Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors

BP Abbott; R Abbott; TD Abbott; MR Abernathy; K Ackley; C Adams; P Addesso; RX Adhikari; VB Adya; C Affeldt; N Aggarwal; OD Aguiar; A Ain; P Ajith; B Allen; PA Altin; SB Anderson; WG Anderson; K Arai; MC Araya; CC Arceneaux; JS Areeda; KG Arun; G Ashton; M Ast; SM Aston; P Aufmuth; C Aulbert; S Babak; PT Baker; SW Ballmer; JC Barayoga; SE Barclay; BC Barish; D Barker; B Barr; L Barsotti; J Bartlett; I Bartos; R Bassiri; JC Batch; C Baune; AS Bell; BK Berger; G Bergmann; CPL Berry; J Betzwieser; S Bhagwat; R Bhandare; IA Bilenko; G Billingsley; J Birch; R Birney; S Biscans; A Bisht; C Biwer; JK Blackburn; CD Blair; DG Blair; RM Blair; O Bock; C Bogan; A Bohe; C Bond; R Bork; S Bose; PR Brady; VB Braginsky; JE Brau; M Brinkmann; P Brockill; JE Broida; AF Brooks; DA Brown; DD Brown; NM Brown; S Brunett; CC Buchanan; A Buikema; A Buonanno; RL Byer; M Cabero; L Cadonati; C Cahillane; J Calderón Bustillo; T Callister; JB Camp; KC Cannon; J Cao; CD Capano; S Caride; S Caudill; M Cavaglià; CB Cepeda; SJ Chamberlin; M Chan; S Chao; P Charlton; BD Cheeseboro; HY Chen

Journal article

Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy, K Ackley, C Adams, P Addesso, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, A Ain, P Ajith, B Allen, PA Altin, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, K Arai, MC Araya Show all

Classical and Quantum Gravity | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa51f4

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Abstract

The second-generation of gravitational-wave detectors are just starting operation, and have already yielding their first detections. Research is now concentrated on how to maximize the scientific potential of gravitational-wave astronomy. To support this effort, we present here design targets for a new generation of detectors, which will be capable of observing compact binary sources with high signal-to-noise ratio throughout the Universe.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Prof Andrew Melatos Author

Grants

Awarded by National Science Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

LIGO was constructed by the California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation, and operates under cooperative agreement PHY-0757058. Advanced LIGO was built under award PHY-0823459. This paper carries LIGO Document Number LIGO-P1600143.