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Muñoz R, Rivas BDL, Rodríguez H, Esteban-Torres M, Reverón I, Santamaría L, Landete JM, Plaza-Vinuesa L, Sánchez-Arroyo A, Jiménez N, Curiel JA. Food phenolics and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Int J Food Microbiol 2024; 412:110555. [PMID: 38199014 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
Phenolic compounds are important constituents of plant food products. These compounds play a key role in food characteristics such as flavor, astringency and color. Lactic acid bacteria are naturally found in raw vegetables, being Lactiplantibacillus plantarum the most commonly used commercial starter for the fermentation of plant foods. Hence, the metabolism of phenolic compounds of L. plantarum has been a subject of study in recent decades. Such studies confirm that L. plantarum, in addition to presenting catalytic capacity to transform aromatic alcohols and phenolic glycosides, exhibits two main differentiated metabolic routes that allow the biotransformation of dietary hydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acid-derived compounds. These metabolic pathways lead to the production of new compounds with new biological and organoleptic properties. The described metabolic pathways involve the action of specialized esterases, decarboxylases and reductases that have been identified through genetic analysis and biochemically characterized. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the current knowledge of the metabolism of food phenolics in L. plantarum.
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- Rosario Muñoz
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN), CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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Landete JM, Plaza-Vinuesa L, Montenegro C, Santamaría L, Reverón I, de Las Rivas B, Muñoz R. The use of Lactobacillus plantarum esterase genes: a biotechnological strategy to increase the bioavailability of dietary phenolic compounds in lactic acid bacteria. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2021; 72:1035-1045. [PMID: 33730985 DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2021.1900078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
In Lactobacillus plantarum the metabolism of hydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives follows a similar two-step pathway, an esterase action followed by a decarboxylation. The L. plantarum esterase genes involved in these reactions have been cloned into pNZ8048 or pT1NX plasmids and transformed into technologically relevant lactic acid bacteria. None of the strains assayed can hydrolyse methyl gallate, a hydroxybenzoic ester. The presence of the L. plantarum tannase encoding genes (tanALp or tanBLp) on these bacteria conferred their detectable esterase (tannase) activity. Similarly, on hydroxycinnamic compounds, esterase activity for the hydrolysis of ferulic acid was acquired by lactic acid bacteria when L. plantarum esterase (JDM1_1092) was present. This study showed that the heterologous expression of L. plantarum esterase genes involved in the metabolism of phenolic acids allowed the production of healthy compounds which increase the bioavailability of these dietary compounds in food relevant lactic acid bacteria.
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- José María Landete
- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Santamaría L, Vicente MA, Korili SA, Gil A. Effect of the preparation method and metal content on the synthesis of metal modified titanium oxide used for the removal of salicylic acid under UV light. Environ Technol 2020; 41:2073-2084. [PMID: 30501486 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1555285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Titanium dioxide modified with Ag and Fe was synthesized using two preparation methods, characterized and applied to the photocatalytic degradation of salicylic acid in aqueous solution. The modified TiO2 samples were prepared by the sol-gel and wet impregnation methods starting from titanium(IV) isopropoxide and using AgNO3 and Fe(NO3)3·9H2O as precursors of the modifiers, with their content varying between 0 and 5 wt.%. Catalysts characterization was based on powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), nitrogen physisorption at 77 K, temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR), chemisorption of NH3 at 343 K and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The photocatalytic degradation of salicylic acid by modified TiO2 was investigated under ultraviolet irradiation at 298 K considering various concentrations of the catalyst, between 100 and 1000 mgcatalyst/dm3, and of the organic molecule, between 0 and 15 mg/dm3. The catalysts most active in the degradation of salicylic acid were those having the highest Fe content.
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- L Santamaría
- INAMAT-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- GIR-QUESCAT, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- INAMAT-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- INAMAT-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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Reverón I, Plaza-Vinuesa L, Santamaría L, Oliveros JC, de las Rivas B, Muñoz R, López de Felipe F. Transcriptomic Evidence of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Response of Lactobacillus Plantarum WCFS1 to Hydroxytyrosol. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:antiox9050442. [PMID: 32443873 PMCID: PMC7278804 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9050442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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This study was aimed to gain new insights into the molecular mechanisms used by Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 to respond to hydroxytyrosol (HXT), one of the main and health-relevant plant phenolics present in olive oil. To this goal, whole genome transcriptomic profiling was used to better understand the contribution of differential gene expression in the adaptation to HXT by this microorganism. The transcriptomic profile reveals an HXT-triggered antioxidant response involving genes from the ROS (reactive oxygen species) resistome of L. plantarum, genes coding for H2S-producing enzymes and genes involved in the response to thiol-specific oxidative stress. The expression of a set of genes involved in cell wall biogenesis was also upregulated, indicating that this subcellular compartment was a target of HXT. The expression of several MFS (major facilitator superfamily) efflux systems and ABC-transporters was differentially affected by HXT, probably to control its transport across the membrane. L. plantarum transcriptionally reprogrammed nitrogen metabolism and involved the stringent response (SR) to adapt to HXT, as indicated by the reduced expression of genes involved in cell proliferation or related to the metabolism of (p)ppGpp, the molecule that triggers the SR. Our data have identified, at genome scale, the antimicrobial mechanisms of HXT action as well as molecular mechanisms that potentially enable L. plantarum to cope with the effects of this phenolic compound.
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- Inés Reverón
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (I.R.); (L.P.-V.); (L.S.); (B.d.l.R.); (R.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Fax: +34-91-549-36-27
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Santamaría L, Reverón I, Plaza-Vinuesa L, Oliveros JC, de Las Rivas B, Muñoz R, López de Felipe F. Oleuropein Transcriptionally Primes Lactobacillus plantarum to Interact With Plant Hosts. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2177. [PMID: 31620115 PMCID: PMC6759512 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Oleuropein (OLE) is a secoiridoid unique to Oleaceae known to play a role in the plant–herbivore interaction. However, it is not clear how this molecule is induced to mediate plant responses to microbes and how microbes, in turn, withstand with OLE. To better understand how OLE affects the plant–microbe interaction, the contribution of differential gene expression in the adaptation to OLE was characterized by whole genome transcriptional profiling in Lactobacillus plantarum, a bacterium associated to the olive. OLE downregulated functions associated to rapid growth, remodeled membrane phospholipid biosynthesis pathways and markedly repressed the expression of several ABC transporters from L. plantarum. Genes encoding the plantaricin and lamABDCA quorum-sensing (QS) systems were down-regulated indicating the potential of OLE as a QS-antagonist. Notably, OLE diminished the expression of a set of genes encoding inmunomodulatory components and reoriented metabolic pathways to increase protein acetylation, probably to attenuate plant immunity. Responses were also triggered to repress the transport of acetoin and to buffer reactive oxygen species accumulation, two signals involved in plant development. The results suggest that OLE could act as a signaling molecule in the plant–microbe interaction and facilitate the accommodation of beneficial microbes such as L. plantarum by the plant host, via controlled expression of bacterial molecular players involved in this reciprocal interplay.
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- Laura Santamaría
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Del Canto I, Santamaría L, Genovés P, Such-Miquel L, Arias-Mutis O, Zarzoso M, Soler C, Parra G, Tormos Á, Alberola A, Such L, Chorro FJ. Effects of the Inhibition of Late Sodium Current by GS967 on Stretch-Induced Changes in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2019; 32:413-425. [PMID: 30173392 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-018-6822-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE Mechanical stretch increases sodium and calcium entry into myocytes and activates the late sodium current. GS967, a triazolopyridine derivative, is a sodium channel blocker with preferential effects on the late sodium current. The present study evaluates whether GS967 inhibits or modulates the arrhythmogenic electrophysiological effects of myocardial stretch. METHODS Atrial and ventricular refractoriness and ventricular fibrillation modifications induced by acute stretch were studied in Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts (n = 28) using epicardial multiple electrodes and high-resolution mapping techniques under control conditions and during the perfusion of GS967 at different concentrations (0.03, 0.1, and 0.3 μM). RESULTS On comparing ventricular refractoriness, conduction velocity and wavelength obtained before stretch had no significant changes under each GS967 concentration while atrial refractoriness increased under GS967 0.3 μM. Under GS967, the stretch-induced changes were attenuated, and no significant differences were observed between before and during stretch. GS967 0.3 μM diminished the normal stretch-induced changes resulting in longer (less shortened) atrial refractoriness (138 ± 26 ms vs 95 ± 9 ms; p < 0.01), ventricular refractoriness (155 ± 18 ms vs 124 ± 16 ms; p < 0.01) and increments in spectral concentration (23 ± 5% vs 17 ± 2%; p < 0.01), the fifth percentile of ventricular activation intervals (46 ± 8 ms vs 31 ± 3 ms; p < 0.05), and wavelength of ventricular fibrillation (2.5 ±0.5 cm vs 1.7 ± 0.3 cm; p < 0.05) during stretch. The stretch-induced increments in dominant frequency during ventricular fibrillation (control = 38%, 0.03 μM = 33%, 0.1 μM = 33%, 0.3 μM = 14%; p < 0.01) and the stretch-induced increments in arrhythmia complexity index (control = 62%, 0.03μM = 41%, 0.1 μM = 32%, 0.3 μM = 16%; p < 0.05) progressively decreased on increasing the GS967 concentration. CONCLUSIONS GS967 attenuates stretch-induced changes in cardiac electrophysiology.
