Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory Scientific Data Archive
... The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory — is one of several large projects being undertaken in the United States, Europe and Japan to detect gravitational ...
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A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for the detection of “Violin-Mode” resonances in advanced laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory suspensions
... SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance) Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom (Received 1 September 2014; accepted 21 October 2014; published online 7 ...
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Gravitational-Wave Science with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
... the gravitational-wave science workflow after calibrating the data is searching the data for gravitational-wave ...of gravitational waves or set new upper limits on the rate of ...
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Searching for a stochastic background of gravitational waves with the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory
... At 1 mHz resolution, a forest of sharp 1 Hz harmonic lines can be observed. These lines were likely caused by the sharp ramp of a one-pulse-per-second signal, injected into the data ac- quisition system to synchronize it ...
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LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY - LIGO - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
... 1) A sampling of the acceleration power spectrum in the vertical, horizontal, and longitudinal directions of the tube at a fixed support ring, at a stiffening ring 10 meters from the fix[r] ...
Detector Characterization Analysis of the Initial Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
... gravitational-wave strain is obtained after calibration. Because of their characteristics, “dart” glitches provide a suitable testing bed for glitch identification and classification algorithms. Thus, a ...
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The Local Rate and the Progenitor Lifetimes of Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Bursts: Synthesis and Predictions for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
... 5. PROSPECTS FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION Progenitors of SHBs may also be strong sources of GWs. Therefore, the local SHB rate might have direct implications for the detection rate of GW telescopes in ...
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Gravitational wave astronomy and cosmology
... Several facilities around the world are involved in the search for GWs. Some of these facilities are presently offline as they un- dergo upgrades to ‘‘advanced’’ sensitivity, but will begin active GW searches again in ...
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A back-linked Fabry-Perot interferometer for space-borne gravitational wave observations
... Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan 181-0015 ...of gravitational waves at frequencies below 10 Hz will play crucial roles for fully exploiting the potential of ...
Parabolic flights in pico-g for space-based gravitational wave observatory: the free-fall experiment on LISA Pathfinder
... GW observatory, will open the gravitational window on the universe in the low-frequency ...on gravitational radiation, the Laser In- terferometric Space Antenna will be presented in terms of ...
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Experiments with a laser interferometric gravitational wave antenna
... In this appendix we present a heuristic explanation of the modulation technique developed by Drever et al: [60] for determining the relative phase or frequency error betwee[r] ...
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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer
... any interferometer, such studies usually require complementary data, e.g. radial velocity measurements, photometric monitoring, or radiative transfer model predictions, to disentangle the multiple models ...
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First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors
... This is broadly consistent with the more recent Cepheid- based distance estimate of D ¼ ð9 . 29 0 . 69Þ Mpc to TABLE I. Core-collapse supernovae selected as triggers for the gravitational-wave search ...
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First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors
... Using gravitational waveforms from CCSN simulations, waveforms generated with phe- nomenological astrophysical models, and ad-hoc wave- forms, we measure the sensitivity of our ...strong ...
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First Targeted Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Core-Collapse Supernovae in Data of First-Generation Laser Interferometer Detectors
... Using gravitational waveforms from CCSN simulations, waveforms generated with phenom- enological astrophysical models, and ad hoc waveforms, we measure the sensitivity of our ...strong gravitational ...
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Homodyne detection for laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors
... the laser frequency or the cavity length is ad- justed to hold the carrier on ...and laser frequency); the RF sidebands, on the other hand, are typically far from resonance and experience very little phase ...
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Micro-thruster Options for the Japanese Space Gravitational Wave Observatory Missions
... stabilized laser source, and a drag-free control system ...by gravitational waves or external disturbances, is measured by means of a stabilized laser ...Nd:YAG laser source in which the ...
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Michelson Type Optical Fiber Laser Interferometer for Cylinder Wave Monitoring
... pressure-proof chamber. Sensing fiber with free end is much convenient for the complex structures such as parallel and bent pipe lines. We are developing a Michelson-type optical fiber inter- ferometer with free-end fiber ...
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Michelson Interferometer(With Laser)
... Interferometry is an important investigative technique in the fields of astronomy, fibre optics, engineering metrology, optical metrology, oceanography, seismology, quantum mechanics, plasma physics and remote sensing. ...
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Enhancing the sensitivity of future laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors
... a laser enters the interferometer as it would for a position-meter, and accumulates a phase shift propor- tional to the propagation and the signal from any gravitational waves or disturbances in the ...
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