dominguez
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - M Ducrot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H-B Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - X Fan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D Fazi
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E C Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J R Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Gendre
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Goßler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - C J Guido
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - J Ha
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - E D Hall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W Hamilton
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2 L 2Y5, Canada
| | - M D Hannam
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - K Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D Hoske
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Idrisy
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - G Islas
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | | | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Haris
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Kaur
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Krishnan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland and IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | | | - P K Lam
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - P J Lee
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Leonor
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - E Lopez
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - R Magee
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N M Mangini
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Mansell
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G May
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M S Meyer
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P M Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - F Mezzani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | | | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A H Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - S Omar
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Oram
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - H Paris
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Razzano
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Recchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - O Reula
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Riesen
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S B Roddy
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - S Sankar
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Schilman
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - P Schmidt
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D A Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Shao
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M R Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - S Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Tao
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Tellez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Tiwari
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Tomlinson
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Tse
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - D Tshilumba
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - H Tuennermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S A Usman
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M van Beuzekom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J F J van den Brand
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | - M V van der Sluys
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - A A van Veggel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P J Veitch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Venkateswara
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - D Verkindt
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - F Vetrano
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - R Vincent-Finley
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Vitale
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S P Vyachanin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A R Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Walsh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Weinert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A J Weinstein
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Wen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Wessels
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M West
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J T Whelan
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K Williams
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - B Willke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A G Wiseman
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - J Worden
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - Y Wu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - I Yakushin
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Yam
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - H Yamamoto
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C C Yancey
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - H Yang
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Yoshida
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - Fan Zhang
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - L Zhang
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA and Universities Space Research Association, 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, Maryland 21046, USA
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- INAF-IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation and Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama City, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Aasi J, Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott T, Abernathy MR, Accadia T, Acernese F, Adams C, Adams T, Adhikari RX, Affeldt C, Agathos M, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Ajith P, Allen B, Allocca A, Amador Ceron E, Amariutei D, Anderson RA, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Arai K, Araya MC, Arceneaux C, Areeda J, Ast S, Aston SM, Astone P, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Austin L, Aylott BE, Babak S, Baker PT, Ballardin G, Ballmer SW, Barayoga JC, Barker D, Barnum SH, Barone F, Barr B, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Basti A, Batch J, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Bebronne M, Behnke B, Bejger M, Beker MG, Bell AS, Bell C, Belopolski I, Bergmann G, Berliner JM, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Bessis D, Betzwieser J, Beyersdorf PT, Bhadbhade T, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Blom M, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Boer M, Bogan C, Bond C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Boschi V, Bose S, Bosi L, Bowers J, Bradaschia C, 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Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:131101. [PMID: 24745400 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.131101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10(-8) in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Aasi
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Abadie
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B P Abbott
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Abbott
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Abbott
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M R Abernathy
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Accadia
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - F Acernese
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - C Adams
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R X Adhikari
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
| | - P Ajith
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - E Amador Ceron
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R A Anderson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W G Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Ast
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Astone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Austin
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S W Ballmer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S H Barnum
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - F Barone
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - B Barr
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Batch
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Bebronne
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - M G Beker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I Belopolski
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J M Berliner
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Bersanetti
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - D Bessis
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P T Beyersdorf
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - T Bhadbhade
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Blackburn
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - M Blom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
| | - L Bonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - R Bork
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Boschi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - J Bowers
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | | | - M Branchesi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C A Brannen
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - J Breyer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - M Britzger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Brückner
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - R L Byer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - L Cadonati
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5 S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - A Castiglia
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - J Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E Clark
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Conte
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M Cordier
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - M Cowart
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T D Creighton
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - B Daudert
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - E Deleeuw
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Dietz
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - K Dmitry
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Drago
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - J-C Dumas
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Evans
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Evans
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D Fazi
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Feldbaum
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E Foley
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Foley
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - E Forsi
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Fotopoulos
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Frei
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - Z Frei
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M-K Fujimoto
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - J Garcia
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L Gergely
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Ghosh
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Giampanis
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Gil-Casanova
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - C Gill
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Goßler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Graef
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - C Griffo
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C Guido
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K E Gushwa
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - B Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - E Hall
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K Hayama
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - J Heefner
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Holt
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Holtrop
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
| | - T Hong
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Z Hua
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - V Huang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - E A Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Iafrate
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E James
