The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/321

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector

B Willke et al 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 1377-1387 doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/321

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B Willke^1,3, P Aufmuth¹, C Aulbert⁴, S Babak⁵, R Balasubramanian⁵, B W Barr², S Berukoff⁴, S Bose⁴, G Cagnoli², M M Casey², D Churches⁵, D Clubley², C N Colacino¹, D R M Crooks², C Cutler⁴, K Danzmann^1,3, R Davies⁵, R Dupuis², E Elliffe², C Fallnich⁶, A Freise³, S Goßler¹, A Grant², H Grote³, G Heinzel¹, A Heptonstall², M Heurs¹, M Hewitson², J Hough², O Jennrich², K Kawabe³, K Kötter¹, V Leonhardt¹, H Lück^1,3, M Malec¹, P W McNamara², S A McIntosh², K Mossavi³, S Mohanty⁴, S Mukherjee⁴, S Nagano², G P Newton², B J Owen⁴, D Palmer², M A Papa⁴, M V Plissi², V Quetschke¹, D I Robertson², N A Robertson², S Rowan², A Rüdiger³, B S Sathyaprakash⁵, R Schilling³, B F Schutz^4,5, R Senior⁵, A M Sintes⁴, K D Skeldon², P Sneddon², F Stief¹, K A Strain², I Taylor⁵, C I Torrie², A Vecchio^4,7, H Ward², U Weiland¹, H Welling⁶, P Williams⁴, W Winkler³, G Woan² and I Zawischa⁶
¹ Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
² Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
³ Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Außenstelle Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
⁴ Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, PO Box 913, Cardiff, CF2 3YB, UK
⁶ Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
⁷ School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

Abstract. The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600 m armlength is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. Due to the use of advanced technologies like multiple pendulum suspensions with a monolithic last stage and signal recycling, the anticipated sensitivity of GEO 600 is close to the initial sensitivity of detectors with several kilometres armlength. This paper describes the subsystems of GEO 600, the status of the detector by September 2001 and the plans towards the first science run.

PACS number: 0480N

Print publication: Issue 7 (7 April 2002)
Received 2 October 2001, in final form 14 November 2001
Published 11 March 2002

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