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- Irene Del Canto
- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Electronics, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Physiotherapy, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Electronics, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Physiology, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Physiology, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER CV. Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain. .,Service of Cardiology, Valencia University Clinic Hospital, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain. .,Department of Medicine, Valencia University - Estudi General, Valencia, Spain. .,Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
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Oller L, Dyer WB, Santamaría L, Largo C, Javidroozi M, Shander A. The effect of a novel intravenous fluid (Oxsealife®) on recovery from haemorrhagic shock in pigs. Anaesthesia 2019; 74:765-777. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.14627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Australian Red Cross Blood Service and Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney Sydney NSW Australia
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Neuroscience School of Medicine Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Spain
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- Department of Experimental Surgery IdiPAZ Hospital La Paz Madrid Spain
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- TeamHealth Research Institute TeamHealth Englewood NJ USA
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- Departments of Anesthesiology Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood NJ USA
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Esteban-Torres M, Santamaría L, Cabrera-Rubio R, Plaza-Vinuesa L, Crispie F, de Las Rivas B, Cotter P, Muñoz R. A Diverse Range of Human Gut Bacteria Have the Potential To Metabolize the Dietary Component Gallic Acid. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e01558-18. [PMID: 30054365 PMCID: PMC6146992 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01558-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The human gut microbiota contains a broad variety of bacteria that possess functional genes, with resultant metabolites that affect human physiology and therefore health. Dietary gallates are phenolic components that are present in many foods and beverages and are regarded as having health-promoting attributes. However, the potential for metabolism of these phenolic compounds by the human microbiota remains largely unknown. The emergence of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies allows this issue to be addressed. In this study, HTS was used to assess the incidence of gallate-decarboxylating bacteria within the gut microbiota of healthy individuals for whom bacterial diversity was previously determined to be high. This process was facilitated by the design and application of degenerate PCR primers to amplify a region encoding the catalytic C subunit of gallate decarboxylase (LpdC) from total metagenomic DNA extracted from human fecal samples. HTS resulted in the generation of a total of 3,261,967 sequence reads and revealed that the primary gallate-decarboxylating microbial phyla in the intestinal microbiota were Firmicutes (74.6%), Proteobacteria (17.6%), and Actinobacteria (7.8%). These reads corresponded to 53 genera, i.e., 47% of the bacterial genera detected previously in these samples. Among these genera, Anaerostipes and Klebsiella accounted for the majority of reads (40%). The usefulness of the HTS-lpdC method was demonstrated by the production of pyrogallol from gallic acid, as expected for functional gallate decarboxylases, among representative strains belonging to species identified in the human gut microbiota by this method.IMPORTANCE Despite the increasing wealth of sequencing data, the health contributions of many bacteria found in the human gut microbiota have yet to be elucidated. This study applies a novel experimental approach to predict the ability of gut microbes to carry out a specific metabolic activity, i.e., gallate metabolism. The study showed that, while gallate-decarboxylating bacteria represented 47% of the bacterial genera detected previously in the same human fecal samples, no gallate decarboxylase homologs were identified from representatives of Bacteroidetes The presence of functional gallate decarboxylases was demonstrated in representative Proteobacteria and Firmicutes strains from the human microbiota, an observation that could be of considerable relevance to the in vivo production of pyrogallol, a physiologically important bioactive compound.
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- María Esteban-Torres
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Santamaría L, Reverón I, de Felipe FL, de Las Rivas B, Muñoz R. Ethylphenol Formation by Lactobacillus plantarum: Identification of the Enzyme Involved in the Reduction of Vinylphenols. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e01064-18. [PMID: 29934329 PMCID: PMC6102998 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01064-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Ethylphenols are strong odorants produced by microbial activity that are described as off flavors in several foods. Lactobacillus plantarum is a lactic acid bacterial species able to produce ethylphenols by the reduction of vinylphenols during the metabolism of hydroxycinnamic acids. However, the reductase involved has not been yet uncovered. In this study, the involvement in vinylphenol reduction of a gene encoding a putative reductase (lp_3125) was confirmed by the absence of reduction activity in the Δlp_3125 knockout mutant. The protein encoded by lp_3125, VprA, was recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli VprA was assayed against vinylphenols (4-vinylphenol, 4-vinylcatechol, and 4-vinylguaiacol), and all were reduced to their corresponding ethylphenols (4-ethylphenol, 4-ethylcatechol, and 4-ethylguaiacol). PCR and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) detection methods revealed that the VprA reductase is not widely distributed among the lactic acid bacteria studied and that only the bacteria possessing the vprA gene were able to produce ethylphenol from vinylphenol. However, all the species belonging to the L. plantarum group were ethylphenol producers. The identification of the L. plantarum VprA protein involved in hydroxycinnamate degradation completes the route of degradation of these compounds in lactic acid bacteria.IMPORTANCE The presence of volatile phenols is considered a major organoleptic defect of several fermented alcoholic beverages. The biosynthesis of these compounds has been mainly associated with Brettanomyces/Dekkera yeasts. However, the potential importance of lactic acid bacteria in volatile phenol spoilage is emphasized by reports describing a faster ethylphenol production by these bacteria than by yeasts. The genetic identification of the bacterial vinylphenol reductase involved in volatile phenol production provides new insights into the role of lactic acid bacteria in the production of these off flavors. The development of a molecular method for the detection of ethylphenol-producing bacteria could be helpful to design strategies to reduce the bacterial production of vinylphenols in fermented foods.
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- Laura Santamaría
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Santamaría L, Reverón I, López de Felipe F, de Las Rivas B, Muñoz R. Unravelling the Reduction Pathway as an Alternative Metabolic Route to Hydroxycinnamate Decarboxylation in Lactobacillus plantarum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e01123-18. [PMID: 29776925 PMCID: PMC6052270 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01123-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lactobacillus plantarum is the lactic acid bacterial species most frequently found in plant-food fermentations where hydroxycinnamic acids are abundant. L. plantarum efficiently decarboxylates these compounds and also reduces them, yielding substituted phenylpropionic acids. Although the reduction step is known to be induced by a hydroxycinnamic acid, the enzymatic machinery responsible for this reduction pathway has not been yet identified and characterized. A previous study on the transcriptomic response of L. plantarum to p-coumaric acid revealed a marked induction of two contiguous genes, lp_1424 and lp_1425, encoding putative reductases. In this work, the disruption of these genes abolished the hydroxycinnamate reductase activity of L. plantarum, supporting their involvement in such chemical activity. Functional in vitro studies revealed that Lp_1425 (HcrB) exhibits hydroxycinnamate reductase activity but was unstable in solution. In contrast, Lp_1424 (HcrA) was inactive but showed high stability. When the hcrAB genes were co-overexpressed, the formation of an active heterodimer (HcrAB) was observed. Since L. plantarum reductase activity was only observed on hydroxycinnamic acids (o-coumaric, m-coumaric, p-coumaric, caffeic, ferulic, and sinapic acids), the presence of a hydroxyl group substituent on the benzene ring appears to be required for activity. In addition, hydroxycinnamate reductase activity was not widely present among lactic acid bacteria, and it was associated with the presence of hcrAB genes. This study revealed that L. plantarum hydroxycinnamate reductase is a heterodimeric NADH-dependent coumarate reductase acting on a carbon-carbon double bond.IMPORTANCELactobacillus plantarum is a bacterial species frequently found in the fermentation of vegetables where hydroxycinnamic acids are present. The bacterial metabolism on these compounds during fermentation plays a fundamental role in the biological activity of hydroxycinnamates. L. plantarum strains exhibit an as yet unknown reducing activity, transforming hydroxycinnamates to substituted phenylpropionic acids, which possess higher antioxidant activity than their precursors. The protein machinery involved in hydroxycinnamate reduction, HcrAB, was genetically identified and characterized. The heterodimeric NADH-dependent coumarate reductase HcrAB described in this work provides new insights on the L. plantarum metabolic response to counteract the stressful conditions generated by food phenolics.
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- Laura Santamaría
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Esteban-Torres M, Reverón I, Santamaría L, Mancheño JM, de Las Rivas B, Muñoz R. The Lp_3561 and Lp_3562 Enzymes Support a Functional Divergence Process in the Lipase/Esterase Toolkit from Lactobacillus plantarum. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1118. [PMID: 27486450 PMCID: PMC4949240 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Lactobacillus plantarum species is a good source of esterases since both lipolytic and esterase activities have been described for strains of this species. No fundamental biochemical difference exists among esterases and lipases since both share a common catalytic mechanism. L. plantarum WCFS1 possesses a protein, Lp_3561, which is 44% identical to a previously described lipase, Lp_3562. In contrast to Lp_3562, Lp_3561 was unable to degrade esters possessing a chain length higher than C4 and the triglyceride tributyrin. As in other L. plantarum esterases, the electrostatic potential surface around the active site in Lp_3561 is predicted to be basic, whereas it is essentially neutral in the Lp_3562 lipase. The fact that the genes encoding both proteins were located contiguously in the L. plantarum WCFS1 genome, suggests that they originated by tandem duplication, and therefore are paralogs as new functions have arisen during evolution. The presence of the contiguous lp_3561 and lp_3562 genes was studied among L. plantarum strains. They are located in a 8,903 bp DNA fragment that encodes proteins involved in the catabolism of sialic acid and are predicted to increase bacterial adaptability under certain growth conditions.
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- María Esteban-Torres
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cristalografía y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Química-Física "Rocasolano," IQFR-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Bacteriana, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, ICTAN-CSIC Madrid, Spain
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GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. Phys Rev D 2016; 93:122003. [PMID: 32818163 PMCID: PMC7430253 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.122003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) simultaneously observed the binary black hole merger GW150914. We report the results of a matched-filter search using relativistic models of compact-object binaries that recovered GW150914 as the most significant event during the coincident observations between the two LIGO detectors from September 12 to October 20, 2015. GW150914 was observed with a matched filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and a false alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1 σ.
