TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement
The Torsion-Bar Antenna (TOBA) is a torsion pendulum-based gravitational detector developed to observe gravitational waves in frequencies between 1 mHz and 10 Hz. The low resonant frequency of the torsion pendulum enables observation in this frequency band on the ground. The final target of TOBA is...
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| author | Satoru Takano Tomofumi Shimoda Yuka Oshima Ching Pin Ooi Perry William Fox Forsyth Mengdi Cao Kentaro Komori Yuta Michimura Ryosuke Sugimoto Nobuki Kame Shingo Watada Takaaki Yokozawa Shinji Miyoki Tatsuki Washimi Masaki Ando |
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| description | The Torsion-Bar Antenna (TOBA) is a torsion pendulum-based gravitational detector developed to observe gravitational waves in frequencies between 1 mHz and 10 Hz. The low resonant frequency of the torsion pendulum enables observation in this frequency band on the ground. The final target of TOBA is to observe gravitational waves with a 10 m detector and expand the observation band of gravitational waves. In this paper, an overview of TOBA, including the previous prototype experiments and the current ongoing development, is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc4def1f246f452bbeab8829d6c62bd32024-12-27T14:27:35ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342024-11-011267810.3390/galaxies12060078TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient MeasurementSatoru Takano0Tomofumi Shimoda1Yuka Oshima2Ching Pin Ooi3Perry William Fox Forsyth4Mengdi Cao5Kentaro Komori6Yuta Michimura7Ryosuke Sugimoto8Nobuki Kame9Shingo Watada10Takaaki Yokozawa11Shinji Miyoki12Tatsuki Washimi13Masaki Ando14Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanDepartment of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanResearch Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanEarthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, JapanEarthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, JapanInstitute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, JapanInstitute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, JapanGravitational Wave Science Project (GWSP), Kamioka Branch, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Kamioka-cho, Hida City, Gifu 506-1205, JapanDepartment of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033, JapanThe Torsion-Bar Antenna (TOBA) is a torsion pendulum-based gravitational detector developed to observe gravitational waves in frequencies between 1 mHz and 10 Hz. The low resonant frequency of the torsion pendulum enables observation in this frequency band on the ground. The final target of TOBA is to observe gravitational waves with a 10 m detector and expand the observation band of gravitational waves. In this paper, an overview of TOBA, including the previous prototype experiments and the current ongoing development, is presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/12/6/78gravitational wavetorsion pendulumlaser interferometercryogenics |
| spellingShingle | Satoru Takano Tomofumi Shimoda Yuka Oshima Ching Pin Ooi Perry William Fox Forsyth Mengdi Cao Kentaro Komori Yuta Michimura Ryosuke Sugimoto Nobuki Kame Shingo Watada Takaaki Yokozawa Shinji Miyoki Tatsuki Washimi Masaki Ando TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement Galaxies gravitational wave torsion pendulum laser interferometer cryogenics |
| title | TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement |
| title_full | TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement |
| title_fullStr | TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement |
| title_full_unstemmed | TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement |
| title_short | TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement |
| title_sort | torsion bar antenna a ground based detector for low frequency gravity gradient measurement |
| topic | gravitational wave torsion pendulum laser interferometer cryogenics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/12/6/78 |
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