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Bolijn R, Sieben C, Kunst A, Blom M, Tan H, Van Valkengoed I. Sex differences in incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across ethnic and socioeconomic groups: a population-based cohort study in the Netherlands. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0645] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Current out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) prevention strategies are suboptimal due to the inability to identify subgroups at high risk. Insight into the occurrence of OHCA within general populations may help to target prevention strategies. Case registries suggest that there may be substantial differences in emergency medical service (EMS)-attended OHCA incidence between men and women. However, due to a lack of individual-level prospective data, relative sex differences across ethnic groups and socioeconomic (SES) groups have not been studied.
Purpose
We investigated sex differences in OHCA incidence, overall and across ethnic groups and SES groups.
Methods
We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study, combining individual-level data on ethnicity and income (as SES measure) from Statistics Netherlands of all men and women aged ≥25 years living in one study region in the Netherlands on 01–01–2009 (n=1,688,285) with prospectively collected EMS-attended OHCA cases (n=5,676) from the ARREST registry until 31-12-2015. We calculated age-standardised incidence rates of OHCA. Sex differences were assessed with Cox proportional hazards regression analyses, adjusted for age, ethnicity and income, in the overall population, and across ethnic and SES groups.
Results
Overall, the age-standardised incidence rate of OHCA was lower in women than in men (30.9 versus 87.3 per 100,000 person-years), corresponding with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.31–0.35). While incidence rates varied across subgroups (range: 22.6–104.6 per 100,000 person-years), the sex differences in hazard for OHCA existed in all income quintiles (HR range: 0.30–0.35) and ethnic groups (HR range: 0.19–0.40), except among Moroccans (HR 0.89, 95% CI 0.51–1.57).
Conclusion
In most ethnic groups and all SES groups, women have a substantial, yet lower OHCA incidence rate than men. This confirms that men are an important target group for OHCA prevention strategies across social strata. Nevertheless, considering potentially differential aetiology as well as the lower survival rates among women, women will also benefit from targeted prevention strategies.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – EU funding. Main funding source(s): European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under acronym ESCAPE-NET (grant number 733381) and the COST Action PARQ (grant agreement number CA19137).ZonMw Gender and Health (grant number 8492ehab724.06458) and Gender and Prevention (grant number 555003016) programmes.
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- R Bolijn
- Amsterdam UMC - Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Amsterdam UMC - Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Amsterdam UMC - Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Amsterdam UMC - Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Amsterdam UMC - Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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Vollertsen AR, de Boer D, Dekker S, Wesselink BAM, Haverkate R, Rho HS, Boom RJ, Skolimowski M, Blom M, Passier R, van den Berg A, van der Meer AD, Odijk M. Modular operation of microfluidic chips for highly parallelized cell culture and liquid dosing via a fluidic circuit board. Microsyst Nanoeng 2020; 6:107. [PMID: 34567716 PMCID: PMC8433198 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-020-00216-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Microfluidic systems enable automated and highly parallelized cell culture with low volumes and defined liquid dosing. To achieve this, systems typically integrate all functions into a single, monolithic device as a "one size fits all" solution. However, this approach limits the end users' (re)design flexibility and complicates the addition of new functions to the system. To address this challenge, we propose and demonstrate a modular and standardized plug-and-play fluidic circuit board (FCB) for operating microfluidic building blocks (MFBBs), whereby both the FCB and the MFBBs contain integrated valves. A single FCB can parallelize up to three MFBBs of the same design or operate MFBBs with entirely different architectures. The operation of the MFBBs through the FCB is fully automated and does not incur the cost of an extra external footprint. We use this modular platform to control three microfluidic large-scale integration (mLSI) MFBBs, each of which features 64 microchambers suitable for cell culturing with high spatiotemporal control. We show as a proof of principle that we can culture human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) for multiple days in the chambers of this MFBB. Moreover, we also use the same FCB to control an MFBB for liquid dosing with a high dynamic range. Our results demonstrate that MFBBs with different designs can be controlled and combined on a single FCB. Our novel modular approach to operating an automated microfluidic system for parallelized cell culture will enable greater experimental flexibility and facilitate the cooperation of different chips from different labs.
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- A. R. Vollertsen
- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Micronit Microtechnologies, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Micronit Microtechnologies, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- BIOS Lab on Chip Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Chartkunchand KC, Stockett MH, Anderson EK, Eklund G, Kristiansson MK, Kamińska M, de Ruette N, Blom M, Björkhage M, Källberg A, Löfgren P, Reinhed P, Rosén S, Simonsson A, Zettergren H, Schmidt HT, Cederquist H. Dianion diagnostics in DESIREE: High-sensitivity detection of C n2- from a sputter ion source. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:033112. [PMID: 29604753 DOI: 10.1063/1.5010077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A sputter ion source with a solid graphite target has been used to produce dianions with a focus on carbon cluster dianions, Cn2-, with n = 7-24. Singly and doubly charged anions from the source were accelerated together to kinetic energies of 10 keV per atomic unit of charge and injected into one of the cryogenic (13 K) ion-beam storage rings of the Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring Experiment facility at Stockholm University. Spontaneous decay of internally hot Cn2- dianions injected into the ring yielded Cn- anions with kinetic energies of 20 keV, which were counted with a microchannel plate detector. Mass spectra produced by scanning the magnetic field of a 90° analyzing magnet on the ion injection line reflect the production of internally hot C72- - C242- dianions with lifetimes in the range of tens of microseconds to milliseconds. In spite of the high sensitivity of this method, no conclusive evidence of C62- was found while there was a clear C72- signal with the expected isotopic distribution. This is consistent with earlier experimental studies and with theoretical predictions. An upper limit is deduced for a C62- signal that is two orders-of-magnitude smaller than that for C72-. In addition, CnO2- and CnCu2- dianions were detected.
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- K C Chartkunchand
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Blom M, Karilampi U, Carlsen H, Ioannou M, Sörhag M, Steingrimsson S. Ecological Momentary Assessment of Bipolar Disorder Episodes with a Smartphone Application: Study Protocol. Eur Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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IntroductionSubclinical symptoms of depression or mania, present prior to clinical manic or depressive episodes in individuals with bipolar disease. Mobile applications that measure habitual behavioral patterns such as mobility, physical activity level and social engagement present an opportunity to identify state transitions preceding relapse. This could lead to earlier intervention and improved treatment outcome.AimsTo identify associations between changes in habitual behavioral patterns measured with smartphone usage and psychiatric emergency room visits or admissions for bipolar patients.MethodsIn a case-crossover study, around 70 patients at a specialized outpatient clinic for bipolar disorder will be offered to install MoodMapper®, an application that registers text message and calls (but not communication content or recipients), mobility (but not location), number of steps taken, screen-time, and battery level. A baseline level for each individual will be established. Deviations from baseline habitual behavioral patterns in the time preceding a psychiatric emergency room visits or admissions will be analyzed in order to establish predictor variables. The patients will be followed up to 18 months.ResultsPreliminary results will be presented.DiscussionSmartphone-collected behavioral data can be used to predict worsening or improvement of a patient's condition. As smartphone ownership becomes more commonplace, mobile apps present a unique opportunity to detect digital real-time signatures of mental illness in a way that is minimally invasive to individual's daily life and privacy.