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- B P Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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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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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
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- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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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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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Barta
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Bartlett
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - 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
| | - M Bazzan
- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | | | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C J Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B K Berger
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J Bergman
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C P L Berry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - D Bersanetti
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - S Bhagwat
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | | | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - R Birney
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Bisht
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Bitossi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Biwer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D G Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - R M Blair
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - S Bloemen
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - G Bogaert
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Bohe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - K Bohémier
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - P Bojtos
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - 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
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - B A Boom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - R Bork
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V Boschi
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - Y Bouffanais
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - A Bozzi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - 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
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Brillet
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - P Brockill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - N M Brown
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - C C Buchanan
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - A Buikema
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 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, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - R L Byer
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - M Cabero
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Cadonati
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5306, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - C Cahillane
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J Calderón Bustillo
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - T Callister
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Calloni
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E Capocasa
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Caride
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - J Casanueva Diaz
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - C Casentini
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C B Cepeda
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - L Cerboni Baiardi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - G Cerretani
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E Cesarini
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - M Chan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - 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, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - H Y Chen
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Cheng
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - M Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - J H Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Chua
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - J A Clark
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - J H Clayton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - E Coccia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - T Cokelaer
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Colla
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - L Conti
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - S Cortese
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - S B Coughlin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - J-P Coulon
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | | | - P Couvares
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E E Cowan
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M J Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - T D Creighton
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - J Cripe
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 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
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N S Darman
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - I Dave
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | - H P Daveloza
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 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
| | - S De
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - D DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 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
| | - M De Laurentis
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R T DeRosa
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - 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 C Díaz
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - A Dietz
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Di Giovanni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Di Pace
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - G Dojcinoski
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - V Dolique
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - M Ducrot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S E Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T B Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | | | - A Effler
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H-B Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | | | - W Engels
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R C Essick
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T M Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - R Everett
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - H Fair
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - X Fan
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - M Fays
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - I Ferrante
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione 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
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Fiorucci
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - M Fletcher
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Fotopoulos
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J-D Fournier
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frei
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
| | - 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, OR 97403, USA
| | - V Frey
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H A G Gabbard
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - J R Gair
- School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S G Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Gatto
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - G Gaur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Gujarat 382424, India
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Gendre
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - L Gergely
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
| | - V Germain
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Archisman Ghosh
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - S Ghosh
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - K Gill
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
| | - A Glaefke
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Goetz
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - L M Goggin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - J M Gonzalez Castro
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gopakumar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - N A Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S E Gossan
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Gosselin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Graef
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - G Greco
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A C Green
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - X Guo
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - A Gupta
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - M K Gupta
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - K E Gushwa
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - J J Hacker
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - B R Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - E D Hall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Haney
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - M D Hannam
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - T Hardwick
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - J Harms
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, D.C. 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M J Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 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, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M C Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 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
| | - J Hennig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S E Hollitt
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D E Holz
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - 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 A Houston
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y M Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Huang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - E A Huerta
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - D Huet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - A Idrisy
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - N Indik
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - H N Isa
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J-M Isac
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Isi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Islas
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T Jacqmin
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - K Jani
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - P Jaranowski
- University of Białystok, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
| | - S Jawahar
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Jiménez-Forteza
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - G Jones
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Haris
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - C V Kalaghatgi
- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - S Karki
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - 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, WA 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - M S Kehl
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Kennedy
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - J S Key
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, 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
| | - I Khan
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - S Khan
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Z Khan
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - N Kijbunchoo
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - Nam-Gyu Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Namjun Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - 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 Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - L Kleybolte
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - S M Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - S Koley
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - A Kontos
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Korobko
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
| | - C Krueger
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Kumar
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | | | - B D Lackey
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - J Lange
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E O Lebigot
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - 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
| | - K Lee
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lenon
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B M Levine
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T B Littenberg
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - J E Lord
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J D Lough
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Lück
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Luo
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | | | - R M Magee
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G L Mansell
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Manske
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Mantovani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Marchesoni
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | | | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - L Martellini
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - D V Martynov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - M Masso-Reid
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Matichard
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S McCormick
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | | | - D J McManus
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - D Meacher
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - G D Meadors
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D Mendoza-Gandara
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - E Merilh
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - M Merzougui
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Messaritaki
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Messick
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - P M Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - F Mezzani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Miao
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - H Middleton
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Millhouse
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Ming
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Mirshekari
- Instituto de Física Teórica, University Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo SP 01140-070, Brazil
| | - C Mishra
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Montani
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - B C Moore
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - C J Moore
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 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 Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - A W Muir
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Arunava Mukherjee
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - D Mukherjee
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - N Mukund
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - A Mullavey
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D J Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - K Nedkova
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M Neri
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Neunzert
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Nitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - M E Normandin
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - J Oberling
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - G H Ogin
- Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 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
| | - M Oliver
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - S A Pai
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | | | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Pal-Singh
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - F Pannarale
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - F Paoletti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Paoli
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H R Paris
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - W Parker
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Pascucci
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - B Patricelli
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Z Patrick
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - B L Pearlstone
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Pedurand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - L Pekowsky
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Phelps
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - O Piccinni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pichot
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- 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
| | - G Pillant
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, 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
| | - R Poggiani
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - P Popolizio
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Post
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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, MN 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - H Qi
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - E A Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M Razzano
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Re
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - L Rei
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - H Rew
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - S D Reyes
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - F Ricci
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R Robie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - C Robinson
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A C Rodriguez
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V J Roma
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, 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, WA 99352, USA
| | - S Sachdev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Sadecki
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - L Sadeghian
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - L Salconi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Saleem
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Samajdar
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - E J Sanchez
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - B Sandeen
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - L Santamaría
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - O Sauter
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - R L Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - A Sawadsky
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Schale
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Schmidt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Schmidt
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Schnabel
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - A Schönbeck
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, 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
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-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, LA 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
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - G Serna
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - Y Setyawati
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Sevigny
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D A Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Shao
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - A Sheperd
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - D M Shoemaker
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - K Siellez
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - A D Silva
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - L P Singer
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - A Singh
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - A Singhal
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - N D Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Steinlechner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Steinmeyer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 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
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- Instituto de Física Teórica, University Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo SP 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - L Sun
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B L Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - M Tápai
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Taracchini
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Theeg
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E G Thomas
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - E Thrane
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - S Tiwari
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - V Tiwari
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - 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
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D Töyrä
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Trifirò
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - M C Tringali
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Trozzo
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tse
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Turconi
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - D Tuyenbayev
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - S A Usman
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - N van Bakel
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | | | - D C Vander-Hyde
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Vardaro
- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - S Vitale
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - H Vocca
- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G Wang
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Y Wang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, 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, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 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, NY 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- 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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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R D Williams
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | | | - J L Willis
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 79699, USA
| | - B Willke
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M H Wimmer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - W Winkler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C C Wipf
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - A G Wiseman
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - H Wittel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Woan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Worden
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - J L Wright
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Wu
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - H Yamamoto
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C C Yancey
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - M J Yap
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - H Yu
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - L Zangrando
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Zanolin
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
| | - J-P Zendri
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Zevin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - F Zhang
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - L Zhang
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Zhang
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - Y Zhang
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
| | - C Zhao
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M Zhou
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - Z Zhou
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - X J Zhu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M E Zucker
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - S E Zuraw
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - J Zweizig
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO. Phys Rev D 2016; 93:122003. [PMID: 32818163 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.93.112004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) simultaneously observed the binary black hole merger GW150914. We report the results of a matched-filter search using relativistic models of compact-object binaries that recovered GW150914 as the most significant event during the coincident observations between the two LIGO detectors from September 12 to October 20, 2015. GW150914 was observed with a matched filter signal-to-noise ratio of 24 and a false alarm rate estimated to be less than 1 event per 203000 years, equivalent to a significance greater than 5.1 σ.
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- B P Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - R X Adhikari
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V B Adya
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
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- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- 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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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - C Baune
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Bazzan
- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | | | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B K Berger
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C P L Berry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - D Bersanetti
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | | | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Bisht
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Bitossi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Biwer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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 Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
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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, MA 02139, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
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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-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - K Bohémier
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - P Bojtos
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - 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
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - P Brockill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - N M Brown
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - C C Buchanan
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - A Buikema
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 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, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - M Cabero
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Cadonati
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5306, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - C Cahillane
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Calloni
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E Capocasa
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Caride
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - J Casanueva Diaz
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - C Casentini
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C B Cepeda
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - L Cerboni Baiardi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - G Cerretani
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E Cesarini
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - M Chan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - 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, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - H Y Chen
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Cheng
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - M Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - J H Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Chua
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - J A Clark
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - J H Clayton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - E Coccia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - T Cokelaer
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Colla
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - L Conti
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - S Cortese
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - S B Coughlin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - J-P Coulon
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | | | - P Couvares
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E E Cowan
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M J Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - T D Creighton
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - J Cripe
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 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
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N S Darman
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - I Dave
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | - H P Daveloza
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 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
| | - S De
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - D DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 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
| | - M De Laurentis
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R T DeRosa
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - 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 C Díaz
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - A Dietz
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Di Giovanni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Di Pace
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - G Dojcinoski
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - V Dolique
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - M Ducrot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S E Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T B Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | | | - A Effler
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H-B Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | | | - W Engels
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R C Essick
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T M Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - R Everett
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - H Fair
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - X Fan
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - M Fays
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - I Ferrante
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione 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
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Fiorucci
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - M Fletcher
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Fotopoulos
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J-D Fournier
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frei
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
| | - 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, OR 97403, USA
| | - V Frey
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H A G Gabbard
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - J R Gair
- School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S G Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Gatto
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - G Gaur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Gujarat 382424, India
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Gendre
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - L Gergely
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
| | - V Germain
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Archisman Ghosh
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - S Ghosh
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - K Gill
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
| | - A Glaefke
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Goetz
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - L M Goggin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - J M Gonzalez Castro
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gopakumar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - N A Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S E Gossan
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Gosselin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Graef
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - G Greco
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A C Green
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - X Guo
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - A Gupta
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - M K Gupta
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - K E Gushwa
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - J J Hacker
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - B R Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - E D Hall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Haney
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - M D Hannam
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - T Hardwick
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - J Harms
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, D.C. 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M J Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 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, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M C Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 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
| | - J Hennig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S E Hollitt
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D E Holz
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - 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 A Houston
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y M Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Huang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - E A Huerta
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - D Huet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - A Idrisy
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - N Indik
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - H N Isa
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J-M Isac
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Isi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Islas
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T Jacqmin
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - K Jani
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - P Jaranowski
- University of Białystok, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
| | - S Jawahar
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Jiménez-Forteza
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - G Jones
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Haris
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - C V Kalaghatgi
- Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - S Karki
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - 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, WA 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - M S Kehl
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Kennedy
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - J S Key
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, 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
| | - I Khan
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - S Khan
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Z Khan
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - N Kijbunchoo
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - Nam-Gyu Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Namjun Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - 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 Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - L Kleybolte
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - S M Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - S Koley
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - A Kontos
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Korobko
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
| | - C Krueger
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Kumar
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | | | - B D Lackey
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - J Lange
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E O Lebigot
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - 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
| | - K Lee
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lenon
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B M Levine
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - T B Littenberg
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - J E Lord
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J D Lough
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Lück
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Luo
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | | | - R M Magee
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G L Mansell
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Manske
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - M Mantovani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Marchesoni
- Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | | | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - L Martellini
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - D V Martynov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - M Masso-Reid
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Matichard
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S McCormick
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | | | - D J McManus
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - D Meacher
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - G D Meadors
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D Mendoza-Gandara
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - E Merilh
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - M Merzougui
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - E Messaritaki
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Messick
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - P M Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
| | - F Mezzani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Miao
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - H Middleton
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Millhouse
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Ming
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Mirshekari
- Instituto de Física Teórica, University Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo SP 01140-070, Brazil
| | - C Mishra
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, 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, MA 02139, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Montani
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - B C Moore
- Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
| | - C J Moore
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 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 Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - A W Muir
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Arunava Mukherjee
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
| | - D Mukherjee
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - N Mukund
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - A Mullavey
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D J Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - K Nedkova
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M Neri
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Neunzert
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Nitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - M E Normandin
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - J Oberling
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - G H Ogin
- Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 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
| | - M Oliver
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - S A Pai
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | | | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Pal-Singh
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - F Pannarale
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - F Paoletti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Paoli
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H R Paris
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - W Parker
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Pascucci
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - B Patricelli
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Z Patrick
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - B L Pearlstone
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Pedurand
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - L Pekowsky
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Phelps
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - O Piccinni
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pichot
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- 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
| | - G Pillant
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, 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
| | - R Poggiani
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - P Popolizio
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Post
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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, MN 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - H Qi
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - E A Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, "Lendulet" Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - M Razzano
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Re
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - L Rei
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - H Rew
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - S D Reyes
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - F Ricci
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R Robie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France
| | - C Robinson
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A C Rodriguez
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V J Roma
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, 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, WA 99352, USA
| | - S Sachdev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Sadecki
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - L Sadeghian
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - L Salconi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Saleem
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Samajdar
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - E J Sanchez
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - B Sandeen
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - L Santamaría
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - O Sauter
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - R L Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - A Sawadsky
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Schale
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Schmidt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Schmidt
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R Schnabel
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - A Schönbeck
- Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, 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
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-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, LA 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
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
| | - G Serna
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - Y Setyawati
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Sevigny
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - D A Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Shao
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - A Sheperd
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - D M Shoemaker
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - K Siellez
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - A D Silva
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - L P Singer
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - A Singh
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
| | - A Singhal
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
| | - N D Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 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 K Srivastava
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Steinlechner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Steinmeyer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 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
| | - G Stratta
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | | | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- Instituto de Física Teórica, University Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo SP 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - L Sun
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B L 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, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
| | - M Tápai
- University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Taracchini
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - T Theeg
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E G Thomas
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | | | - E Thrane
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - S Tiwari
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - V Tiwari
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - 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
- Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - D Töyrä
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
| | - D Trifirò
- The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
| | - M C Tringali
- Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Trozzo
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tse
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - M Turconi
- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
| | - D Tuyenbayev
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
| | - S A Usman
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
| | - N van Bakel
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | | | - J F J van den Brand
- VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, 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, CA 91125, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 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, NY 13244, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Pérez-Miles F, Perafán C, Santamaría L. Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) use different adhesive pads complementarily during climbing on smooth surfaces: experimental approach in eight arboreal and burrower species. Biol Open 2015; 4:1643-8. [PMID: 26538638 PMCID: PMC4736027 DOI: 10.1242/bio.013144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Tarantulas are large spiders with adhesive setae on their legs, which enable them to climb on smooth vertical surfaces. The mechanism proposed to explain adhesion in tarantulas is anisotropic friction, where friction is higher when the leg pushes than when it pulls. However, previous studies and measurements of adhesion in theraphosids were performed using dead specimens. To test their ability to climb, we studied static friction of live theraphosid spiders on different surfaces and at different inclines. We compared burrower with arboreal species to test the hypothesis of higher friction in arboreal tarantulas. We found a complementary participation of claw tufts and scopula of anterior and posterior legs when the tarantula climbs. The mechanics of climbing in association with the biological characteristics of the species are discussed.
