[HTML][HTML] Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

…, JC Barayoga, SE Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker… - Living reviews in …, 2020 - Springer
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced
LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years, …

LIGO: the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory

…, P Baker, S Ballmer, C Barker, D Barker… - Reports on Progress …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and
study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the …

Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

…, G Ballardin, S Ballmer, D Barker… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact
binary coalescence sources detectable by the initial and advanced versions of the ground-based …

Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger

…, JC Barayoga, SE Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
On September 14, 2015 at 09: 50: 45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. …

GWTC-2: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

…, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
We report on gravitational-wave discoveries from compact binary coalescences detected by
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo in the first half of the third observing run (O3a) …

GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

…, JC Barayoga, SE Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report the observation of a gravitational-wave signal produced by the coalescence of two
stellar-mass black holes. The signal, GW151226, was observed by the twin detectors of the …

Advanced ligo

…, M Barbet, S Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker… - … and quantum gravity, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors are second-generation instruments designed
and built for the two LIGO observatories in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA, USA. The …

GWTC-1: a gravitational-wave transient catalog of compact binary mergers observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first and second observing runs

…, JC Barayoga, SE Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries
with component masses above 1 M⊙ during the first and second observing runs of the …

GWTC-3: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

…, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South …

…, D Bandeira, A Bara, MAS Barbosa, D Barker… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A safe and efficacious vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), if deployed with high coverage, could contribute to the control of …