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

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Autoren

  • 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

Externe Organisationen

  • Cardiff University
  • University of Glasgow
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)175-180
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Jahrgang218
Ausgabenummer3-6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 5 Aug. 1996
Extern publiziertJa

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.

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Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors. / Nicholson, D.; Dickson, C. A.; Watkins, W. J. et al.
in: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, Jahrgang 218, Nr. 3-6, 05.08.1996, S. 175-180.

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Nicholson, D, Dickson, CA, Watkins, WJ, Schutz, BF, Shuttleworth, J, Jones, GS, Robertson, DI, Mackenzie, NL, Strain, KA, Meers, BJ, Newton, GP, Ward, H, Cantley, CA, Robertson, NA, Hough, J, Danzmann, K, Niebauer, TM, Rüdiger, A, Schilling, R, Schnupp, L & Winkler, W 1996, 'Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors', Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, Jg. 218, Nr. 3-6, S. 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0
Nicholson, D., Dickson, C. A., Watkins, W. J., Schutz, B. F., Shuttleworth, J., Jones, G. S., Robertson, D. I., Mackenzie, N. L., Strain, K. A., Meers, B. J., Newton, G. P., Ward, H., Cantley, C. A., Robertson, N. A., Hough, J., Danzmann, K., Niebauer, T. M., Rüdiger, A., Schilling, R., ... Winkler, W. (1996). Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, 218(3-6), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0
Nicholson D, Dickson CA, Watkins WJ, Schutz BF, Shuttleworth J, Jones GS et al. Results of the first coincident observations by two laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics. 1996 Aug 5;218(3-6):175-180. doi: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00438-0
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