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y J Jang
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | | | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Jones
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Haris K
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Kasturi
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kaufman
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Kawamura
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - B K Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - W Kim
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D Kozak
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kremin
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
| | - C Kucharczyk
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kudla
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R Kurdyumov
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Kwee
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - C-H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J Lee
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - B Levine
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J B Lewis
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Lhuillier
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T G F Li
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Liu
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050 Belgium
| | - H Liu
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Y Liu
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Z Liu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - D Lloyd
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J Luan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - F Magana-Sandoval
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R A Matzner
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G May
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Meier
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M S Meyer
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - F Mokler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - T Mori
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - T Nash
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - E Nishida
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - A Nishizawa
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - A Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G H Ogin
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega Larcher
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C D Ott
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Ou
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - H Paris
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - P Peiris
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Pindor
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Poole
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - C Poux
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Prix
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, MP 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Reed
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Riesen
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Roddy
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - C Rodriguez
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Roever
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Romano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Schulz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P Schwinberg
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - F Seifert
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - G R Skelton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M R Smith
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Soden
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - L Sperandio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - E Steinert
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - D Stevens
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - A Stochino
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - A S Stroeer
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Sturani
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Szeifert
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - L Tang
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Tiwari
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Tomlinson
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - A Toncelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - O Torre
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Tse
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
| | | | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - J F J van den Brand
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | | | - M V van der Sluys
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - A A van Veggel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P J Veitch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - K Venkateswara
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - D Verkindt
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Verma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - F Vetrano
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - R Vincent-Finley
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Vitale
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Vlcek
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - D Vrinceanu
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - A Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S J Waldman
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Y Wan
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - J Wang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - A Wanner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Weinert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A J Weinstein
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Wen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - P Wessels
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M West
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J T Whelan
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S E Whitcomb
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Wibowo
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Williams
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
| | - J L Willis
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - B Willke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Wimmer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Winkelmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - W Winkler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C C Wipf
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - H Wittel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Woan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Worden
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - I Yakushin
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Yamamoto
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C C Yancey
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - H Yang
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Yeaton-Massey
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Yoshida
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
| | - H Yum
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Andersen E, Rácz I, Erös A, Bánhegyi G, Fenyvesi É, Takács E. Development of synthetic and natural mineral based adsorptive and filter media containing cyclodextrin moieties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/47/1/012038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Pradier B, Jeub M, Markert A, Mauer D, Tolksdorf K, Van de Putte T, Seuntjens E, Gailus-Durner V, Fuchs H, Hrabě de Angelis M, Huylebroeck D, Beck H, Zimmer A, Rácz I. Smad-interacting protein 1 affects acute and tonic, but not chronic pain. Eur J Pain 2013; 18:249-57. [PMID: 23861142 DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00366.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Smad-interacting protein 1 (also named Zeb2 and Zfhx1b) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in neuronal development and, when mutated, causes Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS). A corresponding mouse model carrying a heterozygous Zeb2 deletion was comprehensively analysed in the German Mouse Clinic. The most prominent phenotype was the reduced pain sensitivity. In this study, we investigated the role of Zeb2 in inflammatory and neuropathic pain. METHODS For this, we tested mutant Zeb2 animals in different models of inflammatory pain like abdominal constriction, formalin and carrageenan test. Furthermore, we studied the pain reactivity of the mice after peripheral nerve ligation. To examine the nociceptive transmission of primary sensory dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons, we determined the neuronal activity in the spinal dorsal horn after the formalin test using staining of c-Fos. Next, we characterized the neuronal cell population in the DRGs and in the sciatic nerve to study the effect of the Zeb2 mutation on peripheral nerve morphology. RESULTS The present data show that Zeb2 is involved in the development of primary sensory DRG neurons, especially of C- and Aδ fibres. These alterations contribute to a hypoalgesic phenotype in inflammatory but not in neuropathic pain in these Zeb2(+/-) mice. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the under-reaction to pain observed in MWS patients results from a reduced responsivity to nociceptive stimulation rather than an inability to communicate discomfort.
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- Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, University of Bonn Medical Center, Germany
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Szalai M, Kánainé V, Kiss G, Regőczi H, Horváth Z, Rácz I. Small bowel transit time in patients undergoing capsule endoscopy: Analyzis of determining factors. Z Gastroenterol 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Accadia T, Acernese F, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Basti A, Bauer TS, Bebronne M, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Blom M, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Boschi V, Bosi L, Bouhou B, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Branchesi M, Briant T, Brillet A, Brisson V, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Canuel B, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chaibi O, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Chiummo A, Cleva F, Coccia E, Cohadon PF, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Conte A, Corsi A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D' Antonio S, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, De Rosa R, Debreczeni G, Del Pozzo W, del Prete M, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Di Paolo Emilio M, Di Virgilio A, Dietz A, Drago M, Endroczi G, Fafone V, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Forte LA, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Galimberti M, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gáspár ME, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greverie C, Guidi GM, Hayau JF, Heidmann A, Heitmann H, Hello P, Jaranowski P, Kowalska I, Królak A, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li TGF, Liguori N, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Majorana E, Maksimovic I, Man N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Masserot A, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Mohan M, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mours B, Naticchioni L, Nocera F, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Persichetti G, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prato M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabeling DS, Rácz I, Rapagnani P, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Rosińska D, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sperandio L, Sturani R, Swinkels B, Tacca M, Taffarello L, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Vajente G, van den Brand JFJ, Van den Broeck C, van der Putten S, Vasuth M, Vavoulidis M, Vedovato G, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vitale S, Vocca H, Ward RL, Was M, Yvert M, Zadroźny A, Zendri JP. A state observer for the Virgo inverted pendulum. Rev Sci Instrum 2011; 82:094502. [PMID: 21974605 DOI: 10.1063/1.3637466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report an application of Kalman filtering to the inverted pendulum (IP) of the Virgo gravitational wave interferometer. Using subspace method system identification techniques, we calculated a linear mechanical model of Virgo IP from experimental transfer functions. We then developed a Kalman filter, based on the obtained state space representation, that estimates from open loop time domain data, the state variables of the system. This allows the observation (and eventually control) of every resonance mode of the IP mechanical structure independently.
