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

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 up...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2004, Vol.517 (1), p.154-179
Main Authors: Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Anderson, S.B., Ballmer, S., Barker-Patton, C., Barton, M.A., Bayer, K., Betzwieser, J., Billingsley, G., Braginsky, V.B., Brau, J.E., Brown, D.A., Busby, D., Butler, W.E., Byer, R.L., Carter, K., Chapsky, J., Coles, M., Cook, D., Corbitt, T., Cusack, B.J., Cutler, C., D'Ambrosio, E., Davies, R., DeSalvo, R., Drever, R.W.P., Etzel, T., Freise, A., Frolov, V., Fyffe, M., Ganezer, K.S., Giaime, J.A., Goda, K., Grant, A., Hanson, J., Hardham, C., Hartunian, A., Heefner, J., Hough, J., Ito, M., Jones, L., Khan, A., King, P., Landry, M., Langdale, J., Lei, M., Leonhardt, V., Lindquist, P., Lyons, T.T., Malec, M., Mason, K., Mavalvala, N., McNamara, P., Mohanty, S., Mossavi, K., Mueller, G., Mukherjee, S., Newton, G., Olson, T., Parameswariah, V., Pedraza, M., Rakhmanov, M., Redding, D., Reilly, K.T., Reitze, D.H., Rollins, J., Rong, H., Rowan, S., Sanders, G.H., Sannibale, V., Saulson, P.R., Savage, R., Schilling, R., Schofield, R., Schutz, B.F., Sengupta, A.S., Shawhan, P., Sibley, A., Sievers, L., Sigg, D., Sintes, A.M., Skeldon, K., Strain, K.A., Strom, D., Stuver, A., Summerscales, T., Sylvestre, J., Takamori, A., Taylor, I., Tinto, M., Vecchio, A., Vorvick, C., Walther, H., Wen, S., Whiting, B.F., Willems, P.A., Wise, S., Wooley, R., Yoshida, S., Zawischa, I.
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Language:English
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Gravitational wave
Interferometer
LIGO
Observatory
Sciences of the Universe
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124