AIGO: A southern hemisphere detector for the worldwide array of ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors

P Barriga; DG Blair; D Coward; J Davidson; JC Dumas; E Howell; L Ju; L Wen; C Zhao; DE McClelland; SM Scott; BJJ Slagmolen; R Inta; J Munch; DJ Ottaway; P Veitch; D Hosken; A Melatos; C Chung; L Sammut; DK Galloway; J Marx; S Whitcomb; D Shoemaker; SA Hughes; DH Reitze; BR Iyer; SV Dhurandhar; T Souradeep; CS Unnikrishnan; G Rajalakshmi; CN Man; A Heidmann; PF Cohadon; T Briant; H Grote; K Danzmann; H Lück; B Willke; KA Strain; BS Sathyaprakash; J Cao; YKE Cheung; Y Zhang

Journal article

AIGO: A southern hemisphere detector for the worldwide array of ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors

P Barriga, DG Blair, D Coward, J Davidson, JC Dumas, E Howell, L Ju, L Wen, C Zhao, DE McClelland, SM Scott, BJJ Slagmolen, R Inta, J Munch, DJ Ottaway, P Veitch, D Hosken, A Melatos, C Chung, L Sammut Show all

Classical and Quantum Gravity | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084005

Abstract

This paper describes the proposed AIGO detector for the worldwide array of interferometric gravitational wave detectors. The first part of the paper summarizes the benefits that AIGO provides to the worldwide array of detectors. The second part gives a technical description of the detector, which will follow closely the Advanced LIGO design. Possible technical variations in the design are discussed. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.