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Gravitational Wave Detection

Gravitational Wave Detection is a scientific methodology within experimental gravitation that involves the observation and measurement of ripples in spacetime curvature caused by accelerated massive objects, distinguished by its reliance on highly sensitive interferometric instruments to identify minute distortions predicted by general relativity.

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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2016 · 14.3K citations · Full text

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GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2017 · 9.6K citations · Full text

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Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2014 · 4.1K citations · Full text

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A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary

John Antoniadis, P. C. C. Freire, Norbert Wex et al. · Science · 2013 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X · 2019 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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  1. KD
    K. Danzmann

    Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany

    215 publications · 69.8K citations

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  2. JV
    J. Veitch

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    245 publications · 120.7K citations

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  3. KA
    K. A. Strain

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    226 publications · 77K citations

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  4. AV
    A. Vecchio

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    203 publications · 76.7K citations

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  5. BW
    B. Willke

    Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany

    220 publications · 77.2K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    148 h-index

    15.4K publications

    6.5M citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

    Potsdam, Germany

    140 h-index

    12.5K publications

    6.5M citations

  3. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    119 h-index

    3.2K publications

    1.6M citations

  4. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    117 h-index

    3.3K publications

    1.5M citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    116 h-index

    8.8K publications

    2.7M citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    115 h-index

    6.1K publications

    2.7M citations

  7. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    109 h-index

    8K publications

    3.9M citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    107 h-index

    3.6K publications

    1.7M citations

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  2. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    577 publications · 56.1K citations

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  3. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 737 publications · 44.2K citations

    99

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 213 publications · 56.3K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 257 publications · 20.2K citations

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