All a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Other

Page 1

Displaying 1 – 4 of 4

Showing per page

The laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory project LIGO

James Blackburn (1997)

Banach Center Publications

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) will search for direct evidence of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources in accord with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. State of the art laser interferometers located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston Parish, Louisiana will unambiguously measure the infinitesimal displacements of isolated test masses which convey the signature of these gravitational waves. The initial implementation of LIGO will consist of...

Theory of parameter estimation

Ryszard Zieliński (1997)

Banach Center Publications

0. Introduction and summary. The analysis of data from the gravitational-wave detectors that are currently under construction in several countries will be a challenging problem. The reason is that gravitational-vawe signals are expected to be extremely weak and often very rare. Therefore it will be of great importance to implement optimal statistical methods to extract all possible information about the signals from the noisy data sets. Careful statistical analysis based on correct application of...

Theory of spacecraft Doppler tracking

Massimo Tinto (1997)

Banach Center Publications

We present a review of the spacecraft Doppler tracking technique used in broad band searches for gravitational waves in the millihertz frequency band. After deriving the transfer functions of a gravitational wave pulse and of the noise sources entering into the Doppler observable, we summarize the upper limits for the amplitudes of gravitational wave bursts, continuous, and of a stochastic background estimated by Doppler tracking experiments.

Currently displaying 1 – 4 of 4

Page 1