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van Jaarsveld F, Blom M, Hattingh S, Marais J. Effect of Juice Turbidity and Yeast Lees Content on Brandy Base Wine and Unmatured Pot-still Brandy Quality. S AFR J ENOL VITIC 2017. [DOI: 10.21548/26-2-2126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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van Jaarsveld F, Hattingh S, Minnaar P, Blom M. Rapid Induction of Ageing Character in Brandy Products – Part I. Effects of Extraction Media and Preparation Conditions. S AFR J ENOL VITIC 2016. [DOI: 10.21548/30-1-1419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Quensel S, McArdle P, Brinkley A, Wiegersma A, Blom M, Fitzgerald M, Johnson R, Kolte B, Michels I, Pierolini A, Pos R, Stoeckel I. Broken Home or Drug using Peers: “Significant Relations”? Journal of Drug Issues 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/002204260203200209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study reports the results of a comparative survey with representative samples of 3,386 school attending youths, most of whom were 15 years of age and residing in five European cities. We found significant but low correlations between the type of family structure (intact family, model family, dual career houshold, single mother) and five forms of deviant behavior (tobacco smoking, cannabis use, delinquency, general drug use and a composite risk behavior scale). These correlations will be displaced by very high correlations with the level of drug using friends/peers. A number of differences were found between the youth from different cities in relation to these concerns. Results indicate differences among the cities in terms of the youths' relationships with drug use/deviance/risky behavior and family structure, gender role, and peer group behavior. This suggests that the cultural meanings associated with family, gender role, peer group, and risk behavior influence deviant outcomes.
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Joensuu J, Aaltonen K, Valleala H, Puolakka K, Yli-Kerttula T, Varjolahti-Lehtinen T, Sokka T, Blom M, Nordström D. SAT0589 Medication Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: A Register Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.2696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Aaltonen K, Ylikylä S, Joensuu J, Isomäki P, Pirilä L, Kauppi M, Rannio T, Eklund K, Blom M, Nordström D. FRI0156 Effectiveness of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inhibitors in The Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comparison between Randomized Controlled Trials and Routine Clinical Practice. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.4179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Heinonen A, Aaltonen K, Joensuu J, Lähteenmäki J, Pertovaara M, Romu M, Hirvonen H, Similä A, Blom M, Nordström D. THU0213 Effectiveness of TNF-Inhibitors in the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.5719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bäckström E, Hanstorp D, Hole OM, Kaminska M, Nascimento RF, Blom M, Björkhage M, Källberg A, Löfgren P, Reinhed P, Rosén S, Simonsson A, Thomas RD, Mannervik S, Schmidt HT, Cederquist H. Storing keV negative ions for an hour: the lifetime of the metastable ^(2)P((1/2)^(o)) level in ^(32)S^(-). Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:143003. [PMID: 25910117 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.143003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We use a novel electrostatic ion storage ring to measure the radiative lifetime of the upper level in the 3p^{5} ^{2}P_{1/2}^{o}→3p^{5} ^{2}P_{3/2}^{o} spontaneous radiative decay in ^{32}S^{-} to be 503±54 sec. This is by orders of magnitude the longest lifetime ever measured in a negatively charged ion. Cryogenic cooling of the storage ring gives a residual-gas pressure of a few times 10^{-14} mbar at 13 K and storage of 10 keV sulfur anions for more than an hour. Our experimental results differ by 1.3σ from the only available theoretical prediction [P. Andersson et al., Phys. Rev. A 73, 032705 (2006)].
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- E Bäckström
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Sutterland A, Blom M, Cohen D, Tan H, De Haan L. Studying Heart Arrhythmias in Relation to Psychosis (SHARP). Increased Prevalence of ECG Suspect for Brugada Syndrome in Recent Onset Schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(15)31857-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Thomas R, Schmidt H, Gatchell M, Rosén S, Reinhed P, Löfgren P, Brännholm L, Blom M, Björkhage M, Bäckström E, Alexander J, Leontein S, Hanstorp D, Zettergren H, Kaminska M, Nascimento R, Liljeby L, Källberg A, Simonsson A, Hellberg F, Mannervik S, Larsson M, Geppert W, Rensfelt K, Paál A, Masuda M, Halldén P, Andler G, Stockett M, Chen T, Källersjö G, Weimer J, Hansen K, Hartman H, Cederquist H. DESIREE: Physics with cold stored ion beams. EPJ Web of Conferences 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158401004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Aasi J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott T, Abernathy MR, Accadia T, Acernese F, Ackley K, Adams C, Adams T, Addesso P, Adhikari RX, Affeldt C, Agathos M, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Ain A, Ajith P, Alemic A, Allen B, Allocca A, Amariutei D, Andersen M, Anderson R, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Arai K, Araya MC, Arceneaux C, Areeda J, Aston SM, Astone P, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Austin L, Aylott BE, Babak S, Baker PT, Ballardin G, Ballmer SW, Barayoga JC, Barbet M, Barish BC, Barker D, Barone F, Barr B, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Basti A, Batch JC, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Behnke B, Bejger M, Beker MG, Belczynski C, Bell AS, Bell C, Bergmann G, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Beyersdorf PT, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Biscans S, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bloemen S, Blom M, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Boer M, Bogaert G, Bogan C, Bond C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Boschi V, Bose S, Bosi L, Bradaschia C, Brady PR, Braginsky VB, Branchesi M, Brau JE, Briant T, Bridges DO, Brillet A, Brinkmann M, Brisson V, Brooks AF, Brown DA, Brown DD, Brückner F, Buchman S, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buonanno A, Burman R, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cadonati L, Cagnoli G, Bustillo JC, Calloni E, Camp JB, Campsie P, Cannon KC, Canuel B, Cao J, Capano CD, Carbognani F, Carbone L, Caride S, Castiglia A, Caudill S, Cavaglià M, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Celerier C, Cella G, Cepeda C, Cesarini E, Chakraborty R, Chalermsongsak T, Chamberlin SJ, Chao S, Charlton P, Chassande-Mottin E, Chen X, Chen Y, Chincarini A, Chiummo A, Cho HS, Chow J, Christensen N, Chu Q, Chua SSY, Chung S, Ciani G, Clara F, Clark JA, Cleva F, Coccia E, Cohadon PF, Colla A, Collette C, Colombini M, Cominsky L, Constancio M, Conte A, Cook D, Corbitt TR, Cordier M, Cornish N, Corpuz A, Corsi A, Costa CA, Coughlin MW, Coughlin S, Coulon JP, Countryman S, Couvares P, Coward DM, Cowart M, Coyne DC, Coyne R, Craig K, Creighton JDE, Crowder SG, Cumming A, Cunningham L, Cuoco E, Dahl K, Canton TD, Damjanic M, Danilishin SL, D'Antonio S, Danzmann K, Dattilo V, Daveloza H, Davier M, Davies GS, Daw EJ, Day R, Dayanga T, Debreczeni G, Degallaix J, Deléglise S, Del Pozzo W, Denker T, Dent T, Dereli H, Dergachev V, De Rosa R, DeRosa RT, DeSalvo R, Dhurandhar S, Díaz M, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Di Palma I, Di Virgilio A, Donath A, Donovan F, Dooley KL, Doravari S, Dossa S, Douglas R, Downes TP, Drago M, Drever RWP, Driggers JC, Du Z, Dwyer S, Eberle T, Edo T, Edwards M, Effler A, Eggenstein H, Ehrens P, Eichholz J, Eikenberry SS, Endrőczi G, Essick R, Etzel T, Evans M, Evans T, Factourovich M, Fafone V, Fairhurst S, Fang Q, Farinon S, Farr B, Farr WM, Favata M, Fehrmann H, Fejer MM, Feldbaum D, Feroz F, Ferrante I, Ferrini F, Fidecaro F, Finn LS, Fiori I, Fisher RP, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franco S, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Frede M, Frei Z, Freise A, Frey R, Fricke TT, Fritschel P, Frolov VV, Fulda P, Fyffe M, Gair J, Gammaitoni L, Gaonkar S, 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Improved upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from 2009-2010 LIGO and Virgo data. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:231101. [PMID: 25526109 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.231101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Gravitational waves from a variety of sources are predicted to superpose to create a stochastic background. This background is expected to contain unique information from throughout the history of the Universe that is unavailable through standard electromagnetic observations, making its study of fundamental importance to understanding the evolution of the Universe. We carry out a search for the stochastic background with the latest data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors. Consistent with predictions from most stochastic gravitational-wave background models, the data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. Assuming a gravitational-wave spectrum of Ω_{GW}(f)=Ω_{α}(f/f_{ref})^{α}, we place 95% confidence level upper limits on the energy density of the background in each of four frequency bands spanning 41.5-1726 Hz. In the frequency band of 41.5-169.25 Hz for a spectral index of α=0, we constrain the energy density of the stochastic background to be Ω_{GW}(f)<5.6×10^{-6}. For the 600-1000 Hz band, Ω_{GW}(f)<0.14(f/900 Hz)^{3}, a factor of 2.5 lower than the best previously reported upper limits. We find Ω_{GW}(f)<1.8×10^{-4} using a spectral index of zero for 170-600 Hz and Ω_{GW}(f)<1.0(f/1300 Hz)^{3} for 1000-1726 Hz, bands in which no previous direct limits have been placed. The limits in these four bands are the lowest direct measurements to date on the stochastic background. We discuss the implications of these results in light of the recent claim by the BICEP2 experiment of the possible evidence for inflationary gravitational waves.
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The 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, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- 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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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M Cordier
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corpuz
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - S Coughlin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M Cowart
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - A Donath
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Dossa
- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Gill
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Gossler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C Guido
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Holt
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E James
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - P Jaranowski
- Biał ystok University, 15-424 Biał ystok, Poland
| | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Haris K
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kremin
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | | | - P Kwee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C-H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E Luijten
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N Mangini
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R A Matzner
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Milde
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Miller
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - P Moesta
