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Operating LISA as a Sagnac interferometer

A phase-locking configuration for LISA is proposed that provides a significantly simpler mode of operation. The scheme provides one Sagnac signal readout inherently insensitive to laser frequency noise and optical bench motion for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel A. Shaddock

The Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO Detectors at the Beginning of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated 4 km laser interferometers designed to detect gravitational waves from distant astrophysical sources in the frequency range from 10 Hz to 10…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-13 D. V. Martynov , E. D. Hall , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , C. Adams , R. X. Adhikari , R. A. Anderson , S. B. Anderson , K. Arai , M. A. Arain , S. M. Aston , L. Austin , S. W. Ballmer , M. Barbet , D. Barker , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , J. Bartlett , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , J. C. Batch , A. S. Bell , I. Belopolski , J. Bergman , J. Betzwieser , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , S. Biscans , C. Biwer , E. Black , C. D. Blair , C. Bogan , C. Bond , R. Bork , D. O. Bridges , A. F. Brooks , D. D. Brown , L. Carbone , C. Celerier , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. Cook , S. T. Countryman , M. J. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , M. Damjanic , R. Dannenberg , K. Danzmann , C. F. Da Silva Costa , E. J. Daw , D. DeBra , R. T. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , J. C. Driggers , S. E. Dwyer , A. Effler , T. Etzel , M. Evans , T. M. Evans , M. Factourovich , H. Fair , D. Feldbaum , R. P. Fisher , S. Foley , M. Frede , A. Freise , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , V. Galdi , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , J. R. Gleason , R. Goetz , S. Gras , C. Gray , R. J. S. Greenhalgh , H. Grote , C. J. Guido , K. E. Gushwa , E. K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , G. Hammond , J. Hanks , J. Hanson , T. Hardwick , G. M. Harry , K. Haughian , J. Heefner , M. C. Heintze , A. W. Heptonstall , D. Hoak , J. Hough , A. Ivanov , K. Izumi , M. Jacobson , E. James , R. Jones , S. Kandhasamy , S. Karki , M. Kasprzack , S. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , W. Kells , N. Kijbunchoo , E. J. King , P. J. King , D. L. Kinzel , J. S. Kissel , K. Kokeyama , W. Z. Korth , G. Kuehn , P. Kwee , M. Landry , B. Lantz , A. Le Roux , B. M. Levine , J. B. Lewis , V. Lhuillier , N. A. Lockerbie , M. Lormand , M. J. Lubinski , A. P. Lundgren , T. MacDonald , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , M. Mageswaran , K. Mailand , S. M'arka , Z. M'arka , A. S. Markosyan , E. Maros , I. W. Martin , R. M. Martin , J. N. Marx , K. Mason , T. J. Massinger , F. Matichard , N. Mavalvala , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , S. McCormick , G. McIntyre , J. McIver , E. L. Merilh , M. S. Meyer , P. M. Meyers , J. Miller , R. Mittleman , G. Moreno , C. L. Mueller , G. Mueller , A. Mullavey , J. Munch , P. G. Murray , L. K. Nuttall , J. Oberling , J. O'Dell , P. Oppermann , Richard J. Oram , B. O'Reilly , C. Osthelder , D. J. Ottaway , H. Overmier , J. R. Palamos , H. R. Paris , W. Parker , Z. Patrick , A. Pele , S. Penn , M. Phelps , M. Pickenpack , V. Piero , I. Pinto , J. Poeld , M. Principe , L. Prokhorov , O. Puncken , V. Quetschke , E. A. Quintero , F. J. Raab , H. Radkins , P. Raffai , C. R. Ramet , C. M. Reed , S. Reid , D. H. Reitze , N. A. Robertson , J. G. Rollins , V. J. Roma , J. H. Romie , S. Rowan , K. Ryan , T. Sadecki , E. J. Sanchez , V. Sandberg , V. Sannibale , R. L. Savage , R. M. S. Schofield , B. Schultz , P. Schwinberg , D. Sellers , A. Sevigny , D. A. Shaddock , Z. Shao , B. Shapiro , P. Shawhan , D. H. Shoemaker , D. Sigg , B. J. J. Slagmolen , J. R. Smith , M. R. Smith , N. D. Smith-Lefebvre , B. Sorazu , A. Staley , A. J. Stein , A. Stochino , K. A. Strain , R. Taylor , M. Thomas , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , E. Thrane , K. V. Tokmakov , C. I. Torrie , G. Traylor , G. Vajente , G. Valdes , A. A. van Veggel , M. Vargas , A. Vecchio , P. J. Veitch , K. Venkateswara , T. Vo , C. Vorvick , S. J. Waldman , M. Walker , R. L. Ward , J. Warner , B. Weaver , R. Weiss , T. Welborn , P. Wessels , C. Wilkinson , P. A. Willems , L. Williams , B. Willke , I. Wilmut , L. Winkelmann , C. C. Wipf , J. Worden , G. Wu , H. Yamamoto , C. C. Yancey , H. Yu , L. Zhang , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig

