
For the most up- to- date information on detectors readers are advised to consult the proceedings of the Amaldi meetings, GWDAW/GWPAW (Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshops), and GWADW (Gravitational Wave Advanced Detectors Workshops) - see [1. The operation and commissioning of these detectors is a continually- evolving process, and the current state of this review only covers developments until late- 2. U with the LSC, which has allowed data sharing since May 2. The Virgo collaboration also signed an Mo. Coincident data taking, and joint analysis, has also occurred between the TAMA3.

Part of this agreement has been to ensure that both LIGO and GEO6. U), under the auspices of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) [2. 00 teams signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo. To gain the most out of the detectors as a true network, data sharing and joint analyses are required. 2), often referred to together as dual recycling. It makes use of a four- pass delay- line system with advanced optical signal- enhancement techniques, utilises very- low loss- fused silica suspensions for the test masses, and, despite its smaller size, was designed to have a sensitivity at frequencies above a few hundred Hz comparable to the first phases of Virgo and LIGO during their initial operation. Hannover, Germany, is somewhat different. All the systems mentioned above are designed to use resonant cavities in the arms of the detectors and use standard wire- sling techniques for suspending the test masses. Initial operation of the interferometer was achieved in 1. This detector is built mainly underground and partly has the aim of adding to the gravitational- wave detector network for sensitivity to events within the local group of galaxies, but is primarily a test bed for developing techniques for future larger- scale detectors. Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was the first of the “beyond- prototype” detectors to become operational. As mentioned earlier, it is designed to have better performance than the other detectors, down to 1.

An international network of such long baseline gravitational wave detectors has now been constructed and commissioned, and science- quality data from these has been produced and analysed since 2.

Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)The sensitivities of some of these detectors reached a level - better than 1.
