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Journal Article•DOI•
A report on the status of the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector

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Martin Hewitson1, Peter Aufmuth, C. Aulbert2, Stanislav B. Babak3, R. Balasubramanian3, B. Barr1, S. Berukoff2, Gianpietro Cagnoli1, C. A. Cantley1, Morag M. Casey1, Simon Chelkowski, D. Churches3, C. N. Colacino, David Crooks1, Curt Cutler2, Karsten Danzmann2, R. Davies3, R. J. Dupuis1, E. J. Elliffe1, Carsten Fallnich, Andreas Freise2, Stefan Goßler, A. Grant1, Hartmut Grote2, S. Grunewald2, Jan Harms2, Gerhard Heinzel2, S. Heng, A. Hepstonstall1, M. Heurs, J. H. Hough1, Yousuke Itoh2, Oliver Jennrich1, Roger Jones1, S. Hutter1, K. Kawabe2, Christian J. Killow1, Karsten Kötter, Badri Krishnan2, V. Leonhardt, Harald Lück2, B. Machenschalk2, M. Malec, Kasem Mossavi2, Soumya D. Mohanty2, Soma Mukherjee2, Shigeo Nagano, G. P. Newton1, Maria Alessandra Papa2, Michael Perreur-Lloyd1, Matthew Pitkin1, M. V. Plissi1, V. Quetschke, Stuart Reid1, L. Ribichini2, D. I. Robertson1, N. A. Robertson1, Sheila Rowan1, Albrecht Rüdiger2, Bangalore Suryanarayana Sathyaprakash3, Roland Schilling2, Roman Schnabel2, Bernard F. Schutz3, Bernard F. Schutz2, Frank Seifert2, A. M. Sintes4, J. R. Smith2, Peter H. Sneddon1, Kenneth A. Strain1, Ian Taylor3, C. I. Torrie1, Alberto Vecchio5, Alberto Vecchio2, H. Ward1, U. Weiland, Herbert Welling, P. Williams2, Benno Willke2, Walter Winkler2, Graham Woan1, I. Zawischa •
University of Glasgow1, Max Planck Society2, Cardiff University3, University of the Balearic Islands4, University of Birmingham5
07 Sep 2003-Classical and Quantum Gravity
TL;DR: GEO 600 as discussed by the authors is an interferometric gravitational wave detector with 600 m arms, which employs a dual-recycled optical scheme allowing its optical response to be tuned over a range of frequencies (from ~100 Hz to a few kHz).
Abstract: GEO 600 is an interferometric gravitational wave detector with 600 m arms, which will employ a novel, dual-recycled optical scheme allowing its optical response to be tuned over a range of frequencies (from ~100 Hz to a few kHz). Additional advanced technologies, such as multiple pendulum suspensions with monolithic bottom stages, make the anticipated sensitivity of GEO 600 comparable to initial detectors with kilometre arm lengths. This paper discusses briefly the design of GEO, reports on the status of the detector up to the end of 2002 with particular focus on participation in coincident engineering and science runs with LIGO detectors. The plans leading to a fully optimized detector and participation in future coincident science runs are briefly outlined.

16 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Detector characterization in GEO 600

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A. M. Sintes1, A. M. Sintes2, Peter Aufmuth, C. Aulbert2, Stanislav Babak3, R. Balasubramanian3, B. Barr4, S. J. Berukoff2, S. Borger2, Gianpietro Cagnoli4, C. A. Cantley4, Morag M. Casey4, Simon Chelkowski, D. Churches3, C. N. Colacino, David Crooks4, Curt Cutler2, Karsten Danzmann5, R. Davies3, R. J. Dupuis4, E. J. Elliffe4, Carsten Fallnich, Andreas Freise2, Stefan Goßler, A. Grant4, Hartmut Grote2, S. Grunewald2, Jan Harms2, Gerhard Heinzel, Ik Siong Heng, A. Hepstonstall4, M. Heurs, Martin Hewitson4, J. H. Hough4, Richard Ingley6, Yousuke Itoh2, Oliver Jennrich4, Roger Jones4, S. Hutter4, K. Kawabe2, Christian J. Killow4, Karsten Kötter, Badri Krishnan2, V. Leonhardt, Harald Lück5, B. Machenschalk2, M. Malec, C. Messenger6, Kasem Mossavi2, Soumya D. Mohanty2, Soma Mukherjee2, Shigeo Nagano, G. P. Newton4, Maria Alessandra Papa2, Michael Perreur-Lloyd4, Matthew Pitkin4, M. V. Plissi4, V. Quetschke, Stuart Reid4, L. Ribichini2, D. I. Robertson4, N. A. Robertson4, Sheila Rowan4, A. Rüdiger2, Bangalore Suryanarayana Sathyaprakash3, Roland Schilling, Roman Schnabel2, Bernard F. Schutz2, Bernard F. Schutz3, F. Seifert2, J. R. Smith2, Peter H. Sneddon4, Kenneth A. Strain4, Ian Taylor3, C. I. Torrie4, Alberto Vecchio6, H. Ward4, U. Weiland, H. Welling, P. R. Williams2, Benno Willke5, Walter Winkler2, Graham Woan4, I. Zawischa •
University of the Balearic Islands1, Albert Einstein Institution2, Cardiff University3, University of Glasgow4, Max Planck Society5, University of Birmingham6
07 Sep 2003-Classical and Quantum Gravity
TL;DR: The GEO 600 interferometric gravitational wave detector conducted its first science run (S1) from 23 August 2002 to 9 September 2002 as mentioned in this paper, where the data acquisition system was described together with some software tools developed for doing detector characterization and data analysis.
Abstract: The GEO 600 interferometric gravitational wave detector conducted its first science run (S1) from 23 August 2002 to 9 September 2002. The GEO 600 data acquisition system is described together with some software tools developed for doing detector characterization and data analysis. Detector characterization results are also being presented.