A novel method for measurement of the refractive indices of transparent solid media using laser interferometry

A novel method is proposed to measure the refractive indices (RIs) of the materials of different transparent solid state media. To exploit the advantage of non-contact measurement laser beam interferometry is used as an effective technique…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-06-19 Arnab Pal , Kriti R. Sahu , Pradipta Panchadhyayee , Debapriyo Syam

Orbital effects on time delay interferometry for TianQin

The proposed space-borne laser interferometric gravitational wave (GW) observatory TianQin adopts a geocentric orbit for its nearly equilateral triangular constellation formed by three identical drag-free satellites. The geocentric distance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Ming-Yue Zhou , Xin-Chun Hu , Bobing Ye , Shoucun Hu , Dong-Dong Zhu , Xuefeng Zhang , Wei Su , Yan Wang

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of gravitational waves holds the promise of testing general relativity in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-29 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott

Mission Design for the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity

This paper focuses on the mission design for the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR). This mission uses laser interferometry between two micro-spacecraft whose lines of sight pass close by the Sun to accurately measure deflection…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Slava G. Turyshev , Michael Shao , Kenneth L. Nordtvedt

Experimental demonstration of picometer level signal extraction with time-delay interferometry technique

In this work, we have built an experimental setup to simulate the clock noise transmission with two spacecrafts and two optical links, and further demonstrated the extraction of picometer level signal drowned by the large laser frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 Mingyang Xu , Yujie Tan , Yurong Liang , Jiawen Zhi , Xiaoyang Guo , Dan Luo , Panpan Wang , Hanzhong Wu , Chenggang Shao

The GRAVITY+ Project: Towards All-sky, Faint-Science, High-Contrast Near-Infrared Interferometry at the VLTI

The GRAVITY instrument has been revolutionary for near-infrared interferometry by pushing sensitivity and precision to previously unknown limits. With the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in GRAVITY+,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 GRAVITY+ Collaboration , : , Roberto Abuter , Patricio Alarcon , Fatme Allouche , Antonio Amorim , Christophe Bailet , Helen Bedigan , Anthony Berdeu , Jean-Philippe Berger , Philippe Berio , Azzurra Bigioli , Richard Blaho , Olivier Boebion , Marie-Lena Bolzer , Henri Bonnet , Guillaume Bourdarot , Pierre Bourget , Wolfgang Brandner , Cesar Cardenas , Ralf Conzelmann , Mauro Comin , Yann Clénet , Benjamin Courtney-Barrer , Yigit Dallilar , Ric Davies , Denis Defrère , Alain Delboulbé , Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele , Roderick Dembet , Tim de Zeeuw , Antonia Drescher , Andreas Eckart , Clemence Édouard , Frank Eisenhauer , Maximilian Fabricius , Helmut Feuchtgruber , Gert Finger , Natascha M. Förster Schreiber , Eloy Fuenteseca , Enrique Garcia , Paulo Garcia , Feng Gao , Eric Gendron , Reinhard Genzel , Juan Pablo Gil , Stefan Gillessen , Tiago Gomes , Frédéric Gonté , Carole Gouvret , Patricia Guajardo , Ivan Guidolin , Sylvain Guieu , Ronald Guzmann , Wolfgang Hackenberg , Nicolas Haddad , Michael Hartl , Xavier Haubois , Frank Haußmann , Gernot Heißel , Thomas Henning , Stefan Hippler , Sebastian Hönig , Matthew Horrobin , Norbert Hubin , Estelle Jacqmart , Laurent Jocou , Andreas Kaufer , Pierre Kervella , Jean-Paul Kirchbauer , Johan Kolb , Heidi Korhonen , Laura Kreidberg , Peter Krempl , Sylvestre Lacour , Stephane Lagarde , Olivier Lai , Vincent Lapeyrère , Romain Laugier , Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin , James Leftley , Pierre Léna , Steffan Lewis , Dieter Lutz , Yves Magnard , Felix Mang , Aurelie Marcotto , Didier Maurel , Antoine Mérand , Florentin Millour , Nikhil More , Hugo Nowack , Matthias Nowak , Sylvain Oberti , Francisco Olivares , Thomas Ott , Laurent Pallanca , Thibaut Paumard , Karine Perraut , Guy Perrin , Romain Petrov , Oliver Pfuhl , Nicolas Pourré , Sebastian Rabien , Christian Rau , Miguel Riquelme , Sylvie Robbe-Dubois , Sylvain Rochat , Muhammad Salman , Malte Scherbarth , Markus Schöller , Joseph Schubert , Nicolas Schuhler , Jinyi Shangguan , Pavel Shchekaturov , Taro Shimizu , Silvia Scheithauer , Arnaud Sevin , Christian Soenke , Ferreol Soulez , Alain Spang , Eric Stadler , Christian Straubmeier , Eckhard Sturm , Calvin Sykes , Linda Tacconi , Helmut Tischer , Konrad Tristram , Frédéric Vincent , Sebastiano von Fellenberg , Sinem Uysal , Felix Widmann , Ekkehard Wieprecht , Erich Wiezorrek , Julien Woillez , Şenol Yazıcı , Gérard Zins

Geometric Time Delay Interferometry

The space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA, a NASA-ESA mission to be launched after 2012, will achieve its optimal sensitivity using Time Delay Interferometry (TDI), a LISA-specific technique needed to cancel the otherwise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Michele Vallisneri

GRI: focusing on the evolving violent Universe

The Gamma-Ray Imager (GRI) is a novel mission concept that will provide an unprecedented sensitivity leap in the soft gamma-ray domain by using for the first time a focusing lens built of Laue diffracting crystals. The lens will cover an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Jürgen Knödlseder , Peter Von Ballmoos , Filippo Frontera , Angela Bazzano , Finn E. Christensen , Margarida Hernanz , Cornelia Wunderer

Atom interferometric techniques for measuring uniform magnetic field gradients and gravitational acceleration

We discuss techniques for probing the effects of a constant force acting on cold atoms using two configurations of a grating echo-type atom interferometer. Laser-cooled samples of $^{85}$Rb with temperatures as low as 2.4 $\mu$K have been…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 B. Barrett , I. Chan , A. Kumarakrishnan

Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects

Interferometric observations of gravitational microlensing events offer an opportunity for precise, efficient, and direct mass and distance measurements of lensing objects, especially those of isolated neutron stars and black holes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-21 P. Mroz , S. Dong , A. Merand , J. Shangguan , J. Woillez , A. Gould , A. Udalski , F. Eisenhauer , Y. -H. Ryu , Z. Wu , Z. Liu , H. Yang , G. Bourdarot , D. Defrere , A. Drescher , M. Fabricius , P. Garcia , R. Genzel , S. Gillessen , S. F. Honig , L. Kreidberg , J. -B. Le Bouquin , D. Lutz , F. Millour , T. Ott , T. Paumard , J. Sauter , T. T. Shimizu , C. Straubmeier , M. Subroweit , F. Widmann , M. K. Szymanski , I. Soszynski , P. Pietrukowicz , S. Kozlowski , R. Poleski , J. Skowron , K. Ulaczyk , M. Gromadzki , K. Rybicki , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , M. J Mroz , M. D. Albrow , S. -J. Chung , C. Han , K. -H. Hwang , Y. K. Jung , I. -G. Shin , Y. Shvartzvald , J. C. Yee , W. Zang , S. -M. Cha , D. -J. Kim , S. -L. Kim , C. -U. Lee , D. -J. Lee , Y. Lee , B. -G. Park , R. W. Pogge

Fermi-LAT Observations of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission Toward the Galactic Center

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has provided the most detailed view to date of the emission towards the Galactic centre (GC) in high-energy gamma-rays. This paper describes the analysis of data taken during the first 62 months of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 LAT Collaboration

Will it be possible to measure intrinsic gravitomagnetism with Lunar Laser Ranging?

