Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aps..apr.q3001m&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, April Meeting, April 28 - May 1, 2001 Washington, DC Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is the US component of a worldwide effort to do astrophysics with gravitational waves using interferometric detectors. The most promising sources of gravitational radiation that may be detected by LIGO include compact objects such as rotating neutron stars and supermassive black holes, coalescing neutron star or black hole binaries and supernovae. The initial LIGO detectors, presently being commissioned at observatories in Washington and Louisiana, expect to have a strain sensitivity of 10-21 around 100 Hz. ``First lock" of the first interferometer was achieved in Fall 2000. Here we present the current status of the LIGO detectors: we describe recent commissioning results and outline near-term plans for achieving stable long-term operation and reaching design sensitivity.
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