Comments on the 2001 run of the EXPLORER/NAUTILUS gravitational wave experiment
Abstract
The recently published analysis of the coincidences between the EXPLORER and NAUTILUS gravitational wave detectors in the year 2001 (Astone et al. 2002) has drawn some criticism (Finn 2003). We do not hold with these objections, even if we agree that no claim can be made with our data. The paper we published reports data of unprecedented quality and sets a new procedure for the coincidence search, which can be repeated again by us and by other groups in order to search for signature of possible signals. About the reported coincidence excess, we remark that it is not destined to remain an intriguing observation for long: it will be confirmed or denied soon by interferometers and bars operating at their expected sensitivity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0304004,
title = {Comments on the 2001 run of the EXPLORER/NAUTILUS gravitational wave experiment},
author = {P. Astone and D. Babusci and M. Bassan and P. Bonifazi and P. Carelli and G. Cavallari and E. Coccia and C. Cosmelli and S. D'Antonio and V. Fafone and S. Frasca and G. Giordano and A. Marini and Y. Minenkov and I. Modena and G. Modestino and A. Moleti and G. V. Pallottino and G. Pizzella and L. Quintieri and A. Rocchi and F. Ronga and R. Terenzi and G. Torrioli and M. Visco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0304004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity