Progress and challenges in advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

• Published in: General relativity and gravitation Vol. 46; no. 8
• Main Authors: Adier, M., Akutsu, T., Arain, M. A., Antonini, P., Aso, Y., Barsotti, L., Beker, M. G., Bell, A. S., Bellon, L., Blom, M. R., Bogan, C., Bortoli, F. S., Buchler, B. C., Bulten, H. J., Cagnoli, G., Carbone, L., Chen, D., Chua, S. S. Y., Coccia, E., Conte, A., Cortese, M., Daloisio, M., Day, R. A., Doets, M., Dolique, V., Dooley, K., Feldbaum, D., Flaminio, R., Forest, D., Frajuca, C., Frede, M., Freise, A., Friedrich, D., Fulda, P., Geitner, M., Gemme, G., Gleason, J., Goßler, S., Gräf, C., Granata, M., Grote, H., Gustafson, R., Hanke, M., Hennes, E., Hild, S., Huttner, S. H., Ishidoshiro, K., Izumi, K., Kawamura, S., Kasprzack, M., Kimura, N., Kumeta, A., Kuroda, K., Kwee, P., Lam, P. K., Leavey, S., Leonardi, M., Li, T., Liu, Z., Losurdo, G., Magalhaes, N. S., Majorana, E., Mangano, V., Mansell, G., Marque, J., Martin, R., Martynov, D., Mavalvala, N., Meadors, G. D., Mermet, A., Michel, C., Mudadu, L., Mul, F., Nardecchia, I., Naticchioni, L., Niwa, Y., Ohashi, M., Oppermann, P., Pinard, L., Poeld, J., Prodi, G. A., Quetschke, V., Reitze, D. H., Risson, P., Saito, N., Sassolas, B., Schimmel, A., Sequino, V., Sigg, D., Sorazu, B., Stefszky, M. S., Strain, K. A., Takahashi, R., Tanner, D. B., Theeg, T., Vajente, G., Vorvick, C., van den Brand, J. F. J., Ward, R., Willke, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-08-2014; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Condensed Matter; Differential Geometry; Instrumentation and Detectors; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic; Materials Science; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Physics; Relativity Theory; Research Article; Sciences of the Universe; The First Century of General Relativity: GR20/Amaldi10; Theoretical; Optics; Gravitational wave detectors; Interferometry; POWER; MODES; LIGHT
• ISSN: 0001-7701; 1572-9532
• DOI: 10.1007/s10714-014-1749-4

The Amaldi 10 Parallel Session C3 on Advanced Gravitational Wave detectors gave an overview of the status and several specific challenges and solutions relevant to the instruments planned for a mid-decade start of observation. Invited overview talks for the Virgo, LIGO, and KAGRA instruments were complemented by more detailed discussions in presentations and posters of some instrument features and designs.