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - A Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - H Paris
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Quiroga
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J D Romano
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Romano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Smith
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - L Sperandio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - S Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/International Center for Theoretical Physics-South American Institue for Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - O Torre
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - F Vetrano
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S P Vyachanin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Weinert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A J Weinstein
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - L Wen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Wessels
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M West
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J T Whelan
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K Williams
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Williams
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
| | | | - J L Willis
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - B Willke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Wimmer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - W Winkler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C C Wipf
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A G Wiseman
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - H Wittel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Woan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Worden
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - I Yakushin
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Yamamoto
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C C Yancey
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - H Yang
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Yang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - S Yoshida
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - J-P Zendri
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - Fan Zhang
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - L Zhang
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Zhao
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - X J Zhu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M E Zucker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Zuraw
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - J Zweizig
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:131101. [PMID: 24745400 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.131101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10(-8) in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The 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, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- 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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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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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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- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5 S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - A Castiglia
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
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- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T D Creighton
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - B Daudert
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - E Deleeuw
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Dietz
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - K Dmitry
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Drago
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - J-C Dumas
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Evans
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Evans
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D Fazi
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Feldbaum
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E Foley
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Foley
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - E Forsi
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Fotopoulos
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Frei
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - Z Frei
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M-K Fujimoto
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - J Garcia
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L Gergely
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Ghosh
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Giampanis
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Gil-Casanova
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - C Gill
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Goßler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Graef
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - C Griffo
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C Guido
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K E Gushwa
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - B Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - E Hall
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K Hayama
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - J Heefner
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Holt
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Holtrop
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
| | - T Hong
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Z Hua
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - V Huang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - E A Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Iafrate
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E James
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y J Jang
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | | | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Jones
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Haris K
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Kasturi
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kaufman
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Kawamura
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - B K Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - W Kim
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D Kozak
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kremin
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
| | - C Kucharczyk
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kudla
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R Kurdyumov
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Kwee
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - C-H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J Lee
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - B Levine
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J B Lewis
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Lhuillier
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T G F Li
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Liu
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050 Belgium
| | - H Liu
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Y Liu
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Z Liu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - D Lloyd
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J Luan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - F Magana-Sandoval
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R A Matzner
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G May
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Meier
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M S Meyer
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - F Mokler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - T Mori
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - T Nash
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - E Nishida
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - A Nishizawa
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - A Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G H Ogin
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega Larcher
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C D Ott
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Ou
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - H Paris
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - P Peiris
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Pindor
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Poole
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - C Poux
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Prix
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, MP 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Reed
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Riesen
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Roddy
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - C Rodriguez
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Roever
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Romano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Schulz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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Berdowski J, de Beus MF, Blom M, Bardai A, Bots ML, Doevendans PA, Grobbee DE, Tan HL, Tijssen JGP, Koster RW, Mosterd A. Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the general population: incidence and prognosis. Eur Heart J 2013; 34:3616-23. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aaltonen K, Virkki L, Jämsen E, Sokka T, Peltomaa R, Tuompo R, Yli-Kerttula T, Lähteenmäki J, Kortelainen S, Ahokas-Tuohinto P, Konttinen Y, Blom M, Nordström D. FRI0428 Do biologic drugs affect the need for and outcome of joint replacements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? A register-based study. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Schmidt HT, Thomas RD, Gatchell M, Rosén S, Reinhed P, Löfgren P, Brännholm L, Blom M, Björkhage M, Bäckström E, Alexander JD, Leontein S, Hanstorp D, Zettergren H, Liljeby L, Källberg A, Simonsson A, Hellberg F, Mannervik S, Larsson M, Geppert WD, Rensfelt KG, Danared H, Paál A, Masuda M, Halldén P, Andler G, Stockett MH, Chen T, Källersjö G, Weimer J, Hansen K, Hartman H, Cederquist H. First storage of ion beams in the Double Electrostatic Ion-Ring Experiment: DESIREE. Rev Sci Instrum 2013; 84:055115. [PMID: 23742597 DOI: 10.1063/1.4807702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report on the first storage of ion beams in the Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment, DESIREE, at Stockholm University. We have produced beams of atomic carbon anions and small carbon anion molecules (C(n)(-), n = 1, 2, 3, 4) in a sputter ion source. The ion beams were accelerated to 10 keV kinetic energy and stored in an electrostatic ion storage ring enclosed in a vacuum chamber at 13 K. For 10 keV C2 (-) molecular anions we measure the residual-gas limited beam storage lifetime to be 448 s ± 18 s with two independent detector systems. Using the measured storage lifetimes we estimate that the residual gas pressure is in the 10(-14) mbar range. When high current ion beams are injected, the number of stored particles does not follow a single exponential decay law as would be expected for stored particles lost solely due to electron detachment in collision with the residual-gas. Instead, we observe a faster initial decay rate, which we ascribe to the effect of the space charge of the ion beam on the storage capacity.