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- T Accadia
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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Kruis W, Jonaitis L, Pokrotnieks J, Mikhailova TL, Horynski M, Bátovský M, Lozynsky YS, Zakharash Y, Rácz I, Kull K, Vcev A, Faszczyk M, Dilger K, Greinwald R, Mueller R. Randomised clinical trial: a comparative dose-finding study of three arms of dual release mesalazine for maintaining remission in ulcerative colitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011; 33:313-22. [PMID: 21138455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Comparative data regarding different regimens of oral mesalazine (mesalamine) for maintaining remission in ulcerative colitis are limited. AIM To evaluate whether 3.0 g mesalazine once-daily (OD) is superior to the standard treatment of 0.5 g mesalazine three times daily (t.d.s.) and to prove the therapeutic equivalence of OD vs. t.d.s. dosing of total 1.5 g mesalazine for remission maintenance in patients with ulcerative colitis. METHODS A 1-year, multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy study was undertaken in patients with endoscopically and histologically confirmed ulcerative colitis in remission. Patients were randomised to oral mesalazine 3.0 g OD, 1.5 g OD or 0.5 g t.d.s. The primary efficacy endpoint was the proportion of patients still in clinical remission at the final visit, with clinical relapse being defined as CAI score >4 and an increase of ≥3 from baseline. RESULTS The primary efficacy endpoint occurred in 162/217 3.0 g OD patients (75%), 129/212 1.5 g OD patients (61%) and 150/218 0.5 g t.d.s. patients (69%) in the intention-to-treat population, and in 152/177 (86%), 121/182 (67%) and 144/185 (78%) in the per protocol population respectively; 3.0 g OD was superior to both low-dose regimens for the primary endpoint (i.e. P < 0.001, 3.0 g OD vs. 1.5 g OD; P = 0.024, 3.0 g OD vs. 0.5 g t.d.s.; superiority test, per protocol population). Safety analysis, including comprehensive renal monitoring, revealed no concern in any treatment group. CONCLUSION Mesalazine 3.0 g once daily was the most effective dose for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis of the three regimens assessed, with no penalty in terms of safety.
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- W Kruis
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Kalk, University of Cologne, Germany.
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Kovács M, Pák P, Pák G, Oláh A, Rácz I. The Impact of Capsule Endoscopy on Surgical Results in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Z Gastroenterol 2009; 47:424-8. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kruis W, Kiudelis G, Rácz I, Gorelov IA, Pokrotnieks J, Horynski M, Batovsky M, Kykal J, Boehm S, Greinwald R, Mueller R. Once daily versus three times daily mesalazine granules in active ulcerative colitis: a double-blind, double-dummy, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Gut 2009; 58:233-40. [PMID: 18832520 PMCID: PMC3269751 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.154302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the therapeutic equivalence and safety of once daily (OD) versus three times daily (TID) dosing of a total daily dose of 3 g Salofalk (mesalazine) granules in patients with active ulcerative colitis. DESIGN A randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, multicentre, international, phase III non-inferiority study. SETTING 54 centres in 13 countries. PATIENTS 380 patients with confirmed diagnosis of established or first attack of ulcerative colitis (clinical activity index (CAI)>4 and endoscopic index > or =4 at baseline) were randomised and treated. INTERVENTIONS 8-week treatment with either 3 g OD or 1 g TID mesalazine granules. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical remission (CAI< or =4) at study end. RESULTS 380 patients were evaluable for efficacy and safety by intention-to-treat (ITT); 345 for per protocol (PP) analysis. In the ITT population, 79.1% in the OD group (n = 191) and 75.7% in the TID group (n = 189) achieved clinical remission (p<0.0001 for non-inferiority). Significantly more patients with proctosigmoiditis achieved clinical remission in the OD group (86%; n = 97) versus the TID group (73%; n = 100; p = 0.0298). About 70% of patients in both treatment groups achieved endoscopic remission, and 35% in the OD group and 41% in the TID group achieved histological remission. About 80% of all patients preferred OD dosing. Similar numbers of adverse events occurred in 55 patients (28.8%) in the OD group and in 61 patients (32.3%) in the TID group, indicating that the two dosing regimens were equally safe and well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS OD 3 g mesalazine granules are as effective and safe as a TID 1 g schedule. With respect to the best possible adherence of patients to the treatment, OD dosing of mesalazine should be the preferred application mode in active ulcerative colitis.
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- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Kalk, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, Győr, Hungary
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- Central Medical–Sanitary Hospital #122, Moscow, Russia
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- Latvian Gastroenterology Center – Paula Stradina University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
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- Centrum Medyczne “SOPMED” NZOZ, Sopot, Poland
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- Derer’s University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Hospital Ricany, Ricany, Czech Republic
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- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Kalk, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Dr Falk Pharma GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
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Rácz I, Zelkó R, Bihari E, Bucsek M. Effect of Eudragit Type Polymers on the Drug Release from Magnesium Oxide Granules Produced by Laboratory Fluidization. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/03639049509065892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rácz I, Dredán J, Antal I, Gondar E. Comparative Evaluation of Microcapsules Prepared by Fluidization Atomization and Melt Coating Process. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/03639049709149823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rácz I, Zelkó R, Bihari E. Mathematical Modeling of Magnesium Oxide Release from Granules Produced by Laboratory Fluidization. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/03639049609058565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kullmann T, Rácz I. Effects of music on gastric myoelectrical activity. Int J Clin Pract 2008; 62:166. [PMID: 17916177 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Rácz I, Jánoki M, Kovács V. Measurement of small-bowel polyp size in patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome by using reference granules during video capsule endoscopy. Endoscopy 2007; 39 Suppl 1:E41. [PMID: 17285490 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, Gyor, Hungary.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, Gyor, Hungary.
