The Advanced LIGO Photon Calibrators The Advanced LIGO Photon Calibrators
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The Advanced LIGO Photon Calibrators S. Karki, 2, a) D. Tuyenbayev, 3 S. Kandhasamy, 5 B. P. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, E. H. Anders, J. Berliner, J. Betzwieser, H. P. Daveloza, C. Cahillane, L. Canete, C. Conley, 6 J. R. Gleason, E. Goetz, 6 J. S. Kissel, K. Izumi, G. Mendell, V. Quetschke, M. Rodruck, S. Sachdev, T. Sadecki, P. B. Schwinberg, A. Sottile, 9 M. Wade, A. J. Weinstein, M. West, 11 and R. L. Savage b) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, 78520, USA University of Missisipi, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA, 70754, USA California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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