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

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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^b LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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^g LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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^w INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

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^ad FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Gravitational wave; Interferometer; LIGO; Observatory

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCIES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEEL; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; OBSERVATORY;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0346338298     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124     Document Type: Article

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