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- a Bay Zoltán Institute on Materials Science and Technology , Fehérvári u 130, H-1116 , Budapest , Hungary
- b Technical University of Budapest, Department of Polymer Engineering and Textile Technology , Hungary
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- a Bay Zoltán Institute on Materials Science and Technology , Fehérvári u 130, H-1116 , Budapest , Hungary
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Mihály E, Németh A, Zágoni T, Német A, Werling K, Rácz I, Tulassay Z. Gastrointestinal manifestations of common variable immunodeficiency diagnosed by video- and capsule endoscopy. Endoscopy 2005; 37:603-4. [PMID: 15933943 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-861330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- E Mihály
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterological Research Unit of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
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Gelencsér A, Csó ka G, Rácz I, Marton S, Antal I. Pharmaceutical application of thermoresponsive materials. J Control Release 2005; 101:293-5. [PMID: 15832460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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- A Gelencsér
- Semmelweis University, Department of Pharmaceutics, H-1092 Budapest, Hogyes E. str. 7, Hungary
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The present study analyzes the effect of selective deafferentation on the reperfusion injury of the skeletal muscle when nociceptive sensory fibers of the left sciatic nerve are selectively damaged by capsaicin pretreatment in a rat model following tourniquet ischemia (ISC) applied for 30 min, 1 h, and 2 h on the left hind limb. The isometric tetanic contractile force of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle was measured after 1 h, and 1, 3, or 7 days of reperfusion. Contractile force of the damaged muscle was compared to the intact contralateral muscle. In another group, ISC was used without capsaicin pre-treatment. After 30 min of ISC, there was no difference between deafferented and non-pretreated groups. Following 1 h ISC, with the exception of 1 h reperfusion, the non-pretreated group produced stronger contractions than the deafferented group. After 2 h ISC, the contractile force of the deafferented muscle was significantly stronger compared to the non-deafferented muscle force at all reperfusion times. In conclusions, it was found that the absence of peptidergic sensory fibers after long-lasting (2 h) ischemia is beneficial in reperfusion injury, whereas the absence of vasodilator peptides has unfavorable effects if tissue damage is milder (after 1 h ischemia).
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- B Turchányi
- Department of Traumatology, Markhot Ferenc County Hospital Eger, Hungary.
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Hamar J, Rácz I, Cíz M, Lojek A, Pállinger E, Furész J. Time course of leukocyte response and free radical release in an early reperfusion injury of the superior mesenteric artery. Physiol Res 2004; 52:417-23. [PMID: 12899653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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The sequence of changes in circulating immune cells and in free radical production was studied during the small intestine reperfusion. Rat small intestine ischemia/reperfusion was induced by a 45 min superior mesenteric artery occlusion followed by a 4-hour reperfusion. Samples of peripheral blood were collected every 20 min during reperfusion. While the number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes increased significantly both in the sham-operated controls and the experimental group (about 400 per cent at the end of reperfusion), a decrease in lymphocyte counts to 60 per cent was observed in the experimental group only. Although there were no changes in the counts of total T lymphocytes, a significant reduction in B cell counts was observed. Flow-cytometrical measurements showed no changes in the Tc subpopulation, while the Th subpopulation increased in the experimental group only. Free radical generation in blood (luminometric measurements) increased gradually and reached an eight-fold level by the end of reperfusion in both groups. Thus, it has been shown that the increase in free radical production is mainly due to the increased number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes mobilized already at the initial stages of reperfusion. The reduction in B lymphocyte population is probably due to homing mechanisms
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- National Institute of Traumatology, H-1081 Budapest, Fiumei ut. 17, Hungary.
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Rácz I, Bircher K, Kárász T, Németh A. The influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on early rebleeding rate in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding. Endoscopy 2004; 36:461-2; author reply 462-3. [PMID: 15100964 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Bárdos G, Móricz K, Jaszlits L, Rabloczky G, Tory K, Rácz I, Bernáth S, Sümegi B, Farkas B, Literáti-Nagy B, Literáti-Nagy P. BGP-15, a hydroximic acid derivative, protects against cisplatin- or taxol-induced peripheral neuropathy in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2003; 190:9-16. [PMID: 12831778 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-008x(03)00155-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The neuroprotective effect of BGP-15 against peripheral sensory neuropathy was studied in rats that were exposed to short-term cisplatin or taxol administration. The changes of nerve conduction velocity were determined in situ after treating the Wistar rats with BGP-15 (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg po daily doses throughout the experiment), cisplatin (1.5 mg/kg ip daily dose for 5 days), or taxol (5.0 mg/kg ip daily dose every other day in a 10-day interval) alone or giving the test compound in combination with cisplatin or taxol. Electrophysiological recordings were carried out in vivo by stimulating the sciatic nerve at both sciatic notch and ankle site. Neither motor nor sensory nerve conduction velocity was altered by any dose level of BGP-15 tested. Both anticancer drugs decreased the sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV). BGP-15 treatment prevented the impairment of SNCV either in part or totally in the cisplatin- or taxol-treated groups. This neuroprotective potential of BGP-15 could be well correlated with its recently described poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase- inhibitory effect and its ability to protect against the damages induced by the increased level of reactive oxygen species in response to anticancer treatment.
