TY - JOUR
T1 - Status of gravitational wave detectors
AU - Saulson, Peter R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the U.S. National Science foundation both for his own research under Grant PHY-0140335, and for its support of LIGO. He also wishes to thank his many colleagues around the globe, and to thank their funding agencies on their behalf.
PY - 2007/3/1
Y1 - 2007/3/1
N2 - The quest for gravitational waves is about to enter an exciting stage, as a new generation of very sensitive detectors are in the process of coming on line around the globe. The interferometric detectors in Europe, the US, and Japan join a network of resonant detectors in offering unprecedented capabilities for observing the gravitational wave sky. Beyond this generation of detectors, plans have been developed for advanced versions that can see signals an order of magnitude lower in amplitude. Interferometers in space are also envisioned. With all of this new observational capability, it is clear that the field of gravitational wave astronomy will soon be launched.
AB - The quest for gravitational waves is about to enter an exciting stage, as a new generation of very sensitive detectors are in the process of coming on line around the globe. The interferometric detectors in Europe, the US, and Japan join a network of resonant detectors in offering unprecedented capabilities for observing the gravitational wave sky. Beyond this generation of detectors, plans have been developed for advanced versions that can see signals an order of magnitude lower in amplitude. Interferometers in space are also envisioned. With all of this new observational capability, it is clear that the field of gravitational wave astronomy will soon be launched.
KW - Gravitational wave detectors
KW - Gravitational waves
KW - Interferometer
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.242
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.242
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846916897
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 572
SP - 528
EP - 530
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1 SPEC. ISS.
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