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20192025
most citedPerformance of the KAGRA detector during the first joint observation with GEO 600 (O3GK)

30 citations · 78 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.ins-det2025

Mitigating effects of nonlinearities in homodyne quadrature interferometers

Johannes Lehmann, Artem Basalaev, Jonathan J. Carter +12

Homodyne Quadrature interferometers (HoQI) are an interferometric displacement sensing scheme proven to have excellent noise performance, making them a strong candidate for sensing…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

Decadal upgrade strategy for KAGRA toward post-O5 gravitational-wave astronomy

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +150

The KAGRA Collaboration has investigated a ten-year upgrade strategy for the KAGRA gravitational wave detector, considering a total of 14 upgrade options that vary in mirror mass,…

gr-qc2025

Identification of Noise-Associated Glitches in KAGRA O3GK with Hveto

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, M. Aoumi +148

Transient noise ("glitches") in gravitational wave detectors can mimic or obscure true signals, significantly reducing detection sensitivity. Identifying and excluding glitch-conta…

physics.ins-det2025

Testing Compact, Fused Silica Resonator Based Inertial Sensors in a Gravitational Wave Detector Prototype Facility

J J Carter, P Birckigt, J Lehmann +15

Future gravitational wave observatories require significant advances in all aspects of their seismic isolation; inertial sensors being a pressing example. Inertial sensors using gr…

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…

physics.ins-det2022

Wavefront Sensing with a Coupled Cavity for Torsion-Bar Antenna

Yuka Oshima, Satoru Takano, Ching Pin Ooi +2

Torsion-Bar Antenna (TOBA) is a ground-based gravitational wave detector using torsion pendulums. TOBA can detect intermediate-mass black hole binary mergers, gravitational wave st…

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…

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…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 7 cited

Compact integrated optical sensors and electromagnetic actuators for vibration isolation systems in the gravitational-wave detector KAGRA

Tomotada Akutsu, Fabián Erasmo Peña Arellano, Ayaka Shoda +18

This paper reports on the design and characteristics of a compact module integrating an optical displacement sensor and an electromagnetic actuator for use with vibration-isolation…

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…

physics.ins-det2019★ 1 cited

Torsion-bar antenna: a ground-based mid-frequency and low-frequency gravitational wave detector

Tomofumi Shimoda, Satoru Takano, Ching Pin Ooi +4

Expanding the observational frequency of gravitational waves is important for the future of astronomy. Torsion-Bar Antenna (TOBA) is a mid-frequency and low-frequency gravitational…