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- Fernando Pérez-Miles
- Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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- Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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- Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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Esteban-Torres M, Santamaría L, de las Rivas B, Muñoz R. Characterisation of a cold-active and salt-tolerant esterase from Lactobacillus plantarum with potential application during cheese ripening. Int Dairy J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Jiménez N, Santamaría L, Esteban-Torres M, de las Rivas B, Muñoz R. Contribution of a tannase from Atopobium parvulum DSM 20469T in the oral processing of food tannins. Food Res Int 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 12/13/2022]
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Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, Acernese F, Adams C, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, Allen G, Amador Ceron E, Amin RS, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Antonucci F, Arain MA, Araya M, Aronsson M, Arun KG, Aso Y, Aston S, Astone P, Atkinson DE, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Babak S, Baker P, Ballardin G, Ballinger T, Ballmer S, Barker D, Barnum S, Barone F, Barr B, Barriga P, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Bastarrika M, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Behnke B, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Benacquista M, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Beveridge N, Beyersdorf PT, Bigotta S, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Birindelli S, Biswas R, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bland B, Blom M, Boccara C, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Bondarescu R, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Bose S, Bosi L, Bouhou B, Boyle M, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Brady PR, Braginsky VB, Brau JE, Breyer J, Bridges DO, Brillet A, Brinkmann M, Brisson V, Britzger M, 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Hall P, Hallam JM, Hammer D, Hammond G, Hanks J, Hanna C, Hanson J, Harms J, Harry GM, Harry IW, Harstad ED, Haughian K, Hayama K, Hayau JF, Hayler T, Heefner J, Heitmann H, Hello P, Heng IS, Heptonstall A, Hewitson M, Hild S, Hirose E, Hoak D, Hodge KA, Holt K, Hosken DJ, Hough J, Howell E, Hoyland D, Huet D, Hughey B, Husa S, Huttner SH, Huynh-Dinh T, Ingram DR, Inta R, Isogai T, Ivanov A, Jaranowski P, Johnson WW, Jones DI, Jones G, Jones R, Ju L, Kalmus P, Kalogera V, Kandhasamy S, Kanner J, Katsavounidis E, Kawabe K, Kawamura S, Kawazoe F, Kells W, Keppel DG, Khalaidovski A, Khalili FY, Khazanov EA, Kim H, King PJ, Kinzel DL, Kissel JS, Klimenko S, Kondrashov V, Kopparapu R, Koranda S, Kowalska I, Kozak D, Krause T, Kringel V, Krishnamurthy S, Krishnan B, Królak A, Kuehn G, Kullman J, Kumar R, Kwee P, Landry M, Lang M, Lantz B, Lastzka N, Lazzarini A, Leaci P, Leong J, Leonor I, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li J, Li TGF, Lin H, Lindquist PE, Lockerbie NA, Lodhia D, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Lormand M, Losurdo G, Lu P, Luan J, Lubinski M, Lucianetti A, Lück H, Lundgren A, Machenschalk B, MacInnis M, Mageswaran M, Mailand K, Majorana E, Mak C, Maksimovic I, Man N, Mandel I, Mandic V, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Márka S, Márka Z, Maros E, Marque J, Martelli F, Martin IW, Martin RM, Marx JN, Mason K, Masserot A, Matichard F, Matone L, Matzner RA, Mavalvala N, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McGuire SC, McIntyre G, McIvor G, McKechan DJA, Meadors G, Mehmet M, Meier T, Melatos A, Melissinos AC, Mendell G, Menéndez DF, Mercer RA, Merill L, Meshkov S, Messenger C, Meyer MS, Miao H, Michel C, Milano L, Miller J, Minenkov Y, Mino Y, Mitra S, Mitrofanov VP, Mitselmakher G, Mittleman R, Moe B, Mohan M, Mohanty SD, Mohapatra SRP, Moraru D, Moreau J, Moreno G, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mors K, Mosca S, Moscatelli V, Mossavi K, Mours B, MowLowry C, Mueller G, Mukherjee S, Mullavey A, Müller-Ebhardt H, Munch J, Murray PG, Nash T, Nawrodt R, Nelson J, Neri I, Newton G, Nishida E, Nishizawa A, Nocera F, Nolting D, Ochsner E, O’Dell J, Ogin GH, Oldenburg RG, O’Reilly B, O’Shaughnessy R, Osthelder C, Ottaway DJ, Ottens RS, Overmier H, Owen BJ, Page A, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Pan Y, Pankow C, Paoletti F, Papa MA, Pardi S, Pareja M, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Patel P, Pathak D, Pedraza M, Pekowsky L, Penn S, Peralta C, Perreca A, Persichetti G, Pichot M, Pickenpack M, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Pinto IM, Pitkin M, Pletsch HJ, Plissi MV, Poggiani R, Postiglione F, Prato M, Predoi V, Price LR, Prijatelj M, Principe M, Prix R, Prodi GA, Prokhorov L, Puncken O, Punturo M, Puppo P, Quetschke V, Raab FJ, Rabeling DS, Radke T, Radkins H, Raffai P, Rakhmanov M, Rankins B, Rapagnani P, Raymond V, Re V, Reed CM, Reed T, Regimbau T, Reid S, Reitze DH, Ricci F, Riesen R, Riles K, Roberts P, Robertson NA, Robinet F, Robinson C, Robinson EL, Rocchi A, Roddy S, Röver C, Rolland L, Rollins J, Romano JD, Romano R, Romie JH, Rosińska D, Rowan S, Rüdiger A, Ruggi P, Ryan K, Sakata S, Sakosky M, Salemi F, Sammut L, Sancho de la Jordana L, Sandberg V, Sannibale V, Santamaría L, Santostasi G, Saraf S, Sassolas B, Sathyaprakash BS, Sato S, Satterthwaite M, Saulson PR, Savage R, Schilling R, Schnabel R, Schofield R, Schulz B, Schutz BF, Schwinberg P, Scott J, Scott SM, Searle AC, Seifert F, Sellers D, Sengupta AS, Sentenac D, Sergeev A, Shaddock D, Shapiro B, Shawhan P, Shoemaker DH, Sibley A, Siemens X, Sigg D, Singer A, Sintes AM, Skelton G, Slagmolen BJJ, Slutsky J, Smith JR, Smith MR, Smith ND, Somiya K, Sorazu B, Speirits FC, Sperandio L, Stein AJ, Stein LC, Steinlechner S, Steplewski S, Stochino A, Stone R, Strain KA, Strigin S, Stroeer A, Sturani R, Stuver AL, Summerscales TZ, Sung M, Susmithan S, Sutton PJ, Swinkels B, Talukder D, Tanner DB, Tarabrin SP, Taylor JR, Taylor R, Thomas P, Thorne KA, Thorne KS, Thrane E, Thüring A, Titsler C, Tokmakov KV, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Torres C, Torrie CI, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Traylor G, Trias M, Trummer J, Tseng K, Turner L, Ugolini D, Urbanek K, Vahlbruch H, Vaishnav B, Vajente G, Vallisneri M, van den Brand JFJ, Van Den Broeck C, van der Putten S, van der Sluys MV, van Veggel AA, Vass S, Vaulin R, Vavoulidis M, Vecchio A, Vedovato G, Veitch J, Veitch PJ, Veltkamp C, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Villar A, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Vorvick C, Vyachanin SP, Waldman SJ, Wallace L, Wanner A, Ward RL, Was M, Wei P, Weinert M, Weinstein AJ, Weiss R, Wen L, Wen S, Wessels P, West M, Westphal T, Wette K, Whelan JT, Whitcomb SE, White DJ, Whiting BF, Wilkinson C, Willems PA, Williams L, Willke B, Winkelmann L, Winkler W, Wipf CC, Wiseman AG, Woan G, Wooley R, Worden J, Yakushin I, Yamamoto H, Yamamoto K, Yeaton-Massey D, Yoshida S, Yu PP, Yvert M, Zanolin M, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhao C, Zotov N, Zucker ME, Zweizig J. Publisher’s Note: Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1 [Phys. Rev. D82, 102001 (2010)]. Int J Clin Exp Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.85.089903] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, Acernese F, Adams C, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, Allen GS, Ceron EA, Amin RS, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Antonucci F, Arain MA, Araya MC, Aronsson M, Arun KG, Aso Y, Aston SM, Astone P, Atkinson D, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Babak S, Baker P, Ballardin G, Ballmer S, Barker D, Barnum S, Barone F, Barr B, Barriga P, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Bastarrika M, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Behnke B, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Benacquista M, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Beveridge N, Beyersdorf PT, Bigotta S, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Birindelli S, Biswas R, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bland B, Blom M, Boccara C, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Bondarescu R, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Bose S, Bosi L, Bouhou