Constraints on Cosmic Strings Using Data from the Third Advanced LIGO-Virgo Observing Run

Baltus, Grégory ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

Boudart, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

Collette, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Active aerospace struct. and adv. mecha. systems

Cudell, Jean-René ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

Fays, Maxime ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

others (LIGO scientific, Virgo and KAGRA collaborations)

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Constraints on Cosmic Strings Using Data from the Third Advanced LIGO-Virgo Observing Run

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2021

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Physical Review Letters

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0031-9007

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American Physical Society, New York, United States - New York

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126

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241102

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