TY - JOUR
T1 - Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO
AU - Freise, Andreas
AU - Ingley, Richard
AU - Messenger, Christopher
AU - Vecchio, Alberto
PY - 2004/1/21
Y1 - 2004/1/21
N2 - For 17 days in August and September 2002, the LIGO and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors were operated in coincidence to produce their first data for scientific analysis. Although the detectors were still far from their design sensitivity levels, the data can be used to place better upper limits on the flux of gravitational waves incident on the earth than previous direct measurements. This paper describes the instruments and the data in some detail, as a companion to analysis papers based on the first data. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - For 17 days in August and September 2002, the LIGO and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors were operated in coincidence to produce their first data for scientific analysis. Although the detectors were still far from their design sensitivity levels, the data can be used to place better upper limits on the flux of gravitational waves incident on the earth than previous direct measurements. This paper describes the instruments and the data in some detail, as a companion to analysis papers based on the first data. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.124
M3 - Article
SN - 1872-9576
VL - 517
SP - 154
JO - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A. Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors
JF - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A. Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors
IS - 1-3
ER -