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Blom M, Creemers MCW, Kievit W, Lemmens JAM, van Riel PLCM. Long-term follow-up of the cervical spine with conventional radiographs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2013; 42:281-8. [PMID: 23311707 DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2012.747625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- M Blom
- Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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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 KC, Canuel B, Cao J, Capano C, Carbognani F, 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 D, 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, Dwyer S, Eberle T, Edgar M, Edwards M, Effler A, Ehrens P, Ely G, 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, Ghosh S, Giaime JA, Giampanis S, Giardina KD, Giazotto A, Gill C, Goetz E, Goggin LM, González G, 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 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]
Abstract
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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Accadia T, Acernese F, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Basti A, Bauer TS, Bebronne M, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Blom M, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Boschi V, Bosi L, Bouhou B, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Branchesi M, Briant T, Brillet A, Brisson V, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Canuel B, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chaibi O, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Chiummo A, Cleva F, Coccia E, Cohadon PF, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Conte A, Corsi A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D' Antonio S, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, De Rosa R, Debreczeni G, Del Pozzo W, del Prete M, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Di Paolo Emilio M, Di Virgilio A, Dietz A, Drago M, Endroczi G, Fafone V, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Forte LA, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Galimberti M, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gáspár ME, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greverie C, Guidi GM, Hayau JF, Heidmann A, Heitmann H, Hello P, Jaranowski P, Kowalska I, Królak A, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li TGF, Liguori N, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Majorana E, Maksimovic I, Man N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Masserot A, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Mohan M, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mours B, Naticchioni L, Nocera F, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Persichetti G, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prato M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabeling DS, Rácz I, Rapagnani P, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Rosińska D, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sperandio L, Sturani R, Swinkels B, Tacca M, Taffarello L, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Vajente G, van den Brand JFJ, Van den Broeck C, van der Putten S, Vasuth M, Vavoulidis M, Vedovato G, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vitale S, Vocca H, Ward RL, Was M, Yvert M, Zadroźny A, Zendri JP. A state observer for the Virgo inverted pendulum. Rev Sci Instrum 2011; 82:094502. [PMID: 21974605 DOI: 10.1063/1.3637466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report an application of Kalman filtering to the inverted pendulum (IP) of the Virgo gravitational wave interferometer. Using subspace method system identification techniques, we calculated a linear mechanical model of Virgo IP from experimental transfer functions. We then developed a Kalman filter, based on the obtained state space representation, that estimates from open loop time domain data, the state variables of the system. This allows the observation (and eventually control) of every resonance mode of the IP mechanical structure independently.
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- T Accadia
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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Thomas RD, Schmidt HT, Andler G, Björkhage M, Blom M, Brännholm L, Bäckström E, Danared H, Das S, Haag N, Halldén P, Hellberg F, Holm AIS, Johansson HAB, Källberg A, Källersjö G, Larsson M, Leontein S, Liljeby L, Löfgren P, Malm B, Mannervik S, Masuda M, Misra D, Orbán A, Paál A, Reinhed P, Rensfelt KG, Rosén S, Schmidt K, Seitz F, Simonsson A, Weimer J, Zettergren H, Cederquist H. The double electrostatic ion ring experiment: a unique cryogenic electrostatic storage ring for merged ion-beams studies. Rev Sci Instrum 2011; 82:065112. [PMID: 21721735 DOI: 10.1063/1.3602928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We describe the design of a novel type of storage device currently under construction at Stockholm University, Sweden, using purely electrostatic focussing and deflection elements, in which ion beams of opposite charges are confined under extreme high vacuum cryogenic conditions in separate "rings" and merged over a common straight section. The construction of this double electrostatic ion ring experiment uniquely allows for studies of interactions between cations and anions at low and well-defined internal temperatures and centre-of-mass collision energies down to about 10 K and 10 meV, respectively. Position sensitive multi-hit detector systems have been extensively tested and proven to work in cryogenic environments and these will be used to measure correlations between reaction products in, for example, electron-transfer processes. The technical advantages of using purely electrostatic ion storage devices over magnetic ones are many, but the most relevant are: electrostatic elements which are more compact and easier to construct; remanent fields, hysteresis, and eddy-currents, which are of concern in magnetic devices, are no longer relevant; and electrical fields required to control the orbit of the ions are not only much easier to create and control than the corresponding magnetic fields, they also set no upper mass limit on the ions that can be stored. These technical differences are a boon to new areas of fundamental experimental research, not only in atomic and molecular physics but also in the boundaries of these fields with chemistry and biology. For examples, studies of interactions with internally cold molecular ions will be particular useful for applications in astrophysics, while studies of solvated ionic clusters will be of relevance to aeronomy and biology.
