Sanjeev Dhurandhar Colloqm - Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Sanjeev Dhurandhar Colloqm - Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Sanjeev Dhurandhar Colloqm - Indian Institute of Astrophysics
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CURRENT DETECTOR STATUS<br />
• Several large scale laser interferometric detectors<br />
constructed: armlength <strong>of</strong> 300 m to 4 km<br />
- LIGO, VIRGO, GEO, TAMA, AIGO<br />
- LIGO, TAMA, GEO : Already taking data, S5 run <strong>of</strong><br />
LIGO successfully completed: 2005 – 2007 (2 years)<br />
- VIRGO: Engineering runs, Science runs<br />
• Space based detector LISA – 5 million km<br />
- Launch<br />
12 th February 2008 <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Astrophysics</strong> Colloquium