Parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using LALInference
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J. Veitch, 2 V. Raymond, B. Farr, 5 W. Farr, P. Graff, S. Vitale, B. Aylott, K. Blackburn, N. Christensen, M. Coughlin, W. Del Pozzo, F. Feroz, J. Gair, C.-J. Haster, V. Kalogera, T. Littenberg, I. Mandel, R. O’Shaughnessy, 13 M. Pitkin, C. Rodriguez, C. Röver, 16 T. Sidery, R. Smith, M. Van Der Sluys, A. Vecchio, W. Vousden, and L. Wade School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Nikhef, Science Park 105, Amsterdam 1098XG, The Netherlands LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, USA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 185 Albany St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057 USA Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Callinstraße 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 32, 37073 Göttingen, Germany Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Dated: 17 February 2015)
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