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Marosi G, Anna P, Márton A, Bertalan G, Bóta A, Tóth A, Mohai M, Rácz I. Flame-retarded polyolefin systems of controlled interphase. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to determine the changes of dynamic surface tension of aqueous Eudragit dispersions quantitatively and compare these data with the free volume of the free films formed from several dispersions of different dibutyl sebacate (DBS) concentrations. Eudragit L 30D and Eudragit RL 30D aqueous colloidal polymer dispersions and their cast free films were examined. The concentration of DBS varied in the dispersions from 0 to 20%. The dynamic surface tension of the dispersions were measured by the Du Nouy ring method while the free volume of cast films were determined by positron annihilation spectroscopy. The obtained results show that dynamic surface tension measurements indicate the white point (WP) of Eudragit dispersions by a significant standard deviation increase. This may suggest the applicability of dynamic surface tension measurements for the determination of the WP of polymeric dispersions. A decrease in the WP temperature of Eudragit dispersions with an increasing plasticizer concentration was observed up to the DBS concentration of 10% w/w. Above this concentration neither the WP of the polymer dispersion nor the free volume of the free films of the polymer were changed remarkably.
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- Romána Zelkó
- Institute of Pharmacy Administration, University of Pharmacy, Semmelweis University, Hogyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary.
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Rácz I. Immunological aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection. Acta Physiol Hung 2002; 87:329-37. [PMID: 11732887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Host defence against Helicobacter pylori infection is a complex system of both specific and non-specific reactions. Among the non-specific defense mechanisms acting on bacteria before they reach the mucus layer in the stomach are digestive enzymes, lyzozyme, lactoferrin and other components with antimicrobal activity. The mucus layer is the final non-specific barrier against the bacteria reaching the gastric mucosa cells. On reaching the gastric mucosa Helicobacter pylori adheres to epithelial cells and bacterial antigens, chemotaxins and other components are liberated. Helicobacter pylori antigens are presented to immunate B lymphocytes, which interact with T-helper lymphocytes to become mature IgA-, IgD-, IgE-, IgG and Ig-M producing plasma cells. IgA dimers of secretory IgA are secreted through the gastric epithelium. IgE antibodies bind to basophils, which mature to histamine-producing mast cells. Histamine activates the acid production in the stomach and contributes to the chronic inflammation and tissue destruction. In addition, T lymphocytes are possible activated by Helicobacter pylori and contribute to the chronic inflammation.
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- I Rácz
- 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, Gyõr, Hungary
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Budavári Z, Zeikó R, Marton S, Rácz I. Study of the theophylline content of single coated particles by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2001; 27:991-5. [PMID: 11763478 DOI: 10.1081/ddc-100107681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to determine by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) the content uniformity of single theophylline microcapsules of different particle size ranges. Microencapsulation was carried out in a laboratory fluidized bed system using Eudragit L30D aqueous dispersion. Scanning electron microscopy was applied for the characterization of the surface morphology of the prepared theophylline microcapsules of two different particle size ranges. The theophylline content of single particles was determined by GC/MS analysis. It was found that the particle size of microcapsules greatly influenced their theophylline content. The GC/MS analysis was successully applied to indicate the changes in the content uniformity and thus the interparticular costing distribution of single theophylline microcapsules in the presence of several excipients.
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- Z Budavári
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Marton S, Hatem A, Csóka G, Rácz I. [Preformulation study of atenolol-containing solutions.. I. The pH dependence of thermostability]. Acta Pharm Hung 2001; 71:192-5. [PMID: 11862668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The stability of atenolol solutions was evaluated under accelerated isothermal degradation conditions at 90 degrees C. A specific and sensitive HPLC method was adapted to study the pH dependence of the stability. The maximum stability of atenolol was achieved at pH 4 with a k value of 1.1 x 10(-3) h-1. The degradation of atenolol followed first-order kinetics at above mentioned conditions.
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- S Marton
- Semmelweis Egyetem Budapest, Gyógyszerészeti Intézet 1092 Budapest, Hógyes E. u. 7
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Budavári Z, Zelkó R, Antal I, Marton S, Rácz I. Comparison of the stability of different tablet formulations containing folic acid, vitamin B6 and B12. Pharmazie 2001; 56:668. [PMID: 11534351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- Z Budavári
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University, Budapest
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Wellner I, Banga P, Haulik L, Rácz I, Kecskés G. [Surgical resection of tumors in the distal duodenum]. Magy Seb 2001; 54:215-8. [PMID: 11550487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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We present six cases of successfully resected primary tumors of the distal part of duodenum (third and fourth segment). Average age of the four male and two female patients was 59 years (47-80). Distal segmental resection were performed in four, pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy in two cases. Histologically the tumors were five adenocarcinomas, and one gastrointestinal stromal tumor. This tumor causing massive bleeding. In two patients, local lymph nodes were tumor positive, and in one patient synchronous metastasis of the greater omentum was excised during a palliative resection. There was no operative mortality. During a mean follow-up period of 17 months two patients died. Our results support the fact, that radical surgical resection of these tumors, even by segmental resection, provides a more favorable prognosis for duodenal carcinoma than for pancreatic tumors.
