Low-frequency terrestrial gravitational-wave detectors

Jan Harms, Bram J. J. Slagmolen, Rana X. Adhikari, M. Coleman Miller, Matthew Evans, Yanbei Chen, Holger Müller, and Masaki Ando
Phys. Rev. D 88, 122003 – Published 13 December 2013

Abstract

Direct detection of gravitational radiation in the audio band is being pursued with a network of kilometer-scale interferometers (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA). Several space missions (LISA, DECIGO, BBO) have been proposed to search for sub-hertz radiation from massive astrophysical sources. Here we examine the potential sensitivity of three ground-based detector concepts aimed at radiation in the 0.1–10 Hz band. We describe the plethora of potential astrophysical sources in this band and make estimates for their event rates and thereby, the sensitivity requirements for these detectors. The scientific payoff from measuring astrophysical gravitational waves in this frequency band is great. Although we find no fundamental limits to the detector sensitivity in this band, the remaining technical limits will be extremely challenging to overcome.

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  • Received 12 August 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.122003

© 2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jan Harms1, Bram J. J. Slagmolen2, Rana X. Adhikari3, M. Coleman Miller4,5, Matthew Evans6, Yanbei Chen7, Holger Müller8, and Masaki Ando9,10

  • 1INFN, Sezione di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
  • 2The Australian National University, Centre for Gravitational Physics, Canberra 0200, Australia
  • 3LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Division of Physics, Math, and Astronomy, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 4Department of Astronomy and Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2421, USA
  • 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
  • 6Kavli Institute for Astrophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 7California Institute of Technology, Division of Physics, Math, and Astronomy, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 8Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 9Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
  • 10National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan

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Vol. 88, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2013

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