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most citedKAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Development of advanced photon calibrator for Kamioka gravitational wave detector (KAGRA)

Y. Inoue, B. H. Hsieh, K. H. Chen +23

The Kamioka Gravitational wave detector (KAGRA) cryogenic gravitational-wave observatory has commenced joint observations with the worldwide gravitational wave detector network. Pr…

gr-qc2022

Input optics systems of the KAGRA detector during O3GK

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +246

KAGRA, the underground and cryogenic gravitational-wave detector, was operated for its solo observation from February 25th to March 10th, 2020, and its first joint observation with…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 30 cited

Performance of the KAGRA detector during the first joint observation with GEO 600 (O3GK)

KAGRA Collaboration, H. Abe, R. X. Adhikari +212

KAGRA, the kilometer-scale underground gravitational-wave detector, is located at Kamioka, Japan. In April 2020, an astrophysics observation was performed at the KAGRA detector in…

physics.ins-det2020★ 21 cited

Cryogenic suspension design for a kilometer-scale gravitational-wave detector

Takafumi Ushiba, Tomotada Akutsu, Yoichi Aso +43

We report the mirror suspension design for Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope, KAGRA, during bKAGRA Phase 1. Mirror thermal noise is one of the fundamental noises f…

gr-qc2020★ 9 cited

Overview of KAGRA : KAGRA science

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +240

KAGRA is a newly build gravitational-wave observatory, a laser interferometer with 3 km arm length, located in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. In this paper in the series of KAGRA-featured a…

physics.ins-det2019★ 16 cited

An arm length stabilization system for KAGRA and future gravitational-wave detectors

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +198

Modern ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors require a complex interferometer configuration with multiple coupled optical cavities. Since achieving the resonances of the a…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 13 cited

Application of the independent component analysis to the iKAGRA data

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +244

We apply the independent component analysis (ICA) to the real data from a gravitational wave detector for the first time. Specifically we use the iKAGRA data taken in April 2016, a…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 59 cited

First cryogenic test operation of underground km-scale gravitational-wave observatory KAGRA

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +198

KAGRA is a second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detector with 3-km arms constructed at Kamioka, Gifu in Japan. It is now in its final installation phase, which we c…

physics.ins-det2019★ 14 cited

Vibration isolation system with a compact damping system for power recycling mirrors of KAGRA

Y. Akiyama, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +169

A vibration isolation system called Type-Bp system used for power recycling mirrors has been developed for KAGRA, the interferometric gravitational-wave observatory in Japan. A sus…

gr-qc2018★ 535 cited

KAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +188

The recent detections of gravitational waves (GWs) reported by LIGO/Virgo collaborations have made significant impact on physics and astronomy. A global network of GW detectors wil…