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- R D Thomas
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Blaabjerg O, Blom M, Gry H, Petersen PH, Uldall A. Appropriate sera for calibration and control of specific protein assays. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00365519309085448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Accadia T, Acernese F, Antonucci F, Aoudia S, Arun KG, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Bauer TS, Beker MG, Bigotta S, Birindelli S, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Blom M, Boccara C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bosi L, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Brillet A, Budzynski R, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Campagna E, Canuel B, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Cleva F, Coccia E, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Corda C, Corsi A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D'Antonio S, Dari A, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, De Rosa R, del Prete M, Di Fiore L, Di Lieto A, Emilio MDP, Di Virgilio A, Dietz A, Drago M, Fafone V, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Freise A, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greverie C, Guidi GM, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hild S, Huet D, Jaranowski P, Kowalska I, Królak A, La Penna P, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li TGF, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Mackowski JM, Majorana E, Man N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Masserot A, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Mohan M, Moreau J, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mosca S, Moscatelli V, Mours B, Neri I, Nocera F, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Pardi S, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Persichetti G, Pichot M, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prato M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabaste O, Rabeling DS, Rapagnani P, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Rosińska D, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sturani R, Swinkels B, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Trummer J, Vajentei G, van den Brand JFJ, van der Putten S, Vavoulidis M, Vedovato G, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Was M, Yvert M. In-vacuum Faraday isolation remote tuning. Appl Opt 2010; 49:4780-4790. [PMID: 20842804 DOI: 10.1364/ao.49.004780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In-vacuum Faraday isolators (FIs) are used in gravitational wave interferometers to prevent the disturbance caused by light reflected back to the input port from the interferometer itself. The efficiency of the optical isolation is becoming more critical with the increase of laser input power. An in-vacuum FI, used in a gravitational wave experiment (Virgo), has a 20 mm clear aperture and is illuminated by an almost 20 W incoming beam, having a diameter of about 5 mm. When going in vacuum at 10(-6) mbar, a degradation of the isolation exceeding 10 dB was observed. A remotely controlled system using a motorized lambda=2 waveplate inserted between the first polarizer and the Faraday rotator has proven its capability to restore the optical isolation to a value close to the one set up in air.
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Koertge J, Wamala SP, Janszky I, Ahnve S, Al-Khalili F, Blom M, Chesney M, Sundin Ö, Svane B, Schenck-Gustafsson K. Vital exhaustion and recurrence of CHD in women with acute myocardial infarction. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/13548500120116067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Accadia T, Acernese F, Antonucci F, Aoudia S, Arun KG, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Bauer TS, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Bigotta S, Birindelli S, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Blom M, Boccara C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bosi L, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Brillet A, Brisson V, Budzyński R, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Campagna E, Canuel B, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Cleva F, Coccia E, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Corsi A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D'Antonio S, Dari A, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, Rosa RD, Prete MD, Fiore LD, Lieto AD, Emilio MDP, Virgilio AD, Dietz A, Drago M, Fafone V, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Freise A, Galimberti M, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greverie C, Guidi GM, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hild S, Huet D, Jaranowski P, Kowalska I, Królak A, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li TGF, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Mackowski JM, Majorana E, Maksimovic I, Man N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Masserot A, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Mohan M, Moreau J, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mosca S, Moscatelli V, Mours B, Neri I, Nocera F, Pagliaroli G, Palladino L, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Pardi S, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Persichetti G, Pichot M, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prato M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabaste O, Rabeling DS, Rapagnani P, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Rosińska D, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sturani R, Swinkels B, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Torre O, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Trummer J, Vajente G, Brand JFJVD, Putten SVD, Vavoulidis M, Vedovato G, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Was M, Yvert M. Virgo calibration and reconstruction of the gravitationnal wave strain during VSR1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/228/1/012015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Blom M, Kievit W, Kuper HH, Jansen TL, Visser H, den Broeder AA, Brus HLM, van de Laar MAFJ, van Riel PLCM. Frequency and effectiveness of dose increase of adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in daily clinical practice. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2010; 62:1335-41. [DOI: 10.1002/acr.20211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Accadia T, Acernese F, Antonucci F, Aoudia S, Arun KG, Astone P, Ballardin G, Barone F, Barsuglia M, Bauer TS, Beker MG, Belletoile A, Bigotta S, Birindelli S, Bizouard MA, Blom M, Boccara C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bosi L, Braccini S, Bradaschia C, Brillet A, Brisson V, Budzyński R, Bulik T, Bulten HJ, Buskulic D, Buy C, Cagnoli G, Calloni E, Campagna E, Canuel B, Carbognani F, Cavalier F, Cavalieri R, Cella G, Cesarini E, Chassande-Mottin E, Chincarini A, Cleva F, Coccia E, Colacino CN, Colas J, Colla A, Colombini M, Corsi A, Coulon JP, Cuoco E, D'Antonio S, Dari A, Dattilo V, Davier M, Day R, Rosa RD, Prete MD, Fiore LD, Lieto AD, Emilio MDP, Virgilio AD, Dietz A, Drago M, Fafone V, Ferrante I, Fidecaro F, Fiori I, Flaminio R, Fournier JD, Franc J, Frasca S, Frasconi F, Freise A, Galimberti M, Gammaitoni L, Garufi F, Gemme G, Genin E, Gennai A, Giazotto A, Gouaty R, Granata M, Greverie C, Guidi G, Heitmann H, Hello P, Hild S, Huet D, Jaranowski P, Kowalska I, Królak A, Penna PL, Leroy N, Letendre N, Li TGF, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Losurdo G, Mackowski JM, Majorana E, Man N, Mantovani M, Marchesoni F, Marion F, Marque J, Martelli F, Masserot A, Menzinger F, Michel C, Milano L, Minenkov Y, Mohan M, Moreau J, Morgado N, Morgia A, Mosca S, Moscatelli V, Mours B, Neri I, Nocera F, Pagliaroli G, Palomba C, Paoletti F, Pardi S, Parisi M, Pasqualetti A, Passaquieti R, Passuello D, Persichetti G, Pichot M, Piergiovanni F, Pietka M, Pinard L, Poggiani R, Prato M, Prodi GA, Punturo M, Puppo P, Rabaste O, Rabeling DS, Rapagnani P, Re V, Regimbau T, Ricci F, Robinet F, Rocchi A, Rolland L, Romano R, Rosińska D, Ruggi P, Sassolas B, Sentenac D, Sturani R, Swinkels B, Toncelli A, Tonelli M, Tournefier E, Travasso F, Trummer J, Vajente G, Brand JFJVD, Putten SVD, Vavoulidis M, Vedovato G, Verkindt D, Vetrano F, Viceré A, Vinet JY, Vocca H, Was M, Yvert M. Status and perspectives of the Virgo gravitational wave detector. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tuominen U, Sintonen H, Hirvonen J, Seitsalo S, Paavolainen P, Lehto M, Hietaniemi K, Blom M. The effect of waiting time on health and quality of life outcomes and costs of medication in hip replacement patients: a randomized clinical trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2009; 17:1144-50. [PMID: 19374960 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2008] [Revised: 02/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of waiting time on health and quality of life outcomes and costs of medication in total hip replacement (THR) patients in a randomized clinical trial. METHODS 395 THR patients were recruited into the study. When placed on the waiting list, patients were randomized into a short (< or =3 months) or a non-fixed waiting time (NFWT) (>3 months) group. In the final analyses 309 patients (179 women) with a mean age of 65 years were included. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (generic 15D), and pain and function (modified Harris Hip Score (HHS)) were calculated when placed on the waiting list, at hospital admission, and at 3 and 12 months postoperatively. The costs of disease-specific medication were calculated at the same measurement points. All analyses were performed using the intention-to-treat (ITT) principal. RESULTS Of the recruited patients, 309 (78%) completed the follow-up (short group 140 and non-fixed group 169 patients). The mean waiting time was 74 days in the short and 194 days in the NFWT groups. In the ITT analyses there were no statistically significant differences between the groups in the weekly use and costs of medication, HRQoL or HHS at baseline, at admission, or 3 or 12 months after surgery. The only difference was in total medication costs during the waiting time period, at EUR 83 and 171, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The length of the waiting time did not generate different effects on the studied health and quality of life outcomes of the randomized groups. However, those in short waiting time group reached earlier better HRQoL.
