Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Number of cosmic string loops

(2014) Jose J. Blanco-Pillado et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches

(2012) J Aasi et al.   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Virgo: a laser interferometer to detect gravitational waves

(2012) T Accadia et al.   Journal of Instrumentation

THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE 2008 POWER SPECTRUM

(2011) J. Dunkley et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Seeking string theory in the cosmos

(2011) Edmund J Copeland et al.   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Cosmic string parameter constraints and model analysis using small scale Cosmic Microwave Background data

(2011) Jon Urrestilla et al.   JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

LIGO S6 detector characterization studies

(2010) Nelson Christensen et al.   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Updated constraints on the cosmic string tension

(2010) Richard Battye et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Gravitational-wave stochastic background from kinks and cusps on cosmic strings

(2010) S. Ölmez et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Gravitational wave signatures from kink proliferation on cosmic (super-) strings

(2010) P. Binétruy et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Tight constraints onF- andD-term hybrid inflation scenarios

(2010) Richard Battye et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

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First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings

(2009) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

(2009) B P Abbott et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

A Bayesian coincidence test for noise rejection in a gravitational-wave burst search

(2008) Kipp C Cannon   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Fitting Cosmic Microwave Background Data with Cosmic Strings and Inflation

(2008) Neil Bevis et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS