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XIII Publications, Presentations XIII Publications, Presentations 1. Refereed Publications GW150914 Using a Fully Spin-Precessing Waveform Model, Phys. Rev. X, 6, 041014. Abbott, B. P., et al. including Tanaka, M., Yanagisawa, K.: 2016, Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2017, The Basic Physics of Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914, Ann. Phys.-Berlin, 529, Transient GW150914, ApJL, 826, L13. 1600209. Abbott, B. P., et al. including Tanaka, M., Yanagisawa, K.: 2016, Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2017, All-sky Search for Supplement: “Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Short Gravitational-wave Bursts in the First Advanced LIGO Run, Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914” (2016, ApJL, 826, L13), Phys. Rev. D, 95, 042003. ApJS, 225, 8. Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2017, Upper Limits on the Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Upper Limits On The Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO’s Rates of Binary Neutron Star and Neutron Star-black Hole Mergers First Observing Run, Phys. Rev. Let., 118, 121101. from Advanced Ligo’s First Observing Run, ApJL, 832, L21. Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2017, Directional Limits Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Supplement: “The on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO’s First Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced Ligo Observing Run, Phys. Rev. Let., 118, 121102. Observations Surrounding GW150914” (2016, ApJL, 833, L1), ApJS, Akiyama, E., et al. including Hashimoto, J., Hasegawa, Y., Kudo, T., 227, 14. Kusakabe, N., Kuzuhara, M., Ohashi, N., Egner, S., Guyon, O., Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Characterization of Hayano, Y., Hayashi, M., Hayashi, S. S., Ishii, M., Iye, M., Kandori, Transient Noise in Advanced LIGO Relevant to Gravitational Wave R., Morino, J., Nishimura, T., Pyo, T., Suenaga, T., Suto, H., Suzuki, Signal GW150914, Classical Quant. Grav., 33, 134001. R., Takahashi, Y. H., Takato, N., Terada, H., Tomono, D., Takami, Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, GW150914: First H., Usuda, T., Tamura, M.: 2016, Spiral Structure and Differential Results from the Search for Binary Black Hole Coalescence with Dust Size Distribution in the LKHα 330 Disk, AJ, 152, 222. Advanced LIGO, Phys. Rev. D, 93, 122003. Akiyama, K., Kuramochi, K., Ikeda, S., Fish, V. L., Tazaki, Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Observing F., Honma, M., Doeleman, S. S., Broderick, A. E., Dexter, J., Gravitational-Wave Transient GW150914 with Minimal Assumptions, Mościbrodzka, M., Bouman, K. L., Chael, A. A., Zaizen, M.: 2017, Phys. Rev. D, 93, 122004. Imaging the Schwarzschild-radius-scale Structure of M87 with the Abbott, B. 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P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Comprehensive All- Zeidler, S., Ikeyama, K., Ariyama, Y.: 2016, Vacuum and Cryogenic sky Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Sixth Science Run Compatible Black Surface for Large Optical Baffles in Advanced LIGO Data, Phys. Rev. D, 94, 042002. Gravitational-wave Telescopes, Opt. Mater. Exp., 6, 1613 Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Directly Comparing Alexander, D. M., et al. including Matsuda, Y.: 2016, ALMA Observations GW150914 with Numerical Solutions of Einstein’s Equations for of a z ≈ 3.1 Protocluster: Star Formation from Active Galactic Nuclei Binary Black Hole Coalescence, Phys. Rev. D, 94, 064035. and Lyman-alpha Blobs in an Overdense Environment, MNRAS, 461, Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, First Targeted Search 2944–2952. for Gravitational-wave Bursts from Core-collapse Supernovae in Alonso-Herrero, A., et al. including Packham, C., Ichikawa, K., Data of First-generation Laser Interferometer Detectors, Phys. Rev. D, Imanishi, M.: 2016, The Complex Evolutionary Paths of Local 94, 102001. Infrared Bright Galaxies: A High-angular Resolution Mid-infrared Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, Properties of the View, MNRAS, 463, 2405–2424. Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914, Phys. Rev. Let., 116, 241102. Arai, A., Kawakita, H., Shinnaka, Y., Tajitsu, A.: 2016, Origins of Abbott, B. P., et al. including Flaminio, R.: 2016, GW151226: Absorption Systems of Classical Nova V2659 CYG (NOVA CYG Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary 2014), ApJ, 830, 30. Black Hole Coalescence, Phys. Rev. Let., 116, 241103. Arai, H., et al. including Fujita, S., Yamauchi, A., Kaneko, H., Abbott, B. 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