Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector

Benno Willke; P. Aufmuth; C. Aulbert; S. Babak; R. Balasubramanian; B. W. Barr; S. Berukoff; S. Bose; Gianpietro Cagnoli; M. M. Casey; D. Churches; C. N. Colacino; David R.M. Crooks; C. Cutler; K. Danzmann; R. Davies; Rejean Dupuis; E. Elliffe; Carsten Fallnich; A. Freise; S. Gossler; A. Grant; H. Grote; J. Harms; G. Heinzel; S. Herden; A. Hepstonstall; M. Heurs; M. Hewitson; James Hough; O. Jennrich; K. Kawabe; K. Koetter; V. Leonhardt; H. Lueck; M. Malec; Paul McNamara; Kasem Mossavi; S. Mohanty; S. Mukherjee; S. Nagano; G. P. Newton; B. J. Owen; M. A. Papa; M. V. Plissi; V. Quetschke; L. Ribichini; D. I. Robertson; N. A. Robertson; Sheila Rowan; Albrecht Ruediger; B. S. Sathyaprakash; R. Schilling; B. F. Schutz; F. Seifert; A. M. Sintes; K. D. Skeldon; Peter Sneddon; Kenneth A. Strain; I. Taylor; C. I. Torrie; Alberto Vecchio; H. Ward; U. Weiland; Herbert Welling; P. Williams; Walter Winkler; G. Woan; Ivo Zawischa

doi:10.1117/12.459095

26 February 2003 Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector

Benno Willke, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, B. W. Barr, S. Berukoff, S. Bose, Gianpietro Cagnoli, M. M. Casey, D. Churches, C. N. Colacino, David R.M. Crooks, C. Cutler, K. Danzmann, R. Davies, Rejean Dupuis, E. Elliffe, Carsten Fallnich, A. Freise, S. Gossler, A. Grant, H. Grote, J. Harms, G. Heinzel, S. Herden, A. Hepstonstall, M. Heurs, M. Hewitson, James Hough, O. Jennrich, K. Kawabe, K. Koetter, V. Leonhardt, H. Lueck, M. Malec, Paul McNamara, Kasem Mossavi, S. Mohanty, S. Mukherjee, S. Nagano, G. P. Newton, B. J. Owen, M. A. Papa, M. V. Plissi, V. Quetschke, L. Ribichini, D. I. Robertson, N. A. Robertson, Sheila Rowan, Albrecht Ruediger, B. S. Sathyaprakash, R. Schilling, B. F. Schutz, F. Seifert, A. M. Sintes, K. D. Skeldon, Peter Sneddon, Kenneth A. Strain, I. Taylor, C. I. Torrie, Alberto Vecchio, H. Ward, U. Weiland, Herbert Welling, P. Williams, Walter Winkler, G. Woan, Ivo Zawischa

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Proceedings Volume 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459095
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The GEO600 laser interferometric gravitational wave detector is approaching the end of its commissioning phase which started in 1995. During a test run in January 2002 the detector was operated for 15 days in a power-recycled michelson configuration. The detector and environmental data which were acquired during this test run were used to test the data analysis code. This paper describes the subsystems of GEO600, the status of the detector by August 2002 and the plans towards the first science run.

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Benno Willke, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, B. W. Barr, S. Berukoff, S. Bose, Gianpietro Cagnoli, M. M. Casey, D. Churches, C. N. Colacino, David R.M. Crooks, C. Cutler, K. Danzmann, R. Davies, Rejean Dupuis, E. Elliffe, Carsten Fallnich, A. Freise, S. Gossler, A. Grant, H. Grote, J. Harms, G. Heinzel, S. Herden, A. Hepstonstall, M. Heurs, M. Hewitson, James Hough, O. Jennrich, K. Kawabe, K. Koetter, V. Leonhardt, H. Lueck, M. Malec, Paul McNamara, Kasem Mossavi, S. Mohanty, S. Mukherjee, S. Nagano, G. P. Newton, B. J. Owen, M. A. Papa, M. V. Plissi, V. Quetschke, L. Ribichini, D. I. Robertson, N. A. Robertson, Sheila Rowan, Albrecht Ruediger, B. S. Sathyaprakash, R. Schilling, B. F. Schutz, F. Seifert, A. M. Sintes, K. D. Skeldon, Peter Sneddon, Kenneth A. Strain, I. Taylor, C. I. Torrie, Alberto Vecchio, H. Ward, U. Weiland, Herbert Welling, P. Williams, Walter Winkler, G. Woan, and Ivo Zawischa "Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector", Proc. SPIE 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection, (26 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459095

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