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Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era

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Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era. / LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration.
In: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 785, No. 2, 119, 02.04.2014.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration 2014, 'Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 785, no. 2, 119. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2014). Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era. The Astrophysical Journal, 785(2), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era. The Astrophysical Journal. 2014 Apr 2;785(2):119. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. / Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars : Results from the Initial Detector Era. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 2014 ; Vol. 785, No. 2.

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