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- I Wellner
- Sebészeti Osztály, Petz Aladár Megyei Oktató Kórház, Gyón
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The paper gives an overview of literature on paraquat resistance of weeds and the proposed mechanism of resistance. New results we achieved on horseweed (Conyza canadensis /L./, Cronq.) are discussed in detail. It was demonstrated that there is no significant constitutive difference related to the paraquat resistance between untreated susceptible and paraquat-resistant horseweed plants. The lower sensitivity of flowering resistant plants may be due to the fact that paraquat content in treated leaves of flowering resistant plants was only 25% as compared to those measured at rosette stage. Our results confirm that paraquat resistance is not based on elevated level and activity of antioxidant enzyme system. The hypothesized role of polyamines in the resistance mechanisms can be excluded. The higher putrescine and total polyamine content of paraquat treated resistant leaves can rather be regarded as a general stress response, than as a symptom of paraquat resistance. A paraquat-inducible protein is supposed to play a role in the resistance, which presumably functions by binding paraquat to an inactivating site and/or by carrying paraquat to metabolically inactive cell compartment (vacuole, cell wall). From model experiments it is concluded that paraquat and diquat preferentially form hydrophylic interactions with proteins containing a higher amount of lysine and glutamic acid. Consequently, the reason for paraquat resistance in horseweed is probably a hydrophylic interaction of paraquat with a protein, leading to inactivation of paraquat through forming a conjugate and/or sequestration into the vacuole or the cell wall.
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- Z Szigeti
- Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Plant Physiology, Budapest, Hungary.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of three chlorhexidine species, chlorhexidine base and its salts (diacetate and digluconate), on the physico-chemical features of liquid crystalline systems and on drug transport through lipophilic membranes. Nonionic surfactant, Synperonic A7 (PEG(7)-C(13--15)) was selected for the preparation of the liquid crystalline systems. Mixtures of different ratios of Synperonic A7 and water were prepared. The liquid crystalline systems were characterized using polarizing microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering and transmission electron microscopy. Membrane transport was also examined. The addition of chlorhexidine species to the liquid crystalline system modified the structure of the liquid crystalline system. As a result of liquid crystal--drug interaction, the solubility of chlorhexidine base and its diffusion through lipophilic membranes increased in comparison with those of the chlorhexidine salts.
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- E Farkas
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University, 7 Hõgyes Endre Street, 1092 Budapest, Hungary
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Rácz I, Szabó A, Csöndes M, Pécsi G, Goda M. Eradication of Helicobacter pylori has no effect on gastric acidity in duodenal ulcer patients--evaluation of 24-h pH monitoring. J Physiol Paris 2001; 95:469-75. [PMID: 11595477 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-4257(01)00065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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It is accepted that eradication of Helicobacter pylori leads to healing of chronic active gastritis facilitates ulcer healing and prevents ulcer recurrence in duodenal ulcer (DU) patients. However, it is not entirely known whether the eradication of the bacteria normalizes gastric acid secretion and abolishes dyspeptic symptoms after ulcer healing. This study was aimed to evaluate the intragastric acidity and dyspeptic complaints before, and 3 months after, eradication in 18 endoscopically proven H. pylori positive DU patients. Gastric pH was measured by 24-h continuous intraluminal recording, serum gastrin measurements and Congo-red tests were also performed. Dyspeptic complaints and antacid consumptions were recorded in diary cards, antisecretory therapy was not allowed after the cessation of eradication therapy. Endoscopy, H. pylori status and Congo-red tests were controlled at the 6th and 12th week, while pH measurements and serum gastrin tests were performed at inclusion and 3 months later. Three patients dropped out and in 14 out of the remaining subjects healing of DUs and successful eradication was achieved by the 6th and 12th week controls. The 24-h median pH and the percentage of 24-h pH readings under pH 3 were not changing significantly by the 3-month controls (from 1.9+/-0.5 to 1.8+/-0.4 and from 52.6+/-5.5% to 58.6+/-5%, respectively). Similarly, no significant changes were observed in serum gastrin levels and dyspeptic symptom scores (from 72+/-7 pg/ml to 56.7+/-8 pg/ml and from 2.69+/-0.4 to 1.26+/-0.3, respectively). The antacid consumption was almost stable when compared with the pre- and post-eradication periods. It was concluded that despite successful H. pylori eradication and healing of DU, intragastric acidity does not change significantly at least 3 months after the therapy. The persisting dyspeptic symptoms and the need for antacid consumption suggest that some healed ulcer patients require antisecretory therapy in the post-eradication period.
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- I Rácz
- First Department of Medicine and Pathology, Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, 9024 Gyor, Vasvári Pál 2, Hungary.
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Kovács GM, Rudnóy S, Vágvölgyi C, Lásztity D, Rácz I, Bratek Z. Intraspecific invariability of the internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA of the truffle Terfezia terfezioides in Europe. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2001; 46:423-6. [PMID: 11899476 DOI: 10.1007/bf02814433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ITS regions (internal transcribed spacers--ITS1 and ITS2--with the 5.8S gene of the nuclear rDNA) of 25 fruit body samples of Terfezia terfezioides, originating from Hungary and Italy, were compared. The amplification and sequencing of the ITS region was successful with both the ITS1-ITS4 and ITS1F-ITS4 primer pairs. No differences of the restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles were detected among 19 samples collected in one place at the same time. The sequences of the ITS region of 9 samples collected in different localities were highly invariable, differing in only two bases. Thus the intraspecific homogeneity of the ITS region seems to be an important species-specific characteristic of T. terfezioides in contrast to other Terfezia species. As the samples of the species were collected from different and distant localities of Europe, the ITS sequence of T. terfezioides can be considered a very conservative, reliable molecular marker of the fungus.
