Abstract
KAGRA is a 3-km interferometric gravitational wave telescope located in the Kamioka mine in Japan. It is the first km-class gravitational wave telescope constructed underground to reduce seismic noise, and the first km-class telescope to use cryogenic cooling of test masses to reduce thermal noise. The construction of the infrastructure to house the interferometer in the tunnel, and the initial phase operation of the interferometer with a simple 3-km Michelson configuration have been completed. The first cryogenic operation is expected in 2018, and the observing runs with a full interferometer are expected in 2020s. The basic interferometer configuration and the current status of KAGRA are described.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 012014 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 1342 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Jan 20 |
Event | 15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2017 - Sudbury, Canada Duration: 2017 Jun 24 → 2017 Jun 28 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The KAGRA project is supported by MEXT, JSPS Leading-edge Research Infrastructure Program, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research 26000005, MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 24103005, JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks, the joint research program of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, National Research Foundation (NRF) and Computing Infrastructure Project of KISTI-GSDC in Korea, the LIGO project, and the Virgo project.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)