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First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data

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First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. / LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
In: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 25, No. 24, 245008, 27.11.2008.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration 2008, 'First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, no. 24, 245008. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245008

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2008). First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25(24), Article 245008. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245008

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration. First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2008 Nov 27;25(24):245008. doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245008

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration. / First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2008 ; Vol. 25, No. 24.

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