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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…

gr-qc2024★ 5 cited

Parameter estimation of protoneutron stars from gravitational wave signals using the Hilbert-Huang transform

Seiya Sasaoka, Yusuke Sakai, Diego Dominguez +5

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are potential multimessenger events detectable by current and future gravitational wave (GW) detectors. The GW signals emitted during these events…

gr-qc2024★ 11 cited

Comparative study of 1D and 2D convolutional neural network models with attribution analysis for gravitational wave detection from compact binary coalescences

Seiya Sasaoka, Naoki Koyama, Diego Dominguez +4

Recent advancements in gravitational wave astronomy have seen the application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in signal detection from compact binary coalescences. This stu…

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★ 11 cited

Localization of gravitational waves using machine learning

Seiya Sasaoka, Hirotaka Takahashi, Yilun Hou +1

An observation of gravitational waves is a trigger of the multi-messenger search of an astronomical event. A combination of the data from two or three gravitational wave telescopes…

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…

gr-qc2020★ 23 cited

Prospects for improving the sensitivity of the cryogenic gravitational wave detector KAGRA

Yuta Michimura, Kentaro Komori, Yutaro Enomoto +18

Upgrades to improve the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors enable more frequent detections and more precise source parameter estimation. Unlike other advanced interferomet…

gr-qc2020

Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO

Seiji Kawamura, Masaki Ando, Naoki Seto +84

Deci-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space mission with a frequency band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. DECIGO aims at the detection of pri…

gr-qc2019★ 8 cited

Prospects for improving the sensitivity of KAGRA gravitational wave detector

Yuta Michimura, Masaki Ando, Eleonora Capocasa +22

KAGRA is a new gravitational wave detector which aims to begin joint observation with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo from late 2019. Here, we present KAGRA's possible upgrade pla…

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…

gr-qc2018★ 20 cited

Particle swarm optimization of the sensitivity of a cryogenic gravitational wave detector

Yuta Michimura, Kentaro Komori, Atsushi Nishizawa +6

Cryogenic cooling of the test masses of interferometric gravitational wave detectors is a promising way to reduce thermal noise. However, cryogenic cooling limits the incident powe…

gr-qc2018★ 23 cited

A Direct Approach for the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem under Non-Equilibrium Steady-State Conditions

Kentaro Komori, Yutaro Enomoto, Hiroki Takeda +4

The test mass suspensions of cryogenic gravitational-wave detectors such as the KAGRA project are tasked with extracting the heat deposited on the optics. Thus these suspensions ha…

gr-qc2018★ 73 cited

Measurement and subtraction of Schumann resonances at gravitational-wave interferometers

Michael W. Coughlin, Alessio Cirone, Patrick Meyers +23

Correlated magnetic noise from Schumann resonances threatens to contaminate the observation of a stochastic gravitational-wave background in interferometric detectors. In previous…

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…

gr-qc2016★ 2 cited

Control of a velocity-sensitive audio-band quantum non-demolition interferometer

S. S. Leavey, S. L. Danilishin, A. Gläfke +16

The Sagnac speed meter interferometer topology can potentially provide enhanced sensitivity to gravitational waves in the audio-band compared to equivalent Michelson interferometer…

gr-qc2014★ 2 cited

Method to reduce excess noise of a detuned cavity for application in KAGRA

Shinichiro Ueda, Nana Saito, Daniel Friedrich +2

Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are based on high precision laser interferometry. One promising technique to improve the detector's sensitivity is the detuning of an opti…

gr-qc2013★ 1.1k cited

Interferometer design of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

Yoichi Aso, Yuta Michimura, Kentaro Somiya +5

KAGRA is a cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave detector being constructed at the underground site of Kamioka mine in Gifu prefecture, Japan. We performed an optimization o…

gr-qc2012★ 120 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Hole Inspiral, Merger and Ringdown in LIGO-Virgo Data from 2009-2010

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +800

We report a search for gravitational waves from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes (BBH) with total mass between 25 and 100 solar masses, in data taken at the…

gr-qc2012★ 548 cited

Scientific Objectives of Einstein Telescope

B. Sathyaprakash, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese +222

The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detec…

gr-qc2011★ 926 cited

Detector configuration of KAGRA - the Japanese cryogenic gravitational-wave detector

Kentaro Somiya

Construction of the Japanese second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA has been started. In the next 6 \sim 7 years, we will be able to observe the space-time ripple from…

gr-qc2011★ 7 cited

Length sensing and control strategies for the LCGT interferometer

Yoichi Aso, Kentaro Somiya, Osamu Miyakawa

The optical readout scheme for the length degrees of freedom of the LCGT interferometer is proposed. The control scheme is compatible both with the broadband and detuned operations…

gr-qc2011★ 12 cited

Scientific Potential of Einstein Telescope

B. Sathyaprakash, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese +138

Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope (ET) is a design study funded by the European Commission to explore the technological challenges of and scientific benefits from building a th…