Published May 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

The status of laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors

  • 1. LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA, 99354 (United States)

Description

There has been a rapid advance in the sensitivity of broadband searches for gravitational waves, using an international network of kilometer-scale laser interferometers. The LIGO detectors in North America, the GEO600 detector in Germany and the TAMA300 detector in Japan have conducted searches for gravitational waves covering a frequency range from below 100 Hz up to many kHz. These detectors and the VIRGO detector in Italy are in a mature state of commissioning and technology development for a generation of more advanced detectors is ongoing

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/39/25/jpconf6_39_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online) (ISSN 1742-6596) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 25-31
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
9. international conference on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
Acronym
TAUP 2005
Dates
10-14 Sep 2005
Place
Zaragoza (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38028458
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; KHZ RANGE; LASERS; SENSITIVITY
Descriptors DEC
FREQUENCY RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS

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