Title |
Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)
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Published in |
Living Reviews in Relativity, August 2016
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DOI | 10.12942/lrr-2000-3 |
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Authors |
Sheila Rowan, Jim Hough |
Abstract |
Significant progress has been made in recent years on the development of gravitational wave detectors. Sources such as coalescing compact binary systems, low-mass X-ray binaries, stellar collapses and pulsars are all possible candidates for detection. The most promising design of gravitational wave detector uses test masses a long distance apart and freely suspended as pendulums on Earth or in drag-free craft in space. The main theme of this review is a discussion of the mechanical and optical principles used in the various long baseline systems being built around the world - LIGO (USA), VIRGO (Italy/France), TAMA 300 (Japan) and GEO 600 (Germany/UK) - and in LISA, a proposed space-borne interferometer. |
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