THE VIRGO INTERFEROMETER FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2075-2079 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. ACCADIA ◽  
F. ACERNESE ◽  
F. ANTONUCCI ◽  
P. ASTONE ◽  
G. BALLARDIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Fused Silica ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detection ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
The Status

The Virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection is described. During the commissioning phase that followed the first scientific data taking run an unprecedented sensitivity was obtained in the range 10–60 Hz. Since then an upgrade program has begun, with the aim of increasing the sensitivity, mainly through the introduction of fused silica wires to suspend mirrors and by increasing the Finesse of the Fabry–Perot cavities. Plans until the shutdown for the construction of the Advanced Virgo detector are given as well as the status of the upgrade.

scholarly journals Cosmology with Gravitational Waves in DES and LSST

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S338) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Kenneth Herner ◽  
Marcelle Soares-Santos ◽  
James Annis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detection ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status

AbstractMotivated by the prospect of the wealth of data arising from the inauguration of the era of gravitational wave detection by ground-based interferometers the DES collaboration, in partnership with members of the LIGO collaboration and members of the astronomical community at large, have established a research program to search for their optical counterparts and to explore their use as cosmological probes. In this talk we present the status of our program and discuss prospects for establishing this new probe as part of the portfolio of the Dark Energy research program in the future, in particular for the next generation survey, LSST.

scholarly journals Are We There Yet? The Road to Gravitational Wave Detection

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Gravity Waves ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detection ◽  
The Road ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
The Status ◽  
Laser Interferometers

AbstractGiant laser interferometers are currently ‘listening’ for gravitational waves but are they sensitive enough? I briefly review the status of the global effort to detect gravity waves and overview Australia's role.

scholarly journals Low Power Cusped Field Thruster Developed for the Space-Borne Gravitational Wave Detection Mission in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6549
Author(s):  
Hui Liu ◽  
Ming Zeng ◽  
Xiang Niu ◽  
Hongyan Huang ◽  
Daren Yu
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Attitude Control System ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detection ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The microthruster is the crucial device of the drag-free attitude control system, essential for the space-borne gravitational wave detection mission. The cusped field thruster (also called the High Efficiency Multistage Plasma Thruster) becomes one of the candidate thrusters for the mission due to its low complexity and potential long life over a wide range of thrust. However, the prescribed minimum of thrust and thrust noise are considerable obstacles to downscaling works on cusped field thrusters. This article reviews the development of the low power cusped field thruster at the Harbin Institute of Technology since 2012, including the design of prototypes, experimental investigations and simulation studies. Progress has been made on the downscaling of cusped field thrusters, and a new concept of microwave discharge cusped field thruster has been introduced.

scholarly journals China’s first step towards probing the expanding universe and the nature of gravity using a space borne gravitational wave antenna

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detector ◽  
Expanding Universe ◽  
Satellite Mission ◽  
Gravitational Wave Detection ◽  
Wave Detection ◽  
Wave Detector ◽  
Wave Antenna ◽  
Gravitational Wave Antenna

AbstractIn this perspective, we outline that a space borne gravitational wave detector network combining LISA and Taiji can be used to measure the Hubble constant with an uncertainty less than 0.5% in ten years, compared with the network of the ground based gravitational wave detectors which can measure the Hubble constant within a 2% uncertainty in the next five years by the standard siren method. Taiji is a Chinese space borne gravitational wave detection mission planned for launch in the early 2030 s. The pilot satellite mission Taiji-1 has been launched in August 2019 to verify the feasibility of Taiji. The results of a few technologies tested on Taiji-1 are presented in this paper.

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