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

authored by: 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.
External Organisation(s): Cardiff University
University of Glasgow
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ)
Type: Article
Journal: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume: 218
Pages: 175-180
No. of pages: 6
ISSN: 0375-9601
Publication date: 05.08.1996
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: General Physics and Astronomy
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0 (Access: Closed)
http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-10E0-1 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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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",
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