GEO600: building a gravitational wave observatory

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Conference object 24 Apr 2007Embargo end date: 03 Sep 2019Publisher:Sissa MedialabJournal:Proceedings of International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(HEP2005)

Authors: Hewitson, M.;

doi: 10.22323/1.021.0031 , 10.15488/5347

handle: 11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4F9C-8 , 11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4F9D-6 , 11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4F9B-A

GEO600: building a gravitational wave observatory

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An international network of laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors is nearing the end of the main commissioning phase and will soon enter into an extended observational period, collecting data for a duration of order one year. This article outlines the construction, design and commissioning of the GEO 600 gravitational wave observatory. GEO 600 is a laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector which has 600 m long arms and uses advanced optical and suspension techniques to achieve a sensitivity comparable to the longer base-line detectors currently operating in the U.S.A and Europe.

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Max Planck Society
Germany
University of Hannover
Germany

Keywords

Observatories, Gravitational effects, Orbits, Commissioning phase, Gravity waves, GEO 600, Gravitational wave detectors, Gravitational-wave observatory, Laser interferometry, Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::530 | Physik, High energy physics, International networks, Laser interferometric, Konferenzschrift, Signal detection, Base line

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