B, Boyle M, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Brady PR, Braginsky VB, Brau JE, Breyer J, Bridges DO, Brillet A, Brinkmann M, Brisson V, Britzger M, Brooks AF, Brown DA, Budzyński R, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buonanno A, Burguet-Castell J, Burmeister O, Buskulic D, Buy C, Byer RL, Cadonati L, Cagnoli G, Cain J, Calloni E, Camp JB, Campagna E, Campsie P, Cannizzo J, Cannon K, Canuel B, Cao J, Capano C, Carbognani F, Caride S, Caudill S, Cavaglià M, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cepeda C, Cesarini E, Chalermsongsak T, Chalkley E, Charlton P, Chassande-Mottin E, Chelkowski S, Chen Y, Chincarini A, Christensen N, Chua SSY, Chung CTY, Clark D, Clark J, Clayton JH, Cleva F, Coccia E, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Conte R, Cook D, Corbitt TR, Cornish N, Corsi A, Costa CA, Coulon JP, Coward DM, Coyne DC, Creighton JDE, Creighton TD, Cruise AM, Culter RM, Cumming A, Cunningham L, Cuoco E, Dahl K, Danilishin SL, Dannenberg R, D'Antonio S, Danzmann K, Das K, Dattilo V, Daudert B, Davier M, Davies G, Davis A, Daw EJ, Day R, Dayanga T, De Rosa R, DeBra D, Degallaix J, del Prete M, Dergachev V, DeRosa R, DeSalvo R, Devanka P, Dhurandhar S, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Di Palma I, Di Paolo Emilio M, Di Virgilio A, Díaz M, Dietz A, Donovan F, Dooley KL, Doomes EE, Dorsher S, Douglas ESD, Drago M, Drever RWP, Driggers JC, Dueck J, Dumas JC, Eberle T, Edgar M, Edwards M, Effler A, Ehrens P, Engel R, Etzel T, Evans M, Evans T, Fafone V, Fairhurst S, Fan Y, Farr BF, Fazi D, Fehrmann H, Feldbaum D, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Finn LS, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Flanigan M, Flasch K, Foley S, Forrest C, Forsi E, Fotopoulos N, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Frede M, Frei M, Frei Z, Freise A, Frey R, Fricke TT, Friedrich D, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Galimberti M, Gammaitoni L, Garofoli JA, Garufi F, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Gholami I, Ghosh S, Giaime JA, Giampanis S, Giardina KD, Giazotto A, Gill C, Goetz E, Goggin LM, González G, Gorodetsky ML, Gossler S, Gouaty R, Graef C, Granata M, Grant A, Gras S, Gray C, Greenhalgh RJS, Gretarsson AM, Greverie C, Grosso R, Grote H, Grunewald S, Guidi GM, Gustafson EK, Gustafson R, Hage B, Hall P, Hallam JM, Hammer D, Hammond G, Hanks J, Hanna C, Hanson J, Harms J, Harry GM, Harry IW, Harstad ED, Haughian K, Hayama K, Hayau JF, Hayler T, Heefner J, Heitmann H, Hello P, Heng IS, Heptonstall AW, Hewitson M, Hild S, Hirose E, Hoak D, Hodge KA, Holt K, Hosken DJ, Hough J, Howell EJ, Hoyland D, Huet D, Hughey B, Husa S, Huttner SH, Huynh-Dinh T, Ingram DR, Inta R, Isogai T, Ivanov A, Jaranowski P, Johnson WW, Jones DI, Jones G, Jones R, Ju L, Kalmus P, Kalogera V, Kandhasamy S, Kanner JB, Katsavounidis E, Kawabe K, Kawamura S, Kawazoe F, Kells W, Keppel DG, Khalaidovski A, Khalili FY, Khazanov EA, Kim H, King PJ, Kinzel DL, Kissel JS, Klimenko S, Kondrashov V, Kopparapu R, Koranda S, Kowalska I, Kozak D, Krause T, Kringel V, Krishnamurthy S, Krishnan B, Królak A, Kuehn G, Kullman J, Kumar R, Kwee P, Landry M, Lang M, Lantz B, Lastzka N, Lazzarini A, Leaci P, Leong J, Leonor I, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li J, Li TGF, Liguori N, Lin H, Lindquist PE, Lockerbie NA, Lodhia D, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Lormand M, Losurdo G, Lu P, Luan J, Lubinski M, Lucianetti A, Lück H, Lundgren AD, Machenschalk B, MacInnis M, Mageswaran M, Mailand K, Majorana E, Mak C, Maksimovic I, Man N, Mandel I, Mandic V, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Márka S, Márka Z, Maros E, Marque J, Martelli F, Martin IW, Martin RM, Marx JN, Mason K, Masserot A, Matichard F, Matone L, Matzner RA, Mavalvala N, McCarthy R, McClelland DE, McGuire SC, McIntyre G, McIvor G, McKechan DJA, Meadors G, Mehmet M, Meier T, Melatos A, Melissinos AC, Mendell G, Menéndez DF, Mercer RA, Merill L, Meshkov S, Messenger C, Meyer MS, Miao H, Michel C, Milano L, Miller J, Minenkov Y, Mino Y, Mitra S, Mitrofanov VP, Mitselmakher G, Mittleman R, Moe B, Mohan M, Mohanty SD, Mohapatra SRP, Moraru D, Moreau J, Moreno G, Morgado N, Morgia A, Morioka T, Mors K, Mosca S, Moscatelli V, Mossavi K, Mours B, Mow-Lowry CM, Mueller G, Mukherjee S, Mullavey A, Müller-Ebhardt H, Munch J, Murray PG, Nash T, Nawrodt R, Nelson J, Neri I, Newton G, Nishizawa A, Nocera F, Nolting D, Ochsner E, O'Dell J, Ogin GH, Oldenburg RG, O'Reilly B, O'Shaughnessy R, Osthelder C, Ottaway DJ, Ottens RS, Overmier H, Owen BJ, Page A, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Pan Y, Pankow C, Paoletti F, Papa MA, Pardi S, Pareja M, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Patel P, Pathak D, Pedraza M, Pekowsky L, Penn S, Peralta C, Perreca A, Persichetti G, Pichot M, Pickenpack M, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Pinto IM, Pitkin M, Pletsch HJ, Plissi MV, Poggiani R, Postiglione F, Prato M, Predoi V, Price LR, Prijatelj M, Principe M, Prix R, Prodi GA, Prokhorov L, Puncken O, Punturo M, Puppo P, Quetschke V, Raab FJ, Rabeling DS, Radke T, Radkins H, Raffai P, Rakhmanov M, Rankins B, Rapagnani P, Raymond V, Re V, Reed CM, Reed T, Regimbau T, Reid S, Reitze DH, Ricci F, Riesen R, Riles K, Roberts P, Robertson NA, Robinet F, Robinson C, Robinson EL, Rocchi A, Roddy S, Röver C, Rolland L, Rollins J, Romano JD, Romano R, Romie JH, Rosińska D, Rowan S, Rüdiger A, Ruggi P, Ryan K, Sakata S, Sakosky M, Salemi F, Sammut L, de la Jordana LS, Sandberg V, Sannibale V, Santamaría L, Santostasi G, Saraf S, Sassolas B, Sathyaprakash BS, Sato S, Satterthwaite M, Saulson PR, Savage R, Schilling R, Schnabel R, Schofield RMS, Schulz B, Schutz BF, Schwinberg P, Scott J, Scott SM, Searle AC, Seifert F, Sellers D, Sengupta AS, Sentenac D, Sergeev A, Shaddock DA, Shapiro B, Shawhan P, Shoemaker DH, Sibley A, Siemens X, Sigg D, Singer A, Sintes AM, Skelton G, Slagmolen BJJ, Slutsky J, Smith JR, Smith MR, Smith ND, Somiya K, Sorazu B, Speirits FC, Sperandio L, Stein AJ, Stein LC, Steinlechner S, Steplewski S, Stochino A, Stone R, Strain KA, Strigin S, Stroeer AS, Sturani R, Stuver AL, Summerscales TZ, Sung M, Susmithan S, Sutton PJ, Swinkels B, Szokoly GP, Talukder D, Tanner DB, Tarabrin SP, Taylor JR, Taylor R, Thomas P, Thorne KA, Thorne KS, Thrane E, Thüring A, Titsler C, Tokmakov KV, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Torres C, Torrie CI, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Traylor G, Trias M, Trummer J, Tseng K, Turner L, Ugolini D, Urbanek K, Vahlbruch H, Vaishnav B, Vajente G, Vallisneri M, van den Brand JFJ, Van Den Broeck C, van der Putten S, van der Sluys MV, van Veggel AA, Vass S, Vaulin R, Vavoulidis M, Vecchio A, Vedovato G, Veitch J, Veitch PJ, Veltkamp C, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Villar AE, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Vorvick C, Vyachanin SP, Waldman SJ, Wallace L, Wanner A, Ward RL, Was M, Wei P, Weinert M, Weinstein AJ, Weiss R, Wen L, Wen S, Wessels P, West M, Westphal T, Wette K, Whelan JT, Whitcomb SE, White D, Whiting BF, Wilkinson C, Willems PA, Williams L, Willke B, Winkelmann L, Winkler W, Wipf CC, Wiseman AG, Woan G, Wooley R, Worden J, Yakushin I, Yamamoto H, Yamamoto K, Yeaton-Massey D, Yoshida S, Yu P, Yvert M, Zanolin M, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhao C, Zotov N, Zucker ME, Zweizig J. Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using LIGO S5 science data. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:271102. [PMID: 22243300 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.271102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The gravitational-wave (GW) sky may include nearby pointlike sources as well as stochastic backgrounds. We perform two directional searches for persistent GWs using data from the LIGO S5 science run: one optimized for pointlike sources and one for arbitrary extended sources. Finding no evidence to support the detection of GWs, we present 90% confidence level (C.L.) upper-limit maps of GW strain power with typical values between 2-20×10(-50) strain(2) Hz(-1) and 5-35×10(-49) strain(2) Hz(-1) sr(-1) for pointlike and extended sources, respectively. The latter result is the first of its kind. We also set 90% C.L. limits on the narrow-band root-mean-square GW strain from interesting targets including Sco X-1, SN 1987A and the Galactic center as low as ≈7×10(-25) in the most sensitive frequency range near 160 Hz.