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- U Tuominen
- National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland.
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van den Bemt BJF, Vos K, Broeder AAD, Blom M, Thurlings RM, Bartelds GM, Stapel SO, Barrera P, Tak PP, Nurmohamed MT, Wolbink GJ. A single course of rituximab does not abrogate anti-infliximab antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68:1368-9. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.095448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Rehnqvist N, Blom M, Olsson G, Lindvall K. Effects on angina pectoris and exercise tests of a 2% nitroglycerin gel adhesive in patients on chronic beta-blockade. A placebo-controlled study. Acta Med Scand 2009; 219:147-52. [PMID: 2870610 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1986.tb03291.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Twenty patients on chronic beta-blockade for angina pectoris were included in a double-blind randomized cross-over placebo-controlled study on a 2% nitroglycerin gel administered transdermally by an adhesive. Topinitro. The dose, 2.5-10 mg/day, was individually titrated and each treatment period was 28 days. The effect was evaluated by exercise tests and diary cards for anginal attacks and nitroglycerin tablets consumed. Results. In the 17 patients who completed the trial, active treatment did not influence systolic and diastolic blood pressure or resting and maximal heart rate. Maximal performance increased insignificantly from 92 +/- 23 to 96 +/- 20 W. The level at which 1 mm of ST depression appeared increased from 62 +/- 26 to 73 +/- 28 W (p less than 0.05). The number of attacks decreased significantly, from 92 +/- 30 to 14 +/- 28/4 weeks. The reduction in the number of sublingual nitroglycerin tablets consumed was insignificant. Conclusion. Nitroglycerin adhesive, in individual dosages, may improve signs and symptoms of ischemia.
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Koertge J, Janszky I, Sundin O, Blom M, Georgiades A, László KD, Alinaghizadeh H, Ahnve S. Effects of a stress management program on vital exhaustion and depression in women with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled intervention study. J Intern Med 2008; 263:281-93. [PMID: 18067552 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01887.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Psychosocial factors, including depression and vital exhaustion (VE) are associated with adverse outcome in coronary heart disease (CHD). Women with CHD are poor responders to psychosocial treatment and knowledge regarding which treatment modality works in them is limited. This randomized controlled clinical study evaluated the effect of a 1-year stress management program, aimed at reducing symptoms of depression and VE in CHD women. DESIGN Patients were 247 women, < or =75 years, recruited consecutively after a cardiac event and randomly assigned to either stress management (20 2-h sessions) and medical care by a cardiologist, or to obtaining usual health care as controls. Measurements at; baseline (6-8 weeks after randomization), 10 weeks (after 10 intervention sessions), 1 year (end of intervention) and 1-2 years follow-up. RESULTS For VE, intention to treat analysis showed effects for time (P < 0.001) and time x treatment interaction (P = 0.005), reflecting that both groups improved over time, and that the decrease of VE was more pronounced in the intervention group. However, the level of VE was higher in the intervention group than amongst controls at baseline, 22.7 vs. 19.4 (P = 0.036) but it did not differ later. The change in depressive symptoms did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSIONS CHD women attending our program experienced a more pronounced decrease in VE than controls. However, as they had higher baseline levels, due to regression towards the mean we cannot attribute the decrease in VE to the intervention. Whether the program has long-term beneficial effects needs to be evaluated.
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- J Koertge
- Preventive Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, and Centre of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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The goals for the management of established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differ slightly from the goals for the management of early RA. In established RA, in most cases, joint damage will be present, therefore the main goals are aimed at keeping the disease activity as low as possible to prevent joint damage progression. Furthermore, patients with RA have a reduced life expectancy, mainly due to co-morbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease. As in early disease, pharmacotherapy is the cornerstone of the management of patients with established RA. In this article we will discuss the characteristic manifestations of established RA, the pharmacological treatment strategies available for reaching the management goals of established RA, the role of prognostic factors and the measurements available for evaluating the outcomes of the management of individual patients with established RA in daily clinical practice.
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- M Blom
- Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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van Minnen LP, Blom M, Timmerman HM, Visser MR, Gooszen HG, Akkermans LMA. The use of animal models to study bacterial translocation during acute pancreatitis. J Gastrointest Surg 2007; 11:682-9. [PMID: 17468930 PMCID: PMC1915599 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Infection of pancreatic necrosis with intestinal flora is accepted to be a main predictor of outcome during severe acute pancreatitis. Bacterial translocation is the process whereby luminal bacteria migrate to extraintestinal sites. Animal models were proven indispensable in detecting three major aspects of bacterial translocation: small bowel bacterial overgrowth, mucosal barrier failure, and disturbed immune responses. Despite the progress made in the knowledge of bacterial translocation, the exact mechanism, origin and route of bacteria, and the optimal prophylactic and treatment strategies remain unclear. Methodological restrictions of animal models are likely to be the cause of this uncertainty. A literature review of animal models used to study bacterial translocation during acute pancreatitis demonstrates that many experimental techniques per se interfere with intestinal flora, mucosal barrier function, or immune response. Interference with these major aspects of bacterial translocation complicates interpretation of study results. This paper addresses these and other issues of animal models most frequently used to study bacterial translocation during acute pancreatitis.
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- L. P. van Minnen
- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, 3508 GA The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, 3508 GA The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, 3508 GA The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, 3508 GA The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Research Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, 3508 GA The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kanerva M, Blom M, Tuominen U, Kolho E, Anttila VJ, Vaara M, Virolainen-Julkunen A, Lyytikäinen O. Costs of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Hosp Infect 2007; 66:22-8. [PMID: 17433492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 02/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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An outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred in surgical and internal medicine units of a 1752-bed Finnish tertiary care hospital during 2003-2004. In order to analyse the costs of this 14-month outbreak, patients were categorized as follows: patients with MRSA infections; patients with MRSA colonization; patients exposed to MRSA but whose MRSA status remained inconclusive; and exposed patients who were negative for MRSA. We reviewed a sample of patients' charts to determine the types of clinical infections and interviewed staff about the practical implementation of control measures. The number of patients and patient-days involved in the outbreak were identified from the hospital's databases, with the administrative database supplying unit costs of work and materials. Loss of income due to closed beds was analysed. A total of 266 MRSA-positive patients (114 with infections and 152 colonized) and 797 patients exposed to MRSA were identified (11,744 contact isolation days). There were 1240 patients negative after screening (9880 contact isolation days). Total additional costs of MRSA were 386,062 euro (70% for screening and 25% for contact isolation). Costs due to meticillin resistance in treatment of MRSA infections were 16,000 euro. The income loss for this hospital due to closed beds was 1,183,808 euro. The high cost of MRSA screening underlines the importance of appropriate screening methods. Our model of analysing costs might be useful for other hospitals after adapting variables such as local control measures.