In this note we mainly explore the possibility of measuring the action of the intrinsic gravitomagnetic field of the rotating Earth on the orbital motion of the Moon with the Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) technique. Expected improvements in it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-02 Lorenzo Iorio

Lunar Laser Ranging Contributions to Relativity and Geodesy

Lunar laser ranging (LLR) is used to conduct high-precision measurements of ranges between an observatory on Earth and a laser retro-reflector on the lunar surface. Over the years, LLR has benefited from a number of improvements both in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Juergen Mueller , James G. Williams , Slava G. Turyshev

Planck early results: first assessment of the High Frequency Instrument in-flight performance

The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) is designed to measure the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background and galactic foregrounds in six wide bands centered at 100, 143, 217, 353, 545 and 857 GHz at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Planck HFI Core Team , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , R. Ansari , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , A. J. Banday , M. Bartelmann , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benot , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Bradshaw , E. Brelle , M. Bucher , P. Camus , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , J. Charra , M. Charra , R. -R. Chary , C. Chiang , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , C. Cressiot , B. P. Crill , M. Crook , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , K. Dolag , H. Dole , O. Doré , M. Douspis , G. Efstathiou , P. Eng , C. Filliard , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , J. -J. Fourmond , K. Ganga , M. Giard , D. Girard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , R. Gispert , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , M. Griffin , G. Guyot , J. Haissinski , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hills , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , K. M. Huenberger , A. H. Jae , W. C. Jones , J. Kaplan , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , P. Lami , A. E. Lange , A. Lasenby , A. Lavabre , C. R. Lawrence , B. Leriche , C. Leroy , Y. Longval , J. F. Macas-Perez , T. Maciaszek , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maei , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , B. Mansoux , S. Masi , T. Matsumura , P. McGehee , J. -B. Melin , C. Mercier , M. -A. Miville-Deschnes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , D. Mortlock , A. Murphy , F. Nati , C. B. Nettereld , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , C. North , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. Paine , F. Pajot , G. Patanchon , T. Peacocke , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , R. Pons , N. Ponthieu , G. Prezeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , W. T. Reach , C. Renault , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , D. Santos , G. Savini , B. M. Schaefer , P. Shellard , L. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , P. Stassi , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , C. Thum , J. -P. Torre , F. Touze , M. Tristram , F. Van Leeuwen , L. Vibert , D. Vibert , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , S. D. M. White , H. Wiesemeyer , A. Woodcraft , V. Yurchenko , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei

Joint analysis of two-way laser range and one-way frequency measurements for the gravitational redshift experiment with the RadioAstron spacecraft

We consider the problem of joint analysis of two-way laser range and one-way frequency measurements in high-precision tests of general relativity with spacecrafts. Of main interest to such tests is the accuracy of the computed values of the…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-12-13 M. V. Zakhvatkin , D. A. Litvinov

Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with LIGO

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has performed the fourth science run, S4, with significantly improved interferometer sensitivities with respect to previous runs. Using data acquired during this science run, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 LIGO Scientific Collaboration

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope: IV. The Low Resolution Spectrometer

The Low Resolution Spectrometer of the MIRI, which forms part of the imager module, will provide R~100 long-slit and slitless spectroscopy from 5 to 12 micron. The design is optimised for observations of compact sources, such as exoplanet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-10 S. Kendrew , S. Scheithauer , P. Bouchet , J. Amiaux , R. Azzolini , J. Bouwman , C. Chen , D. Dubreuil , S. Fischer , A. Glasse , T. Greene , P. -O. Lagage , F. Lahuis , S. Ronayette , D. Wright , G. S. Wright

Tracking and Validating ICMEs Propagating Toward Mars Using STEREO Heliospheric Imagers Combined With Forbush Decreases Detected by MSL/RAD

The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) instrument onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission's Curiosity rover has been measuring galactic cosmic rays (GCR) as well as solar energetic particles (SEP) on the surface of Mars for more…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-04-26 Johan L. Freiherr von Forstner , Jingnan Guo , Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber , Manuela Temmer , Mateja Dumbović , Astrid Veronig , Christian Möstl , Donald M. Hassler , Cary J. Zeitlin , Bent Ehresmann