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- J Abadie
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Blanco I, Díaz D, Moriyón C, Santamaría L, Díez M, López M, Padín H, Cantero F, Artime S, Domínguez F, Aira F, Álvarez-Obregón R. Biopsia de ganglio centinela en pacientes con cáncer de mama y cirugía mamaria previa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 30:223-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ajith P, Hannam M, Husa S, Chen Y, Brügmann B, Dorband N, Müller D, Ohme F, Pollney D, Reisswig C, Santamaría L, Seiler J. Inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms for black-hole binaries with nonprecessing spins. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:241101. [PMID: 21770560 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.241101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present the first analytical inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms from binary black holes (BBHs) with nonprecessing spins, that is based on a description of the late-inspiral, merger and ringdown in full general relativity. By matching a post-Newtonian description of the inspiral to a set of numerical-relativity simulations, we obtain a waveform family with a conveniently small number of physical parameters. These waveforms will allow us to detect a larger parameter space of BBH coalescence, including a considerable fraction of precessing binaries in the comparable-mass regime, thus significantly improving the expected detection rates.
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- P Ajith
- LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Aller MA, Prieto I, Argudo S, de Vicente F, Santamaría L, de Miguel MP, Arias JL, Arias J. The interstitial lymphatic peritoneal mesothelium axis in portal hypertensive ascites: when in danger, go back to the sea. Int J Inflam 2010; 2010:148689. [PMID: 21152120 PMCID: PMC2990101 DOI: 10.4061/2010/148689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Portal hypertension induces a splanchnic and systemic low-grade inflammatory response that could induce the expression of three phenotypes, named ischemia-reperfusion, leukocytic, and angiogenic phenotypes.During the splanchnic expression of these phenotypes, interstitial edema, increased lymph flow, and lymphangiogenesis are produced in the gastrointestinal tract. Associated liver disease increases intestinal bacterial translocation, splanchnic lymph flow, and induces ascites and hepatorenal syndrome. Extrahepatic cholestasis in the rat allows to study the worsening of the portal hypertensive syndrome when associated with chronic liver disease. The splanchnic interstitium, the mesenteric lymphatics, and the peritoneal mesothelium seem to create an inflammatory pathway that could have a key pathophysiological relevance in the production of the portal hypertension syndrome complications. The hypothetical comparison between the ascitic and the amniotic fluids allows for translational investigation. From a phylogenetic point of view, the ancestral mechanisms for amniotic fluid production were essential for animal survival out of the aquatic environment. However, their hypothetical appearance in the cirrhotic patient is considered pathological since ultimately they lead to ascites development. But, the adult human being would take advantage of the potential beneficial effects of this “amniotic-like fluid” to manage the interstitial fluids without adverse effects when chronic liver disease aggravates.
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- M A Aller
- Surgery I Department, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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González-Manteiga W, Lombarda MJ, Molina I, Morales D, Santamaría L. Small area estimation under Fay–Herriot models with non-parametric estimation of heteroscedasticity. STAT MODEL 2010. [DOI: 10.1177/1471082x0801000206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fay–Herriot models relate direct estimators of small area means to vectors of area-level auxiliary covariates. Estimation of error variances in these models is a problem because of the lack of data within areas. A non-parametric approach is proposed for estimating these variances. Estimators of the remaining model parameters are derived and their asymptotic properties are studied. Moreover, small area estimators that incorporate the estimated error variances are obtained and several simple estimators of the mean squared error of these estimators are proposed. Simulation experiments study the small sample performance of the new small area estimators and compare the different estimators of the mean squared errors. Finally, the results are applied to the estimation of unemployment proportions in Spanish domains.
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- W González-Manteiga
- Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Estadística, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Operativa, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Operativa, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
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Pozuelo JM, Rodríguez R, Arriazu R, Ingelmo I, Martín R, Santamaría L. Changes in the number and volume of NPY and VIP neurons from periprostatic accessory vegetative ganglia in pre- and peripubertal rats. A stereological study. Tissue Cell 2009; 42:1-8. [PMID: 19631954 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.06.001] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2009] [Revised: 05/28/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The amount of neurons of periprostatic accessory ganglia in pre- and peripubertal rats was studied to ascertain whether the development of these autonomic ganglia is androgen-dependent. Stereological estimates of the volumes and number of neurons immunoreactive to protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), neuropeptide Y (NPY), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were carried out. Immunostaining of androgen receptors (AR) in the ganglia was also performed. The ganglionic neurons from the two groups studied were immunoreactive to PGP 9.5, NPY, and VIP. Almost all the neurons were immunostained for AR. The ganglionic volume showed a significant increase in peripubertal prostate in comparison with the prepubertal gland. No significant changes were observed with respect to the absolute number of neurons immunoreactive to all the antigens. The neuronal volume was significantly increased in peripubertal rats in comparison with prepubertal animals. These findings led us to the following conclusions: There is no evidence of neurogenesis during pubertal development in the periprostatic accessory ganglia of the rat. The increase of ganglionic volume in puberty is due to the growth in neuronal volume. There were no differences between the sizes of NPY and VIP neurons in pubertal periprostatic accessory ganglia. The development of periprostatic vegetative neurons is androgen-dependent.
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- J M Pozuelo
- Department of Physiology, Morphology, and Nutritional Sciences, San Pablo University CEU, Madrid, Spain
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González-Manteiga W, Lombardía M, Molina I, Morales D, Santamaría L. Analytic and bootstrap approximations of prediction errors under a multivariate Fay–Herriot model. Comput Stat Data Anal 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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González-Manteiga W, Lombardía M, Molina I, Morales D, Santamaría L. Estimation of the mean squared error of predictors of small area linear parameters under a logistic mixed model. Comput Stat Data Anal 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Morales E, Pastor LM, Horn R, Zuasti A, Ferrer C, Calvo A, Santamaría L, Canteras M. Effect of ageing on the proliferation and apoptosis of testicular germ cells in the Syrian hamster Mesocricetus auratus. Reprod Fertil Dev 2005; 15:89-98. [PMID: 12895405 DOI: 10.1071/rd02071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2002] [Accepted: 02/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The cellular mechanisms implicated in the atrophy of seminiferous epithelium in ageing are currently under debate, although recent reports suggest that apoptosis may be the primary mechanism implicated in aged germ cell loss. Other investigators have suggested that changes in spermatogonial proliferation are also involved. In the present work, the changes in proliferation and apoptosis in the seminiferous epithelium of aged (24 months) Syrian hamsters were examined in concert and compared with those in young (6 months) animals. Proliferation of germ cells was studied by bromodeoxyuridine labelling and apoptosis was assessed by transmission electron microscopy and in situ TUNEL labelling. Aged animals showed a significant decrease in the numbers of total and proliferating spermatogonia plus preleptotene spermatocytes per unit volume and per testis and in the proliferative index (24.8 +/- 1.6%) compared with young animals (30.8 +/- 1.2%) (P < 0.05). The number of apoptotic spermatogonia plus spermatocytes per unit volume and the apoptotic index were significantly higher in aged animals (1.51 +/- 0.23% v. 0.77 +/- 0.04%; P < 0.05). Apoptosis was confirmed by morphological characteristics: condensation of the chromatin and nuclear fragmentation. In aged hamsters, tubular degeneration could be classified into several categories, showing an increase of apoptotic cells in tubular cross-sections characterized by maturation arrest in comparison with all other types. Spermatogonial proliferation was also diminished as seen in tubular cross-sections showing hypospermatogenesis, sloughing off of germ cells and maturation arrest. The results obtained in the present study suggest that the decrease in the proliferation of spermatogonia and the increase in apoptosis constitute two consecutive mechanisms correlated with the ageing of the seminiferous epithelium.
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- E Morales
- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Morales E, Horn R, Pastor LM, Santamaría L, Pallarés J, Zuasti A, Ferrer C, Canteras M. Involution of seminiferous tubules in aged hamsters: an ultrastructural, immunohistochemical and quantitative morphological study. Histol Histopathol 2004; 19:445-55. [PMID: 15024705 DOI: 10.14670/hh-19.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, we examined the age-related changes on morphometric parameters and ultrastructure of seminiferous tubules, and on the expression of extracellular matrix proteins in lamina propria of Syrian hamsters. A significant decrease in the percentage of normal tubules and an increase in the percentage of hypospermatogenic and arrested maturation tubules was observed with aging. Aged animals showed a decrease in tubular diameter, tubular lumen, seminiferous epithelium volume and total tubular volume. However, the total length of seminiferous tubules was significantly increased with aging. The most important ultrastructural changes with aging were the thickening of the lamina propria, the presence of diverse abnormalities in the spermiogenesis process, degeneration of germ cells, and vacuolization and flattening of Sertoli cells showing abundant lipofucsin droplets and residual bodies. Laminin immunoreactivity was found along the lamina propria of seminiferous tubules both in young and aged animals. Fibronectin immunoreactivity was found along the lamina propria and blood vessels. Both laminin and fibronectin total volume of immunostaining per testis was increased in aged hamsters. In conclusion, the age-related changes in seminiferous tubules of hamster include: a decrease in tubular width and an increase in tubular length; widening of the lamina propria caused by a more extensive connective matrix between the peritubular cells and the basal membrane; and a strong disarrangement of the seminiferous epithelium, including germ cell degeneration and important alterations in both spermiogenesis and Sertoli cell structure.
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- E Morales
- Department of Cellular Biology, Medical School, University of Murcia, Spain
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Hangelbroek HH, Ouborg NJ, Santamaría L, Schwenk K. Clonal diversity and structure within a population of the pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus foraged by Bewick's swans. Mol Ecol 2002; 11:2137-50. [PMID: 12296955 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01598.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Clonal diversity within plant populations is affected by factors that influence genet (clone) survival and seed recruitment, such as resource availability, disturbance, seed dispersal mechanism, propagule predation and the age of the population. Here we studied a population of Potamogeton pectinatus, a pseudo-annual aquatic macrophyte. Within populations reproduction appears to be mainly asexually through subterranean propagules (tubers), while recruitment via seeds is believed to be relatively unimportant. RAPD markers were used to analyse clonal diversity and genetic variation within the population. Ninety-seven genets were identified among 128 samples taken from eight plots. The proportion of distinguishable genets (0.76) and Simpson's diversity index (0.99) exhibited high levels of clonal diversity compared to other clonal plants. According to an analysis of molecular variance (amova) most genetic variation occurred between individuals within plots (93-97%) rather than between plots (8-3%). These results imply that sexual reproduction plays an unexpectedly important role within the population. Nevertheless, autocorrelation statistics revealed a spatial genetic structure resulting from clonal growth. In contrast to genetic variation, clonal diversity was affected by several ecological factors. Water depth and silt content had direct negative effects on clonal diversity. Tuber predation by Bewick's swans had an unexpected indirect negative effect on clonal diversity through reducing the tuber-bank biomass in spring, which on its turn was positively correlated to clonal diversity. The disturbance by swans, therefore, did not enhance seed recruitment and thus clonal diversity; on the contrary, heavily foraged areas are probably more prone to stochastic loss of genets leading to reduced clonal diversity.
