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Gravitational wave emission is expected to arise from a variety of astrophysical phenomena. A new generation of detectors with sensitivity consistent with expectation from such sources is being developed. The Laser Interferometer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Barry C. Barish

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

Matter-wave interferometers have fundamental applications for gravity experiments such as testing the equivalence principle and the quantum nature of gravity. In addition, matter-wave interferometers can be used as quantum sensors to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-30 Meng-Zhi Wu , Marko Toroš , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford $10 \text{m}$ atom interferometer presently under construction. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-22 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

The extreme weakness of the gravitational interaction has as one of its consequences that appreciable intensities of gravitational waves (GW) can only be generated in large size astrophysical and cosmological sources. Earth based detectors…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Alberto Lobo

Significant progress has been made in recent years on the development of gravitational wave detectors. Sources such as coalescing compact binary systems, neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, stellar collapses and pulsars are all…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Matthew Pitkin , Stuart Reid , Sheila Rowan , Jim Hough

I review the scientific potential of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a space-borne gravitational wave (GW) observatory to be launched in the early 30s'. Thanks to its sensitivity in the milli-Hz frequency range, LISA will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Alberto Sesana

We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford 10 m atom interferometer presently under construction. Each configuration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-07 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

We describe the realization and characterization of a compact, autonomous fiber laser system that produces the optical frequencies required for laser cooling, trapping, manipulation, and detection of $^{87}$Rb atoms - a typical atomic…

LIGO --- The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory --- is one of several large projects being undertaken in the United States, Europe and Japan to detect gravitational radiation. The novelty and precision of these instruments…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Lee Samuel Finn

The geosynchronous Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (gLISA) is a space-based gravitational wave (GW) mission that, for the past five years, has been under joint study at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Stanford University, the National…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Massimo Tinto , Jose' Carlos N. de Araujo

MAGIS-100 is a next-generation instrument that uses light-pulse atom interferometry to search for physics beyond the standard model, to be built and installed at Fermilab. We propose to search for dark matter and new forces, and to test…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-04 Jon Coleman

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is scheduled to launch in the mid 2030s, and is expected to observe gravitational-wave candidates from massive black-hole binary mergers, extreme mass-ratio inspirals, and more. Accurately…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-21 Charlie Hoy , Laura K. Nuttall

The detection of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers by LIGO has opened the era of gravitational wave astronomy, revealing a previously hidden side of the cosmos. To maximize the reach of the existing LIGO observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Rana X Adhikari , Odylio Aguiar , Koji Arai , Bryan Barr , Riccardo Bassiri , Garilynn Billingsley , Ross Birney , David Blair , Joseph Briggs , Aidan F Brooks , Daniel D Brown , Huy-Tuong Cao , Marcio Constancio , Sam Cooper , Thomas Corbitt , Dennis Coyne , Edward Daw , Johannes Eichholz , Martin Fejer , Andreas Freise , Valery Frolov , Slawomir Gras , Anna Green , Hartmut Grote , Eric K Gustafson , Evan D Hall , Giles Hammond , Jan Harms , Gregg Harry , Karen Haughian , Frances Hellman , Jan-Simon Hennig , Margot Hennig , Stefan Hild , Warren Johnson , Brittany Kamai , Disha Kapasi , Kentaro Komori , Mikhail Korobko , Kevin Kuns , Brian Lantz , Sean Leavey , Fabian Magana-Sandoval , Ashot Markosyan , Iain Martin , Rodica Martin , Denis V Martynov , David Mcclelland , Graeme Mcghee , Joseph Mills , Valery Mitrofanov , Manel Molina-Ruiz , Conor Mow-Lowry , Peter Murray , Sebastian Ng , Leonid Prokhorov , Volker Quetschke , Stuart Reid , David Reitze , Jonathan Richardson , Raymond Robie , Isobel Romero-Shaw , Sheila Rowan , Roman Schnabel , Merle Schneewind , Brett Shapiro , David Shoemaker , Bram Slagmolen , Joshua Smith , Jessica Steinlechner , Simon Tait , David Tanner , Calum Torrie , Joris Vanheijningen , Peter Veitch , Gavin Wallace , Peter Wessels , Benno Willke , Christopher Wipf , Hiro Yamamoto , Chunnong Zhao , Lisa Barsotti , Robert Ward , Angus Bell , Robert Byer , Andrew Wade , William Z Korth , Frank Seifert , Nicholas Smith , Dimitry Koptsov , Zeno Tornasi , Aaron Markowitz , Georgia Mansell , Terry Mcrae , Paul Altin , Min J Yap , Marielle Van Veggel , Graeme Eddolls , Edgard Bonilla , Elvis C Ferreira , Allan S Silva , Marcos A Okada , Diego Taira , Daniel Heinert , James Hough , Ken Strain , Alan Cumming , Roger Route , Daniel Shaddock , Matthew Evans , Rainer Weiss

We propose a space-based interferometer surveying the gravitational wave (GW) sky in the milli-Hz to $\mu$-Hz frequency range. By the 2040s', the $\mu$-Hz frequency band, bracketed in between the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)…

We present a novel atom interferometer configuration that combines large momentum transfer with the enhancement of an optical resonator for the purpose of measuring gravitational strain in the horizontal directions. Using Bragg diffraction…

Gravitational Waves (GWs) have been detected in the $\sim$100 Hz and nHz bands, but most of the gravitational spectrum remains unobserved. A variety of detector concepts have been proposed to expand the range of observable frequencies. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-03 Sebastian Baum , Zachary Bogorad , Peter W. Graham