| Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy, F Acernese, K Ackley, ... Physical review letters 116 (6), 061102, 2016 | 8536* | 2016 |
| Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo J Aasi, J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, M Abernathy, T Accadia, ... Living Reviews in Relativity 19, 2016 | 1732* | 2016 |
| LIGO: the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory BP Abbott, R Abbott, R Adhikari, P Ajith, B Allen, G Allen, RS Amin, ... Reports on Progress in Physics 72 (7), 076901, 2009 | 1368 | 2009 |
| Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, M Abernathy, T Accadia, F Acernese, ... Classical and Quantum Gravity 27 (17), 173001, 2010 | 1126 | 2010 |
| A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, M Abernathy, C Adams, ... Nature Physics 7 (12), 962, 2011 | 631 | 2011 |
| Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light J Aasi, J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy, C Adams, ... Nature Photonics 7 (8), 613, 2013 | 584 | 2013 |
| Observing binary inspiral in gravitational radiation: One interferometer LS Finn, DF Chernoff Physical Review D 47 (6), 2198, 1993 | 569 | 1993 |
| The last three minutes: Issues in gravitational-wave measurements of coalescing compact binaries C Cutler, TA Apostolatos, L Bildsten, LS Finn, EE Flanagan, D Kennefick, ... Physical Review Letters 70 (20), 2984, 1993 | 562 | 1993 |
| The international pulsar timing array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector G Hobbs, A Archibald, Z Arzoumanian, D Backer, M Bailes, NDR Bhat, ... Classical and Quantum Gravity 27 (8), 084013, 2010 | 470 | 2010 |
| Detection, measurement, and gravitational radiation LS Finn Physical Review D 46 (12), 5236, 1992 | 453 | 1992 |
| An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin BP Abbott, R Abbott, F Acernese, R Adhikari, P Ajith, B Allen, G Allen, ... Nature 460 (7258), 990, 2009 | 435 | 2009 |
| Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO B Abbott, R Abbott, R Adhikari, A Ageev, B Allen, R Amin, SB Anderson, ... Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators …, 2004 | 410 | 2004 |
| Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO’s sixth science run and Virgo’s science runs 2 and 3 J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, M Abernathy, T Accadia, ... Physical Review D 85 (8), 082002, 2012 | 293 | 2012 |
| Limits on the stochastic gravitational wave background from the North American nanohertz observatory for gravitational waves PB Demorest, RD Ferdman, ME Gonzalez, D Nice, S Ransom, IH Stairs, ... The Astrophysical Journal 762 (2), 94, 2012 | 270 | 2012 |
| Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run J Aasi, J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, T Abbott, MR Abernathy, T Accadia, ... Classical and Quantum Gravity 32 (11), 115012, 2015 | 251 | 2015 |
| Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network J Aasi, J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, M Abernathy, T Accadia, ... Physical Review D 88 (6), 062001, 2013 | 249* | 2013 |
| Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars B Abbott, R Abbott, R Adhikari, A Ageev, B Allen, R Amin, SB Anderson, ... Physical Review D 69 (12), 122001, 2004 | 239 | 2004 |
| Implications for the Origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO Observations B Abbott, R Abbott, R Adhikari, J Agresti, P Ajith, B Allen, R Amin, ... The Astrophysical Journal 681 (2), 1419, 2008 | 230 | 2008 |
| Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors B Abbott, R Abbott, R Adhikari, A Ageev, B Allen, R Amin, SB Anderson, ... Physical Review D 69 (8), 082004, 2004 | 213 | 2004 |
| Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with science run 5 LIGO data BP Abbott, R Abbott, F Acernese, R Adhikari, P Ajith, B Allen, G Allen, ... The Astrophysical Journal 713 (1), 671, 2010 | 203 | 2010 |