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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-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-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-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-qc2012★ 42 cited

Reduction of thermal fluctuations in a cryogenic laser interferometric gravitational wave detector

Takashi Uchiyama, Shinji Miyoki, Souichi Telada +14

The thermal fluctuation of mirror surfaces is the fundamental limitation for interferometric gravitational wave (GW) detectors. Here, we experimentally demonstrate for the first ti…