Increasing the bandwidth of resonant gravitational antennas: The case of Explorer
arXiv:gr-qc/0307120 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.111101
Abstract
Resonant gravitational wave detectors with an observation bandwidth of tens of hertz are a reality: the antenna Explorer, operated at CERN by the ROG collaboration, has been upgraded with a new read-out. In this new configuration, it exhibits an unprecedented useful bandwidth: in over 55 Hz about its frequency of operation of 919 Hz the spectral sensitivity is better than 10^{-20} /sqrt(Hz) . We describe the detector and its sensitivity and discuss the foreseable upgrades to even larger bandwidths.
4 pages- 4 figures Acceted for publication on Physical Review Letters