Status of GEO 600

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/006

Status of GEO 600

B Willke et al 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S417-S423 doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/006

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B Willke¹, P Aufmuth¹, C Aulbert², S Babak³, R Balasubramanian³, B W Barr⁴, S Berukoff², G Cagnoli⁴, C A Cantley⁴, M M Casey⁴, S Chelkowski¹, D Churches³, C N Colacino¹, D R M Crooks⁴, C Cutler², K Danzmann¹, R Davies³, R J Dupuis⁴, E Elliffe⁴, C Fallnich⁵, A Freise¹, S Goßler¹, A Grant⁴, H Grote¹, S Grunewald², J Harms¹, G Heinzel¹, I S Heng¹, A Hepstonstall⁴, M Heurs¹, M Hewitson⁴, S Hild¹, J Hough⁴, R Ingley⁶, Y Itoh², O Jennrich⁴, R Jones⁴, S H Hutter⁴, K Kawabe¹, C Killow⁴, K Kötter¹, B Krishnan², V Leonhardt¹, H Lück¹, B Machenschalk², M Malec¹, R A Mercer⁶, C Messenger⁶, S Mohanty², K Mossavi¹, S Mukherjee², S Nagano¹, G P Newton⁴, M A Papa², M Perreur-Lloyd⁴, M Pitkin⁴, M V Plissi⁴, V Quetschke¹, V Re⁶, S Reid⁴, L Ribichini¹, D I Robertson⁴, N A Robertson⁴, S Rowan⁴, A Rüdiger¹, B S Sathyaprakash³, R Schilling¹, R Schnabel¹, B F Schutz^2,3, F Seifert¹, A M Sintes⁷, J R Smith¹, P H Sneddon⁴, K A Strain⁴, I Taylor³, C I Torrie⁴, C Ungarelli⁶, A Vecchio⁶, H Ward⁴, U Weiland¹, H Welling⁵, P Williams², W Winkler¹, G Woan⁴ and I Zawischa⁵
¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) und Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
² Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, PO Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, UK
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
⁵ Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
⁶ School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
⁷ Departament de Fisica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Abstract. The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600 m armlength is currently being commissioned as a part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. Due to the use of advanced technologies such as signal recycling and multiple pendulum suspensions with a monolithic last stage the anticipated sensitivity of GEO 600 is close to the initial sensitivity of km baseline detectors. This paper describes the status of the detector as of November 2003 with special emphasis on its performance during the first serious data-taking periods and on the experimental challenges encountered during the commissioning of the dual-recycled detector.

PACS number: 04.80.Nn

Print publication: Issue 5 (7 March 2004)
Received 19 September 2003
Published 3 February 2004

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