Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO

B. Abbott; C.A. Cantley; LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO

B. Abbott, C.A. Cantley, LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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Abstract

For 17 days in August and September 2002, the LIGO and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors were operated in coincidence to produce their first data for scientific analysis. Although the detectors were still far from their design sensitivity levels, the data can be used to place better upper limits on the flux of gravitational waves incident on the earth than previous direct measurements. This paper describes the instruments and the data in some detail, as a companion to analysis papers based on the first data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	154-179
Number of pages	26
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	517
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 2004

Keywords

LIGO
gravitational wave
interferometer
observatory
quantum cosmology
GEO
design sensitivity levels
detector description

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Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO. / Abbott, B.; Cantley, C.A.; LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 517, No. 1-3, 21.01.2004, p. 154-179.

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