B. Mours

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B

We present the results of the search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with γ-ray bursts detected during the first observing run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). We find no evidence of a GW signal for any of the 41 γ-ray bursts for which LIGO data are available with sufficient duration. For all γ-ray bursts, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source using the optimistic assumption that GWs with an energy of

Variable placement of templates technique in a 2D parameter space for binary inspiral searches

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New contour reconstruction technique in template parameter space and associated placement

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Thermal noise reduction in GW antennas and higher order LG modes

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A precise measurement of the t lepton lifetime

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Interferometric detection of gravitational waves: the VIRGO project

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