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- M Kanerva
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Finland.
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Vieira S, Trevisan C, Hahn C, Cassel L, Blom M, Zancanaro R. Crit Care 2006; 10:P43. [DOI: 10.1186/cc4390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kanerva M, Blom M, Tuominen U, Kolho E, Anttila V, Vaara M, Virolainen-Julkunen A, Lyytikainen O. P5.01 Costs of an Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Hosp Infect 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0195-6701(06)60098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Janszky I, Ericson M, Blom M, Georgiades A, Magnusson JO, Alinagizadeh H, Ahnve S. Wine drinking is associated with increased heart rate variability in women with coronary heart disease. Heart 2005; 91:314-8. [PMID: 15710709 PMCID: PMC1768776 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.035105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption is positively related to heart rate variability (HRV) in women with coronary heart disease (CHD) and therefore that cardiac autonomic activity is potentially implicated in the mediation of the favourable effects of moderate drinking. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PATIENTS Cross sectional study of female patients who survived hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction or underwent a revascularisation procedure, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass grafting. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Ambulatory 24 hour ECG was recorded during normal activities. The mean of the standard deviations of all normal to normal intervals for all five minute segments of the entire recording (SDNNI) and the following frequency domain parameters were assessed: total power, high frequency power, low frequency power, and very low frequency power. A standardised questionnaire evaluated self reported consumption of individual alcoholic beverage types: beer, wine, and spirits. Other clinical characteristics, such as age, body mass index, smoking habits, history of diabetes mellitus, menopausal status, educational status, and treatment, were also assessed. RESULTS Wine intake was associated with increased HRV in both time and frequency domains independently of other clinical covariates (for example, ln SDNNI was 3.89 among wine drinkers v 3.59 among wine non-drinkers in the multivariate model; p = 0.014). In contrast, consumption of beer and spirits and the total amount of alcohol consumed did not relate significantly to any of the HRV parameters. CONCLUSION Intake of wine, but not of spirits or beer, is positively and independently associated with HRV in women with CHD. These results may contribute to the understanding of the complex relation between alcohol consumption and CHD.
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- I Janszky
- Preventive Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, and Centre of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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Henriksen GM, Pedersen MM, Nørgaard I, Blom M, Blou L, Blaabjerg O, Uldall A. Minimally processed fresh frozen human reference sera: preparation, testing, and application to international external quality assurance. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2005; 64:293-308. [PMID: 15223696 DOI: 10.1080/00365510410006612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 10/26/2022]
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The preparation of unmodified or minimally processed fresh frozen human sera is described, as well as the previous use of such sera, e.g. in Nordic and international external quality assurance (EQA) activities. The unmodified serum is prepared from fresh donors' blood collected in dry bags and allowed to coagulate. The serum is collected "on the clot", pooled, filtered, mixed, dispensed in polypropylene vials and frozen at -80 degrees C without further processing. Some batches were slightly modified by spiking or dilution. Critical steps of the production and use of the sera are described and improvements are discussed. A total of 34 different batches have been prepared since 1985. Results from homogeneity and stability studies are presented. The studies cover 18 routine components in serum stored at +4 degrees C to 37 degrees C for up to 34 days. Good stability was observed for storage of all components, with the exception of triglyceride. Amylase, creatininium, glucose, gamma-glutamyltransferase, urate (and perhaps carbamide) showed deterioration after 13 days of incubation at 37 degrees C. The long-term stability at -80 degrees C is reviewed and new data are presented, e.g. as consensus values from EQA schemes, where the same serum has been sent out three times over 5 years, and from reference measurement procedure values that have been assigned twice with an interval of 5 years. Furthermore, a 10-year stability study has been started.
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- G M Henriksen
- Danish Institute for External Quality Assurance for Laboratories in Health Care, DEKS, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Trevisan C, Vieira S, Blom M, Zancanaro R, Cassel L, Hahn C, Pinheiro P. Crit Care 2005; 9:P132. [DOI: 10.1186/cc3195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Both heart rate variability (HRV) and inflammatory markers are carrying prognostic information in coronary heart disease (CHD), however, we know of no studies examining their relation in CHD. The aim of this study, therefore, was to assess the association between HRV and inflammatory activity, as reflected by the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) and C-reactive protein (CRP). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Consecutive women patients who survived hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, and/or underwent a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass grafting were included and evaluated in a stable condition 1 year after the index events. An ambulatory 24-h ECG was recorded during normal activities. SDNN index (mean of the standard deviations of all normal to normal intervals for all 5-min segments of the entire recording) and the following frequency domain parameters were assessed: total power, high frequency (HF) power, low frequency (LF) power and very low frequency (VLF) power. Levels of high-sensitivity CRP were measured by nephelometry, IL-6 and IL-1ra concentrations were determined by enzyme immunoassay. RESULTS Levels of IL-6 showed an inverse relation with HRV measures even after controlling for potential confounding factors. The P-values were 0.02, 0.04, 0.01, 0.03, 0.18 for the multivariate association with SDDN index, total power, VLF power, LF power and HF power respectively. In contrast, the inverse relationship between HRV measures and CRP or IL-1ra levels were weak and nonsignificant. Correlation coefficients for the relationship between IL-6 and HRV measures were both uni- and multivariately higher than for the relationship between HRV measures and any other factors evaluated in this study. CONCLUSION Concentration of IL-6 showed a negative, independent association with HRV in women with CHD. Thus, increased inflammatory activity, as reflected by IL-6 levels, may represent a new auxiliary mechanism linking decreased HRV to poor prognosis in CHD.
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- I Janszky
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, and Center of Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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van Dijkhuizen-Radersma R, Nicolas HM, van de Weert M, Blom M, de Groot K, Bezemer JM. Stability aspects of salmon calcitonin entrapped in poly(ether-ester) sustained release systems. Int J Pharm 2002; 248:229-37. [PMID: 12429476 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5173(02)00458-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Poly(ether-ester)s composed of hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol)-terephthalate (PEGT) blocks and hydrophobic poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) blocks were studied as matrix for the controlled release of calcitonin. Salmon calcitonin loaded PEGT/PBT films were prepared from water-in-oil emulsions. The initial calcitonin release rate could be tailored by the copolymer composition, but incomplete release of calcitonin was observed. FTIR measurements indicated aggregation of calcitonin in the matrix, which was not due to the preparation method of the matrices, but due to the instability of calcitonin in an aqueous environment. Release experiments showed the susceptibility of calcitonin towards the composition of the release medium, in particular to the presence of metal ions. With increasing amount of sodium ions, a decrease in the total amount of released calcitonin was observed due to enhanced aggregation. The calcitonin had to be stabilized in the matrix to prevent aggregation. Incorporation of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) as a stabilizer in PEGT/PBT matrices increased the percentage of calcitonin released, but could not avoid aggregation on a longer term.
