Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors

verfasst von: D. Nicholson, C. A. Dickson, W. J. Watkins, B. F. Schutz, J. Shuttleworth, G. S. Jones, D. I. Robertson, N. L. Mackenzie, K. A. Strain, B. J. Meers, G. P. Newton, H. Ward, C. A. Cantley, N. A. Robertson, J. Hough, K. Danzmann, T. M. Niebauer, A. Rüdiger, R. Schilling, L. Schnupp, W. Winkler
Abstract: We report an upper bound on the strain amplitude of gravitational wave bursts in a waveband from around 800 Hz to 1.25 kHz. In an effective coincident observing period of 62 hours, the prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors of the University of Glasgow and Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, have set a limit of 4.9 × 10^-16, averaging over wave polarizations and incident directions. This is roughly a factor of 2 worse than the theoretical best limit that the detectors could have set, the excess being due to unmodelled non-Gaussian noise. The experiment has demonstrated the viability of the kind of observations planned for the large-scale interferometers that should be on-line in a few years time.
Externe Organisation(en): Cardiff University
University of Glasgow
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ)
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Band: 218
Seiten: 175-180
Anzahl der Seiten: 6
ISSN: 0375-9601
Publikationsdatum: 05.08.1996
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-10E0-1 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

@article{8a2b9f1a6aff41d2a01f557d758d87a2,
title = "Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors",
abstract = "We report an upper bound on the strain amplitude of gravitational wave bursts in a waveband from around 800 Hz to 1.25 kHz. In an effective coincident observing period of 62 hours, the prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors of the University of Glasgow and Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, have set a limit of 4.9 × 10-16, averaging over wave polarizations and incident directions. This is roughly a factor of 2 worse than the theoretical best limit that the detectors could have set, the excess being due to unmodelled non-Gaussian noise. The experiment has demonstrated the viability of the kind of observations planned for the large-scale interferometers that should be on-line in a few years time.",
author = "D. Nicholson and Dickson, {C. A.} and Watkins, {W. J.} and Schutz, {B. F.} and J. Shuttleworth and Jones, {G. S.} and Robertson, {D. I.} and Mackenzie, {N. L.} and Strain, {K. A.} and Meers, {B. J.} and Newton, {G. P.} and H. Ward and Cantley, {C. A.} and Robertson, {N. A.} and J. Hough and K. Danzmann and Niebauer, {T. M.} and A. R{\"u}diger and R. Schilling and L. Schnupp and W. Winkler",
year = "1996",
month = aug,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0",
language = "English",
volume = "218",
pages = "175--180",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics",
issn = "0375-9601",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "3-6",
}