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- H H Hangelbroek
- Department of Plant-Animal Interactions, Centre for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands.
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BACKGROUND Cadmium chloride is an environmental toxic that might be implicated in human prostate carcinogenesis. The study was directed: 1) to evaluate the immunoexpression of markers for cell proliferation, apoptosis, and resistance to apoptosis, and 2) to estimate the size of premalignant cell population in the preneoplastic changes induced in ventral prostates of rats treated with cadmium chloride administered in drinking water. METHODS The following parameters were calculated in the ventral prostatic lobe of normal rats and rats that received cadmium in drinking water during 18 months: total volume, epithelial volume, total number of epithelial cells, numerical density of epithelial cells, percentage of cells that immunostained to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), percentage of apoptotic cells (evaluated by a DNA fragmentation method), and absolute volume and volume fraction of immunostaining to bcl-2. RESULTS The percentage of PCNA immunoreactive nuclei, the bcl-2 expression, and the numerical density of epithelial cells were significantly (P < 0.05) increased in the dysplastic prostatic acini of treated rats in comparison with the normal acini of treated rats and control animals. The percentage of apoptotic nuclei from ventral dysplastic acini was significantly (P < 0.05) decreased in comparison with that of normal acini. A negative correlation between proliferation and apoptosis was found in dysplastic lesions. CONCLUSIONS Prostate epithelial dysplasia induced in rats by cadmium presents an increased proliferative activity and high expression of bcl-2 protein, as was described in human prostate intraepithelial neoplasia. However, the rate of apoptosis in rat dysplasia was importantly decreased, in contrast to that observed in some human preneoplastic changes. This decrease might be related to the increase of bcl-2 expression.
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- J J Martín
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Martín R, Fraile B, Peinado F, Arenas MI, Elices M, Alonso L, Paniagua R, Martín JJ, Santamaría L. Immunohistochemical localization of protein gene product 9.5, ubiquitin, and neuropeptide Y immunoreactivities in epithelial and neuroendocrine cells from normal and hyperplastic human prostate. J Histochem Cytochem 2000; 48:1121-30. [PMID: 10898805 DOI: 10.1177/002215540004800809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study was designed to investigate (a) the presence of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), ubiquitin, and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the neuroendocrine and secretory epithelium of the human normal prostate and its secretions, and (b) the changes in immunoreactivity to these proteins in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Western blotting and light microscopic immunohistochemistry techniques were used and the numerical density of immunoreactive neuroendocrine cells, and the volume fractions of immunostained secretory epithelium were evaluated. Western blotting revealed the presence of the three antigens in both tissue homogenates and prostate secretion. Some neuroendocrine cells immunoreacted to PGP 9.5 and NPY in all the prostate regions of control specimens. Ubiquitin immunoreactivity was detected in the nuclei from both basal cells and secretory epithelial cells. The cytoplasm of the secretory cells and the glandular lumen also showed immunostaining for the three proteins. The numerical densities of both PGP 9.5 and NPY neuroendocrine cells were lower in hyperplasia than in controls. No differences in the volume fraction occupied by epithelial immunostaining to both proteins was found between hyperplastic and control prostates. We concluded that (a) PGP 9.5 and NPY, but not ubiquitin, are common antigens in both neuroendocrine and secretory prostate cells, (b) the three immunoreactive proteins contribute to the prostate secretions, and (c) the secretion of ubiquitin is markedly diminished in the hyperplastic epithelium.(J Histochem Cytochem 48:1121-1130, 2000)
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- R Martín
- Department of Pathology, Clínica de La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain
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de Miguel MP, Royuela M, Bethencourt FR, Santamaría L, Fraile B, Paniagua R. Immunoexpression of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and its receptors 1 and 2 correlates with proliferation/apoptosis equilibrium in normal, hyperplasic and carcinomatous human prostate. Cytokine 2000; 12:535-8. [PMID: 10857774 DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Immunohistochemical and semiquantitative study of TNF-alpha, its receptors types 1 (TNFR1) and 2 (TNFR2), cell proliferation (Ki-67 nuclear antigen), and apoptosis (Tunel method) was carried out in human prostates, in normal healthy conditions, as well as in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatic carcinoma (PC). Cell proliferation was higher in BPH than in normal prostates, and even higher in PC, mainly in neoformations showing a microglandular pattern. The apoptotic index was similar in BPH and normal prostates, and increased significantly in PC with independence of the pattern. In BPH, immunoreaction to TNF-alpha decreased as compared with that of normal prostates, while immunoreactions to both TNF-alpha receptors increased. This suggests a feedback downregulation of the factor, and that the low TNF-alpha activity in BPH are compensated by the increased amount of receptors. In PC, immunoreaction to TNF-alpha and its two receptors increased markedly, suggesting that the TNF-induced effects are also increased. Contrarily to cell proliferation immunoexpression, PC reaction to TNFR2 was stronger in the papillar pattern than in the micrograndular pattern, and this suggests an inverse correlation between TNFR2 expression and cell proliferation.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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Bonjoch J, Diaba F, Puigbó G, Solé D, Segarra V, Santamaría L, Beleta J, Ryder H, Palacios JM. Synthesis and biological evaluation of a conformationally free seco-analogue of the immunosuppressant FR901483. Bioorg Med Chem 1999; 7:2891-7. [PMID: 10658593 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00250-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/15/2022]
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The synthesis of an azaspirocyclic analogue of FR901483, phosphate 2, is described based on the implementation of a key 5-endo aminocyclization promoted by iodine for direct functionalization of the 1-azaspiro[4.5]decane ring at the C-3 atom. Compound 2 has no inhibitory activity in the cell proliferation assays reported.
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- J Bonjoch
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain.
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Escobar ML, Carmona-Fonseca J, Santamaría L. [Onychomycosis due to Malassezia.]. Rev Iberoam Micol 1999; 16:225-229. [PMID: 18473553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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The records of fifty patients presenting Malassezia spp. associated onychomycosis were compiled from two different mycology laboratories from Medellín, Colombia. Malassezia spp. was isolated by culture as the only etiological agent in 32% of the cases and associated to a yeast of the genus Candida in 30% of the cases. In 22% of the cases although Malassezia spp. was observed by direct examination, it was no isolated but others species were obtained. No etiological agent was isolated by culture in 16% of the cases. We found evidence of the Malassezia spp.- Candida relationship in 48% of the cases by either direct examination or by culture isolation. The level of detection of Malassezia spp. by culture isolation was of 62% as compared to the direct examination. Results showed similar patterns of distribution of epidemilogical factors for both entities: onychomycosis by Candida albicans and onychomycosis by Malassezia spp.
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- Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
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Ramírez R, Martín R, Martín JJ, Ramírez JR, Paniagua R, Santamaría L. Changes in the number, proliferation rates, and bcl-2 protein immunoexpression of epithelial and periductal cells from rat epididymis during postnatal development. J Androl 1999; 20:702-12. [PMID: 10591608] [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: 04/14/2023]
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To investigate 1) the correlation between the proliferative activity of epididymal epithelium plus myoid cells and the increase in the number of these cells and 2) the role of the basal epithelial cells in the renewal of epididymal epithelium, a quantitative evaluation of the proliferation of both epithelial cells and periductal myoid cells in the different epididymal regions (caput, corpus, and cauda) has been carried out during postnatal development of the rat by immunohistochemical evaluation of BrdU-labeling indices. These data were correlated with cell numbers and counted by the optical dissector method. The presence of bcl-2 protein was immunohistochemically detected and evaluated. No significant differences in BrdU indices were observed among epididymal regions in any stage studied. Cell proliferation decreased from the prepubertal period to adulthood in both epithelial and myoid cells in the three regions of the epididymis, suggesting a close relationship between epithelial and mesenchymal components. The numbers of both cell types were significantly higher in the caput than in the corpus and cauda in all stages studied, suggesting functional differences between regions. A negative linear correlation between proliferative activity and cell numbers was noted that might be related to regulation of the cell population size. Basal cells showed a lower proliferation rate than principal cells, but most of the immunoreactive bcl-2 protein, in pubertal and adult epididymides, was observed in basal cells. Therefore, these cells might comprise a low-proliferating and apoptosis-resistant population.
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- R Ramírez
- Department of Morphology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Martín R, Sneige N, Vásquez M, Aragón-Flores M, Martín G, Marrón C, Santamaría L. Stereologic estimates of volume-weighted mean nuclear volume in aspiration smears of ductal breast carcinoma. Correlation with cytologic grade, tumor size and lymph node status. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 1999; 21:185-93. [PMID: 10560490] [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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OBJECTIVE To estimate cytologic volume-weighted mean nuclear volume and correlate it with other prognostic factors, such as tumor diameter and cytologic grading in relation to nodal infiltration. STUDY DESIGN The relationships between nodal status and nuclear VV, tumor diameter and cytologic grading, according to the modified Black nuclear grading system, were analyzed on fine needle aspirates of 49 cases of breast cancer by univariate and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS Volume-weighted mean nuclear volume (nuclear VV) estimated on fine needle aspiration smears showed a significant correlation with grade of tumor differentiation. CONCLUSION Stereologic evaluation of nuclear size by nuclear VV is an objective method for the cytologic grading of ductal carcinoma of the breast and has independent prognostic value in relation to nodal status higher than those of tumor diameter and cytologic grade.
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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González FJ, Leyva L, Posadas S, Luque I, Blanca M, Santamaría L, Juarez C. Participation of T lymphocytes in cutaneous allergic reactions to drugs. Clin Exp Allergy 1998; 28 Suppl 4:3-6. [PMID: 9761022] [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: 02/09/2023]
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Immunological mechanisms implicated in drug allergic reactions are not yet well understood, but there is 'in vivo' and 'in vitro' evidence that T lymphocytes are involved in these hypersensitivity reactions. The cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen (CLA) is the skin homing receptor and is involved in targeting a skin-selective memory T lymphocyte to cutaneous sites of chronic inflammation. We have seen that CLA expression is increased in circulating T lymphocytes of patients who develop a drug allergic cutaneous reaction, these cells are activated and their CLA values tend to become normal in parallel with the disappearance of skin symptoms, demonstrating that CD3+ CLA+ cells are involved in the immunological mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of the chronic inflammation process in cutaneous drug reactions.
