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most citedKAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

535 citations · 982 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Nonlinear Independent Component Analysis Scheme and its application to gravitational wave data analysis

Jun'ya Kume, Koh Ueno, Tatsuki Washimi +3

Noise subtraction is a crucial process in gravitational wave (GW) data analysis to improve the sensitivity of interferometric detectors. While linear noise coupling has been extens…

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…

gr-qc2024★ 2 cited

TOrsion-Bar Antenna: A Ground-Based Detector for Low-Frequency Gravity Gradient Measurement

Satoru Takano, Tomofumi Shimoda, Yuka Oshima +12

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…

physics.ao-ph2023

Evaluation of microseismic motion at the KAGRA site based on ocean wave data

S. Hoshino, Y. Fujikawa, M. Ohkawa +2

The microseismic motion, ambient ground vibration caused by ocean waves, affects ground-based gravitational wave detectors. In this study, characteristics of the ocean waves includ…

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…

gr-qc2022★ 10 cited

Training Process of Unsupervised Learning Architecture for Gravity Spy Dataset

Yusuke Sakai, Yousuke Itoh, Piljong Jung +11

Transient noise appearing in the data from gravitational-wave detectors frequently causes problems, such as instability of the detectors and overlapping or mimicking gravitational-…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 5 cited

Response of the underground environment of the KAGRA observatory against the air-pressure disturbance from the Tonga volcano eruption on January 15th, 2022

T. Washimi, T. Yokozawa, A. Takamori +11

On January 15, 2022, at 04:14:45 (UTC), the Hunga Tonga-Funga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, erupted and generated global sei…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

Identifying multichannel coherent couplings and causal relationships in gravitational wave detectors

Piljong Jung, Sang Hoon Oh, Young-Min Kim +4

The gravitational-wave detector is a complex and sensitive collection of advanced instruments that are impacted not only by mechanical/electronics systems but also by the surroundi…

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-qc2021★ 21 cited

Unsupervised Learning Architecture for Classifying the Transient Noise of Interferometric Gravitational-wave Detectors

Yusuke Sakai, Yousuke Itoh, Piljong Jung +11

In the data obtained by laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors, transient noise with non-stationary and non-Gaussian features occurs at a high rate. This often results…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 17 cited

Application of the Hilbert-Huang transform for analyzing standing-accretion-shock-instability induced gravitational waves in a core-collapse supernova

M. Takeda, Y. Hiranuma, N. Kanda +11

Through numerical simulations, it is predicted that the gravitational waves (GWs) reflect the characteristics of the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) explosion mechanism. There are m…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 20 cited

The KAGRA underground environment and lessons for the Einstein Telescope

Francesca Badaracco, Camilla De Rossi, Irene Fiori +6

The KAGRA gravitational-wave detector in Japan is the only operating detector hosted in an underground infrastructure. Underground sites promise a greatly reduced contribution of t…

gr-qc2021★ 9 cited

Effects of lightning strokes on underground gravitational waves observatories

T. Washimi, T. Yokozawa, M. Nakano +4

For ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors, lightning strokes in the atmosphere are sources of environmental noise. Some GW detectors are built or planned in underground fa…

gr-qc2020★ 12 cited

Method for environmental noise estimation via injection tests for ground-based gravitational wave detectors

T. Washimi, T. Yokozawa, T. Tanaka +3

Environmental noise is one of the critical issues for the observation of gravitational waves, but is difficult to predict in advance. Therefore, to evaluate the adverse impact of e…

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★ 4 cited

Design and experimental demonstration of a laser modulation system for future gravitational-wave detectors

Kohei Yamamoto, Keiko Kokeyama, Yuta Michimura +12

Detuning the signal-recycling cavity length from a cavity resonance significantly improves the quantum noise beyond the standard quantum limit, while there is no km-scale gravitati…

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…

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

Improving the absolute accuracy of the gravitational wave detectors by combining the photon pressure and gravity field calibrators

Yuki Inoue, Sadakazu Haino, Nobuyuki Kanda +5

The absolute accuracy of the estimated parameters of gravitational wave sources will be fundamentally limited by the calibration uncertainties of the detectors in upcoming observat…

gr-qc2017★ 86 cited

Construction of KAGRA: an Underground Gravitational Wave Observatory

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, S. Araki +222

Major construction and initial-phase operation of a second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA has been completed. The entire 3-km detector is installed underground in a m…

gr-qc2017★ 53 cited

The status of KAGRA underground cryogenic gravitational wave telescope

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +146

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 20 cited

Mirror actuation design for the interferometer control of the KAGRA gravitational wave telescope

Yuta Michimura, Tomofumi Shimoda, Takahiro Miyamoto +36

KAGRA is a 3-km cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave telescope located at an underground site in Japan. In order to achieve its target sensitivity, the relative positions o…