Authors
Benjamin P Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, MR Abernathy, Fausto Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, T Adams, Paolo Addesso, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, B Allen, Annalisa Allocca, PA Altin, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, K Arai, MC Araya, CC Arceneaux, JS Areeda, N Arnaud, KG Arun, S Ascenzi, G Ashton, M Ast, SM Aston, P Astone, P Aufmuth, C Aulbert, S Babak, P Bacon, MKM Bader, PT Baker, Francesca Baldaccini, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, JC Barayoga, SE Barclay, BC Barish, D Barker, Fabrizio Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, I Bartos, R Bassiri, Andrea Basti, JC Batch, C Baune, V Bavigadda, Marco Bazzan, B Behnke, M Bejger, AS Bell, CJ Bell, BK Berger, J Bergman, G Bergmann, CPL Berry, D Bersanetti, A Bertolini, J Betzwieser, S Bhagwat, R Bhandare, IA Bilenko, G Billingsley, J Birch, R Birney, S Biscans, A Bisht, M Bitossi, C Biwer, MA Bizouard, JK Blackburn, CD Blair, DG Blair, RM Blair, S Bloemen, O Bock, TP Bodiya, M Boer, G Bogaert, C Bogan, A Bohe, P Bojtos, C Bond, F Bondu, R Bonnand, BA Boom, R Bork, Valerio Boschi, S Bose, Y Bouffanais, A Bozzi, C Bradaschia, PR Brady, VB Braginsky, Marica Branchesi, JE Brau, T Briant, A Brillet, M Brinkmann, V Brisson, P Brockill, AF Brooks, DA Brown, DD Brown, NM Brown, CC Buchanan, A Buikema, T Bulik, HJ Bulten, A Buonanno, D Buskulic, C Buy, RL Byer, L Cadonati, G Cagnoli, C Cahillane, J Calderón Bustillo, T Callister, Enrico Calloni, JB Camp, KC Cannon, J Cao, CD Capano, E Capocasa, F Carbognani, S Caride, J Casanueva Diaz, C Casentini, S Caudill, M Cavaglià, F Cavalier, R Cavalieri, G Cella, CB Cepeda, L Cerboni Baiardi, Giovanni Cerretani, E Cesarini
Publication date
2016/4/1
Journal
Physical review letters
Volume
116
Issue
13
Pages
131103
Publisher
American Physical Society
Description
Following a major upgrade, the two advanced detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) held their first observation run between September 2015 and January 2016. With a strain sensitivity of at 100 Hz, the product of observable volume and measurement time exceeded that of all previous runs within the first 16 days of coincident observation. On September 14, 2015, the Advanced LIGO detectors observed a transient gravitational-wave signal determined to be the coalescence of two black holes [B. P. Abbott et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016)], launching the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. The event, GW150914, was observed with a combined signal-to-noise ratio of 24 in coincidence by the two detectors. Here, we present the main features of the detectors that enabled this observation. At full sensitivity, the Advanced LIGO detectors are designed to deliver …
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