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- G M Kovács
- Department of Botany, University of Szeged, 6701 Szeged, Hungary.
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Dredán J, Fekete R, Zelkó R, Rácz I, Marton S. Effect of the wettability characteristics of polyethylene glycol derivatives on the drug release of wax matrices. Pharmazie 2000; 55:925-7. [PMID: 11189869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The purpose of the present work was to study the relationship between the physicochemical characteristics of different polyethylene glycol aqueous solutions and the kinetics of potassium chloride release from wax matrix samples containing polyethylene glycol derivatives. Potassium chloride was embedded into thermosoftening matrix material to produce a sustained-release dosage form. Potassium chloride release was measured by the rotating paddle method of USP 23 and the dissolution process was characterized by a modified Nernst equation. Physicochemical characteristics--surface tension, dynamic contact angle, viscosity--of the polyethylene glycol aqueous solutions were also determined. The results indicate that the adhesion tension of surfactant containing aqueous solutions has a decisive impact on the prediction of the potassium chloride release rate from wax matrices.
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- J Dredán
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University of Medicine Budapest, Hungary
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Balogh E, Csóka G, Dávid A, Rácz I. Temperature dependence of the molality of some pharmaceutical solutions. Pharmazie 2000; 55:953. [PMID: 11189876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- E Balogh
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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Riedl Z, Szklenárik G, Zelkó R, Marton S, Rácz I. The effect of temperature and polymer concentration on dynamic surface tension and wetting ability of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose solutions. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2000; 26:1321-3. [PMID: 11147135 DOI: 10.1081/ddc-100102316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate quantitatively the changes of dynamic surface tension and contact angle of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) aqueous solutions as a function of temperature and polymer concentration of the examined solutions. HPMC aqueous solutions of different concentrations (1%, 2%, 3%, 4% w/w) were prepared without plasticizer and with 1% w/w Lutrol F127. Dynamic surface tension of the prepared solutions was determined by the Du Nouy ring method of the KSV Sigma 70 computer-controlled and programmable tensiometer. The dynamic contact angle of Avicel PH-101 tablets was measured against HPMC solutions of various concentrations by the plate method of the KSV Sigma 70 tensiometer. The obtained results indicate that dynamic surface tension measurement can be applied for the accurate determination of the thermal gelation temperature of the prepared HPMC solutions. With increasing concentration of HPMC, dynamic contact angle values of solutions also increased, thus decreasing the spreading behavior on the surface of Avicel tablets.
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- Z Riedl
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University, H-1092 Budapest, Hogyes E. Street 7, Hungary
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Nagy SA, Oláh A, Rácz I, Gartner B. [Cardiac tamponade caused by intrathoracic pancreatic pseudocyst]. Magy Seb 2000; 53:216-9. [PMID: 11299539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Authors report on a clinical case of a 41 year old chronic alcoholic male patient who was hospitalized due to dominantly chest complaints and mild abdominal discomfort. Bilateral pleural and pericardial effusions were detected by performed examinations. A large multilocular pancreatic pseudocyst expanded into the thoracic cavity was verified in the background of his symptoms. To resolve cardiac tamponade developed repeatedly successful operation was performed and the patient healed. Authors give a brief summary for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tamponade with pancreatic origin.
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- S A Nagy
- Petz Aladár Megyei Kórház Sebészeti Osztály
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Zelkó R, Süvegh K, Marton S, Rácz I. Effects of storage conditions on the free volume of polyvinylpyrrolidone: comparison of positron lifetime data with the tensile strength of tablets. Pharm Res 2000; 17:1030-2. [PMID: 11028953 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007599826269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- R Zelkó
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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The aim of this study was to examine different liquid crystalline preparations containing chlorhexidine diacetate and to find connection between their structure and the kinetic of drug release. Nonionic surfactant, Synperonic A7 (PEG(7)-C(13-15)) was selected for the preparation of the examined liquid crystalline systems. Mixtures of different ratios of Synperonic A7 and water were produced. By increasing the water content of the systems, lamellar and hexagonal liquid crystal structures were observed. For the analysis of the prepared liquid crystalline systems polarising microscopy, rheology study, differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic swelling tests were carried out. The chlorhexidine diacetate release was examined by Franz-type vertical diffusion cell apparatus. The chlorhexidine diacetate release from hexagonal liquid crystalline preparations was characterised by zero-order release kinetics, while the drug release from lamellar liquid crystalline systems was described by anomalous (non-Fickian) transport. The results indicate that the drug release kinetic is strongly dependent on the liquid crystalline structure.
