The status of KAGRA underground cryogenic gravitational wave telescope

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, A. Araya, N. Aritomi, H. Asada, Y. Aso, S. Atsuta, K. Awai, M. A. Barton, K. Cannon, K. Craig, W. Creus, K. Doi, K. Eda, Y. Enomoto, R. Flaminio, Y. Fujii, M. K. Fujimoto, T. Furuhata, S. HainoK. Hasegawa, K. Hashino, K. Hayama, S. Hirobayashi, E. Hirose, A. H. Hsieh, Y. Inoue, K. Ioka, Y. Itoh, T. Kaji, T. Kajita, M. Kakizaki, M. Kamiizumi, S. Kambara, N. Kanda, S. Kanemura, M. Kaneyama, G. Kang, J. Kasuya, Y. Kataoka, N. Kawai, S. Kawamura, C. Kim, H. Kim, J. Kim, Y. Kim, N. Kimura, T. Kinugawa, S. Kirii, Y. Kitaoka, Y. Kojima, K. Kokeyama, K. Komori, K. Kotake, R. Kumar, H. Lee, H. Lee, Y. Liu, N. Luca, E. Majorana, S. Mano, M. Marchio, T. Matsui, F. Matsushima, Y. Michimura, O. Miyakawa, T. Miyamoto, A. Miyamoto, K. Miyo, S. Miyoki, W. Morii, S. Morisaki, Y. Moriwaki, T. Morozumi, M. Musha, S. Nagano, K. Nagano, K. Nakamura, T. Nakamura, H. Nakano, M. Nakano, K. Nakao, T. Narikawa, L. Nguyen Quynh, W. T. Ni, T. Ochi, J. Oh, S. Oh, M. Ohashi, N. Ohishi, M. Ohkawa, K. Okutomi, K. Oohara, F. E.P. Alleano, I. Pinto, N. Sago, M. Saijo, Y. Saito, K. Sakai, Y. Sakai, Y. Sasaki, M. Sasaki, S. Sato, T. Sato, Y. Sekiguchi, N. Seto, M. Shibata, T. Shimoda, H. Shinkai, A. Shoda, K. Somiya, E. Son, A. Suemasa, T. Suzuki, T. Suzuki, H. Tagoshi, H. Takahashi, R. Takahashi, A. Takamori, H. Takeda, H. Tanaka, K. Tanaka, T. Tanaka, D. Tatsumi, T. Tomaru, T. Tomura, F. Travasso, K. Tsubono, S. Tsuchida, N. Uchikata, T. Uchiyama, T. Uehara, S. Ueki, K. Ueno, T. Ushiba, M. H.P.M. Van Putten, H. Vocca, S. Wada, T. Wakamatsu, T. Yamada, S. Yamamoto, T. Yamamoto, K. Yamamoto, A. Yamamoto, J. Yokoyama, T. Yokozawa, T. H. Yoon, H. Yuzurihara, S. Zeidler, Z. H. Zhu

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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 languageEnglish
Article number012014
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1342
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jan 2020
Event15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2017 - Sudbury, Canada
Duration: 24 Jun 201728 Jun 2017

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