Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.316..610b&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 316, Aug. 15, 1985, p. 610-612. Research supported by the Ministerstvo Vysshego i Srednego Spetsia
Physics
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Gravitational Wave Antennas, Satellite Observation, Spaceborne Experiments, Earth Observations (From Space), Gravitational Fields, Gravitational Waves
Scientific paper
A new and more sensitive type of earth-orbiting gravitational wave detector, called a 'skyhook', which would operate in the 10-100 mHz band, is proposed. The skyhook would consist of two masses, one on each end of a long thin cable with a spring at its center. As it orbits the earth, the cable wold be stretched radially by the earth's tidal gravitational field. Gravitational waves would pull the masses apart and push them together in an oscillatory fashion. Their motion would be transmitted to the spring by the cable, and a sensor would monitor the spring's resulting motion.
Braginskii Vladimir B.
Thorne Kip S.
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