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- E Farkas
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis University of Medicine, 7 Hogyes E. Street, H-1092, Budapest, Hungary
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Dredán J, Antal I, Zelkó R, Rácz I. [Modification of drug release with application of pharmaceutical technological methods]. Acta Pharm Hung 1999; 69:176-80. [PMID: 10544516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Pharmaceutical technological methods, which enable the development of controlled release, prolonged action solid oral dosage forms, are of great importance. The purpose of our study was to apply these methods and evaluate the prepared samples. The first type of the samples were individually coated separated particles, prepared by mixing with lubricant to built up a lubricant film layer on the surface of the drug crystals. The next group of the samples were separately coated particles--wall material was wax--prepared using the following two technologies: fluidisation atomisation process and hot-melt coating. The third group of the samples was the matrix type, where the core material was mixed into the molten mass of the thermosoftening natural coating material or into some synthetic polymer film material. In some cases several surface active agents were added to the molten mixture to achieve a modification in the drug release process and the examined parameters of the samples. For the comparative evaluation of the prepared dosage forms drug release determination and kinetical analysis of the process were maintainly used. The surface morphology was examined on the base of scanning electronmicroscopic and optical microscopic studies. Among the physical and physico-chemical studies particle size analysis was carried out and dynamic contact angles of the solid samples as well as the surface tension decreasing effect was measured to determine the modifying properties of surface active excipients. To sum up, our results demonstrate that the economical and environmentally acceptable melt coating technology was justified as applicable advantageously in a large number of cases for the development of controlled release devices of highly watersoluble drug, even the medical substance is an organic compound having adjustable thermostability.
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- J Dredán
- Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem Gyógyszerészeti Intézet, Budapest
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Rácz I, Lonovics J, Tulassay Z. Organization and financial aspects of gastrointestinal endoscopy in Hungary. Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 31:433-4. [PMID: 10575557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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- I Rácz
- 1st Department of Medicine, Petz Aladár Teaching Hospital, Györ, Hungary.
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Csóka G, Balogh E, Marton S, Farkas E, Rácz I. Examination of the polymorphism of piroxicam in connection with the preparation of a new "soft-patch" type pharmaceutical dosage form. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 1999; 25:813-6. [PMID: 10349569 DOI: 10.1081/ddc-100102243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The influence of different solvents (propylene glycol, glycerol, ethanol), as well as different technological procedures (melting, rapid and slow cooling), on the formation of polymorphous piroxicam modifications was examined in the course of the elaboration of a "soft-patch" type of semisolid pharmaceutical dosage form. The thermodynamical behavior, some physicochemical properties (such as melting point, dissolution rate), and infrared (IR) spectrum of the formed (needle and cubic) crystal modifications were studied, and the possibilities of their formation and their avoidance were examined.
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- G Csóka
- Semmelweis University of Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Institute, Budapest, Hungary
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Csóka G, Dredán J, Marton S, Antal I, Rácz I. Evaluation of different mathematical methods describing drug liberation from new, "soft-patch" type matrix systems. Pharm Dev Technol 1999; 4:291-4. [PMID: 10231891 DOI: 10.1081/pdt-100101364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- G Csóka
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary
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Talley NJ, Janssens J, Lauritsen K, Rácz I, Bolling-Sternevald E. Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in functional dyspepsia: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial with 12 months' follow up. The Optimal Regimen Cures Helicobacter Induced Dyspepsia (ORCHID) Study Group. BMJ 1999; 318:833-7. [PMID: 10092259 PMCID: PMC27795 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7187.833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether eradication of Helicobacter pylori relieves the symptoms of functional dyspepsia. DESIGN Multicentre randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. SUBJECTS 278 patients infected with H pylori who had functional dyspepsia. SETTING Predominantly secondary care centres in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. INTERVENTION Patients randomised to receive omeprazole 20 mg twice daily, amoxicillin 1000 mg twice daily, and clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily or placebo for 7 days. Patients were followed up for 12 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Symptom status (assessed by diary cards) and presence of H pylori (assessed by gastric biopsies and 13C-urea breath testing using urea labelled with carbon-13). RESULTS H pylori was eradicated in 113 patients (85%) in the treatment group and 6 patients (4%) in the placebo group. At 12 months follow up there was no significant difference between the proportion of patients treated successfully by intention to treat in the eradication arm (24%, 95% confidence interval 17% to 32%) and the proportion of patients treated successfully by intention to treat in the placebo group (22%, 15% to 30%). Changes in symptom scores and quality of life did not significantly differ between the treatment and placebo groups. When the groups were combined, there was a significant association between treatment success and chronic gastritis score at 12 months; 41/127 (32%) patients with no or mild gastritis were successfully treated compared with 21/123 (17%) patients with persistent gastritis (P=0. 008). CONCLUSION No convincing evidence was found that eradication of H pylori relieves the symptoms of functional dyspepsia 12 months after treatment.
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- N J Talley
- Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia.
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Pelletization is increasingly applied currently for the preparation of solid oral controlled-release dosage forms. The production of the particles, which are regular in shape and size, can be achieved with the application of the proper polymer auxiliary materials and new pharmaceutical technological methods (extrusion, spheronization). Regularity in shape and size, attained by the optimization of several production parameters, can promote the coating procedure. Under optimal conditions, particles were prepared for coating in a high-shear mixer, which is used to produce uniform particles. The effect of the rotating speed of the applied chopper and the amount of microcrystalline cellulose in the composition on the physical characteristics of the pellets was modeled by a second-order polynomial equation fitted to the data gathered by a face-centered central composite statistical design.
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- R Fekete
- Pharmaceutical Institute of the Semmelweis, University of Medicine, Budapest
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