Commissioning of the LIGO detectors
- 13 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 19 (7) , 1429-1435
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/326
Abstract
The goal of the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO) project is to detect and study gravitational waves from astrophysical sources. Currently, three interferometers with arm lengths of several kilometres and a design strain sensitivity of order 2 × 10−23 Hz−1/2 are being commissioned at two independent sites in Hanford (WA) and Livingston (LA). This paper describes the current work towards achieving LIGO's final sensitivity.Keywords
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