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- F J González
- Department of Internal Medicine, Carlos Haya Hospital, Malaga, Spain
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Martín R, Nieto S, Santamaría L. Stereologic estimates of volume-weighted mean nuclear volume in colorectal adenocarcinoma: correlation with histologic grading, Dukes' staging, cell proliferation activity and p53 protein expression. Gen Diagn Pathol 1997; 143:29-38. [PMID: 9269906] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Colorectal cancer has been studied from the point of view of the relationships between several variables, including proliferative activity and p53 protein expression. However, stereologic evaluation of nuclear size has not been thoroughly described. In the present study, measurements of the volume-weighted mean nuclear volume (nuclear Vv), have been performed in well, moderately and poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas and correlated with the Dukes' stage and other factors such as proliferative activity and p53 protein immunoreactivity. Although the mean values of nuclear Vv were higher in poorly differentiated cancers or Dukes' C&D stage than in well and moderately differentiated tumors or Dukes' A&B stage, these differences were not significant. However, the variability of nuclear size in colorectal cancers was more relevant than the mean values of nuclear Vv with respect to their invasive classification. The carcinomas which extended beyond the serosa (Dukes' stage C&D) had higher biologic variation than those grouped as Dukes' stage A&B. The results of the present study also indicate that nuclear size in colorectal cancers has a positive correlation with both proliferative activity and p53 protein expression. The relationship between nuclear Vv and proliferative activity emphasizes the possible prognostic relevance of this stereologic estimate of nuclear size in colorectal adenocarcinoma.
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- R Martín
- Department of Pathology (Hospital de La Princesa), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Santamaría L, Martín R, Codesal J, Ramírez R, Paniagua R. Immunohistochemical quantitative study of the peritubular lamina propria after induction of testicular atrophy induced by epinephrine. Int J Androl 1995; 18:295-306. [PMID: 8719845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1995.tb00565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Changes in the testicular peritubular lamina propria in rats treated for 1-11 weeks with intra-scrotal injections of epinephrine were studied by quantitative immunohistochemical methods. In control testes, BrdU-labelled nuclei (proliferating cells) were observed only in spermatogonia and some primary spermatocytes, whereas testes from epinephrine-treated rats showed BrdU labelling in some of the spermatogonia and in peritubular cells. Immunostaining for transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) was present in germ cells, Sertoli cells and Leydig cells; vimentin immunostaining was found mainly in Sertoli cells; desmin immunostaining was found in the peritubular cells, and immunostaining for type IV collagen, laminin and fibronectin was found in the extracellular matrix of the lamina propria. The volume densities of seminiferous tubules (including seminiferous epithelium, lamina propria and tubular lumen) that immunostained for TGF-beta 1, vimentin, laminin, desmin or fibronectin were calculated. All of these parameters increased significantly in testes from epinephrine-treated animals during the course of the experiment, except for desmin immunostaining which showed no significant change in volume density. Since total seminiferous tubule volume decreased markedly in the testes of treated rats during the experiment, the transformation of relative values for immunostaining into absolute volumes per testis revealed a significant increase in TGF-beta 1 immunostaining, no significant change in vimentin immunostaining, and a significant decrease in desmin immunostaining during the time of the study. The absolute volume occupied by laminin and fibronectin immunostaining decreased from the 3rd to the 8th weeks of treatment, and increased from the 8th to the 11th weeks. These changes, associated with germ cell depletion and tubular fibrosis, suggest that tubular ischaemic atrophy caused by epinephrine alters the peritubular myoid cells, which change immunophenotype and increase their secretion of the extracellular matrix components producing tubular fibrosis. The mechanism of this alteration may involve direct effects on the peritubular cells or the changes may be secondary to germ cell and/or Sertoli cell lesions.
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- L Santamaría
- Department of Morphology (Histology), Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Martín R, Santamaría L, Fraile B, Paniagua R, Polak JM. Ultrastructural localization of PGP 9.5 and ubiquitin immunoreactivities in rat ductus epididymidis epithelium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02388799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Martín R, Santamaría L, Fraile B, Paniagua R, Polak JM. Ultrastructural localization of PGP 9.5 and ubiquitin immunoreactivities in rat ductus epididymidis epithelium. Histochem J 1995; 27:431-9. [PMID: 7558892] [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: 01/25/2023]
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The distribution of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP) and ubiquitin in the spermatozoa and epithelial cells in the different regions of the rat ductus epididymidis (proximal caput, distal caput, corpus and cauda) was studied by Western blotting analyses and electron microscopical immunogold labelling. Western blotting analyses showed that the PGP immunoreactive band was very intense in the caput and cauda epididymidis and almost irrelevant in the corpus, while the ubiquitin immunoreactive band was intense in the distal caput and cauda. No ubiquitin immunoreactive band was observed in the proximal caput and only a very weak band was seen in the corpus. The results of electron microscopical immunogold labelling varied from one epididymal region to another. The proximal caput epididymidis presented immunoreaction to PGP in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, cytosol, mitochondria and microvilli of most principal cells, and in the cytosol, rough endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of most basal cells. No ubiquitin immunoreaction was observed in this epididymal region. In the distal caput epididymidis, PGP immunoreactivity was detected in some principal and basal cells in the same intracellular locations as described in the proximal caput. In this region, ubiquitin immunoreactivity appears in the apical cytosol and mitochondria of principal cells. The corpus epididymidis showed no immunoreaction to PGP or ubiquitin. In the cauda epididymidis, immunostaining to PGP was observed in most clear cells and in isolated principal cells. The intracellular location of PGP in both cell types was the cytosol, mitochondria and microvilli. Ubiquitin immunoreactivity was detected in the perinuclear cytosol and mitochondria-but not in the digestive vacuoles-of some clear cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R Martín
- Department of Morphology (Histology), School of Medicine, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain
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Santamaría L, Martín R, Codesal J, Paniagua R. Myoid cell proliferation in rat seminiferous tubules after ischaemic testicular atrophy induced by epinephrine. Morphometric and immunohistochemical (bromo-deoxyuridine and PCNA) studies. Int J Androl 1995; 18:13-22. [PMID: 7782129 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1995.tb00929.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The proliferation of peritubular myoid cells in the testes of rats treated for 1-11 weeks with intra-scrotal injections of epinephrine was investigated using immunohistochemistry and quantitative histology. The percentage of peritubular cells that were immunopositive for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) or that were labelled with 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) in the S-phase of the cell cycle, were calculated in control and treated rats after 1,3,5,8 and 11 weeks of treatment. In addition, the change in the number of peritubular cells per testis was calculated using two different stereological methods. The possible correlation between the changes observed using the two proliferation indices (PCNA immunoreaction and labelling of BrdU) in peritubular myoid cells was evaluated by regression analysis. The results of the study indicate that both proliferation indices increased in peritubular cells between the third and the eighth weeks of treatment, and that this increase was correlated with an increase in the number of these cells. From weeks 8-11 of treatment, both proliferation indices decreased and the same occurred with the number of peritubular cells. We hypothesize that proliferation of the peritubular cells occurs in order to increase their secretion of extracellular matrix components leading to enlargement of the lamina propria of the seminiferous tubule.
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- L Santamaría
- Department of Morphology (Histology), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Monge A, Martínez-Crespo FJ, Santamaría L, Narro S, De Ceráin AL, Hamilton E, Barker AJ. Synthesis and preliminary cytotoxic activity of dimethoxy-acridines and dimethoxynitroacridines. J Heterocycl Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.5570310628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Queizán A, Carrero MC, Perdiguero MM, Santamaría L, Candelas S, Nistral M, Codesal J. [Early or late orchidopexy? An evaluation of germ cell proliferation by PCNA immune expression]. Cir Pediatr 1994; 7:137-9. [PMID: 7999518] [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: 01/28/2023]
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A immunocytochemical study for detection of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in order to quantify the number of PCNA-positive spermatogonia, and cytophotometric determination of spermatogonial DNA were performed in cryptorchid and control testes. The number of PCNA-positive spermatogonia, and the average DNA content of spermatogonia in the cryptorchid testes were altered from first years of age. These precocious spermatogonial alterations suggest that the early surgical testicular descent doesn't prevent lesions of germ cells.
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- Departamento de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid
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Mata A, Gómez de Segura IA, Díaz J, Santamaría L, Codesal J, De Miguel E. [Importance of the colon in intestinal adaptation. Study with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen]. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1993; 84:149-52. [PMID: 8105842] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an auxiliary protein to DNA polymerase delta necessary for tissue cellular proliferation. The colon releases several peptides or hormones which are probably related to intestinal proliferation. Colonic resection determines adaptive changes in the remnant bowel. In the present study, proliferative changes after colectomy were studied by means of the murine monoclonal PC10 antibody. A control group (n = 10 rats) and a 75% proximal colon resection group (n = 10 rats) were studied. 14 days after resection, jejunal, ileal and colon samples were taken and assayed for PCNA. Relationship between immunostained nuclei and the total number of nuclei was determined. The three intestinal segments showed statistically significant increases (p < 0.001) in the number of immunostained nuclei. PCNA proliferative index was greater in the remnant large bowel.
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- A Mata
- Servicio de Cirugía Experimental, Hospital La Paz, Madrid
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Santamaría L, Martín R, Paniagua R, Fraile B, Nistal M, Terenghi G, Polak JM. Protein gene product 9.5 and ubiquitin immunoreactivities in rat epididymis epithelium. Histochemistry 1993; 100:131-8. [PMID: 8244765 DOI: 10.1007/bf00572899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A quantitative immunohistochemical study was performed of the distribution of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP, a soluble protein localized in neurons and neuroendocrine cells as well as in some non-nervous cells) and ubiquitin along the rat epididymis. In the ductuli efferents, PGP immunoreaction was observed in the whole cytoplasm of some columnar cells; a smaller number of columnar cells showed ubiquitin immunoreactivity with limited apical and basal cytoplasmic localization. In the proximal caput epididymidis, the whole cytoplasm of all columnar cells showed PGP immunoreactivity, ubiquitin immunostaining was negative in this region. In the middle and distal caput epididymidis and the distal cauda, the apical cytoplasm of some columnar cells and the whole cytoplasm of some basal cells showed immunoreactivity to PGP. In these regions, immunoreactivity to ubiquitin was positive in the supranuclear cytoplasm of some columnar cells but not in the basal cells. No immunoreactivity to PGP or ubiquitin was detected in the corpus epididymis and the proximal cauda. Double immunostaining revealed that all the epididymal ubiquitin immunoreactive cells were also PGP immunoreactive, whereas most PGP immunoreactive cells did not immunoreact to ubiquitin. In ubiquitin-PGP immunoreactive cells, the site of the PGP immunoreaction differed from that of the ubiquitin immunoreaction. PGP-ubiquitin immunoreactive cells also seemed to be immunoreactive to anti-AE1/AE3 keratin antibodies. The spermatozoal heads were immunoreactive to PGP antibodies in the epididymal regions from proximal caput to distal cauda but not in the ductuli efferents. The findings suggest that non-ubiquitinated PGP immunoreactive proteins are secreted in the epididymis, mainly in the proximal caput, and attach to spermatozoa.
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- L Santamaría
- Department of Morphology (Histology), School of Medicine, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain
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