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Fundira M, Blom M, Pretorius IS, van Rensburg P. Selection of yeast starter culture strains for the production of marula fruit wines and distillates. J Agric Food Chem 2002; 50:1535-1542. [PMID: 11879033 DOI: 10.1021/jf0111514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Juice of the Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (marula) fruit was fermented by indigenous microflora and different commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains at different temperatures, namely, 15 and 30 degrees C. Volatile acids, esters, and higher alcohols were quantified in the wine and distillates, and the results were interpreted using a multivariate analysis of variance and an average linkage cluster analysis. Significant differences between 15 and 30 degrees C and also among yeasts with respect to volatile compounds were observed. Yeast strains VIN7 and FC consistently produced wines and final distillates significantly different from the other strains. A panel of tasters and marula and brandy producers was asked to select wines and distillates that had an acceptable and typical marula "nose". They were also asked to detect the differences among wines and distillates fermented with the same yeast strain at different temperatures.
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- M Fundira
- Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch ZA-7600, South Africa
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Sørensen TL, Blom M, Monnet DL, Frimodt-Møller N, Poulsen RL, Espersen F. Transient intestinal carriage after ingestion of antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus faecium from chicken and pork. N Engl J Med 2001; 345:1161-6. [PMID: 11642232 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa010692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Antibiotic-resistant enterococci are often present in retail meats, but it is unclear whether the ingestion of these contaminants leads to sustained intestinal carriage. METHODS We conducted a randomized, double-blind study in 18 healthy volunteers. Six ingested a mixture of 10(7) colony-forming units (CFU) of two glycopeptide-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecium obtained from chicken purchased at a grocery store, six ingested 10(7) CFU of a streptogramin-resistant strain of E. faecium obtained from a pig at slaughter, and six ingested 10(7) CFU of a glycopeptide-susceptible and streptogramin-susceptible strain of E. faecium from chicken purchased at a grocery store. Suspensions of enterococci were prepared in 250 ml of whole milk and were well within the amounts deemed acceptable by Danish food regulations. Stool samples were collected before exposure, daily for 1 week after ingestion, and at 14 and 35 days. Resistant enterococci in stools were identified by selective culture techniques; further molecular characterization of the organisms was also conducted. RESULTS At the outset, none of the subjects were colonized with glycopeptide-resistant or streptogramin-resistant E. faecium. After ingestion of the study strains, these same strains were isolated from the stools of all subjects, in various concentrations. The test strain was isolated in stool from 8 of 12 subjects on day 6, and from 1 of 12 on day 14. All stool samples were negative at 35 days. CONCLUSIONS The ingestion of resistant E. faecium of animal origin leads to detectable concentrations of the resistant strain in stools for up to 14 days after ingestion. The organisms survive gastric passage and multiply.
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- T L Sørensen
- Department of Microbiological Research and Development, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Väkeväinen S, Tillonen J, Blom M, Jousimies-Somer H, Salaspuro M. Acetaldehyde production and other ADH-related characteristics of aerobic bacteria isolated from hypochlorhydric human stomach. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001; 25:421-6. [PMID: 11290854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acetaldehyde is a known local carcinogen in the digestive tract in humans. Bacterial overgrowth in the hypochlorhydric stomach enhances production of acetaldehyde from ethanol in vivo after alcohol ingestion. Therefore, microbially produced acetaldehyde may be a potential risk factor for alcohol-related gastric and cardiac cancers. This study was aimed to investigate which bacterial species and/or groups are responsible for acetaldehyde formation in the hypochlorhydric human stomach and to characterize their alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzymes. METHODS After 7 days of treatment with 30 mg of lansoprazole twice a day, a gastroscopy was performed on eight volunteers to obtain hypochlorhydric gastric juice. Samples were cultured and bacteria were isolated and identified; thereafter, their acetaldehyde production capacity was measured gas chromatographically by incubating intact bacterial suspensions with ethanol at 37 degrees C. Cytosolic ADH activities, Km values, and protein concentration were determined spectrophotometrically. RESULTS Acetaldehyde production of the isolated bacterial strains (n = 51) varied from less than 1 to 13,690 nmol of acetaldehyde/10(9) colony-forming units/hr. ADH activity of the strains that produced more than 100 nmol of acetaldehyde/10(9) colony-forming units/hr (n = 23) varied from 3.9 to 1253 nmol of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide per minute per milligram of protein, and Km values for ethanol ranged from 0.65 to 116 mM and from 0.5 to 3.1 M (high Km). There was a statistically significant correlation (r = 0.64, p < 0.001) between ADH activity and acetaldehyde production from ethanol in the tested strains. The most potent acetaldehyde producers were Neisseria and Rothia species and Streptococcus salivarius, whereas nearly all Stomatococcus, Staphylococcus, and other Streptococcus species had a very low capacity to produce acetaldehyde. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that certain bacterial species or groups that originate from the oral cavity are responsible for the bulk of acetaldehyde production in the hypochlorhydric stomach. These findings provide new information with the respect to the local production of carcinogenic acetaldehyde in the upper digestive tract of achlorhydric human subjects.
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- S Väkeväinen
- Research Unit of Alcohol Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
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McArdle P, Wiegersma A, Gilvarry E, McCarthy S, Fitzgerald M, Kolte B, Brinkley A, Blom M, Stoeckel I, Pierolini A, Michels I, Johnson R, Quensel S. International variations in youth drug use: the effect of individual behaviours, peer and family influences, and geographical location. Eur Addict Res 2000; 6:163-9. [PMID: 11124569 DOI: 10.1159/000052042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This international study investigates factors underlying international variations in rates of youth drug use among representative samples of 15-year-olds in five cities (Bremen, n = 871; Dublin, n = 983; Groningen, n = 487; Newcastle upon Tyne, n = 880; Rome, n = 666). It reveals a higher level of drug use in English-speaking compared to continental populations. Drug use was associated with peer, family and individual factors. Logistic regression showed that family structure and sport were associated with lower rates and delinquent behaviour with higher rates of drug use in all cities and among males and females. Among males, city of residence also independently predicted drug use. The effect of traditional families and studiousness in reducing drug use was most evident for male drug use in low-use cities: higher rates of use in English-speaking cities appear partially due to the drug use of low-risk males.
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- P McArdle
- Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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