Overview of KAGRA: Detector design and construction history

T Akutsu, M Ando, K Arai, Y Arai, S Araki… - … of Theoretical and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
KAGRA is a newly built gravitational-wave telescope, a laser interferometer comprising arms
with a length of 3 km, located in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. KAGRA was constructed under the …

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

T Akutsu, M Ando, K Arai, Y Arai, S Araki… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
KAGRA is a second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detector with 3 km arms
constructed at Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. It is now in its final installation phase, which we call …

[HTML][HTML] The current status and future prospects of kagra, the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope built in the kamioka underground

H Abe, T Akutsu, M Ando, A Araya, N Aritomi, H Asada… - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
KAGRA is a gravitational-wave (GW) detector constructed in Japan with two unique key
features: It was constructed underground, and the test-mass mirrors are cooled to cryogenic …

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

K Somiya, KAGRA Collaboration) - Classical and Quantum …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The construction of the Japanese second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA
(previously called LCGT) has been started. In the next 6–7 years, we will be able to observe …

Interferometer design of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

Y Aso, Y Michimura, K Somiya, M Ando… - Physical Review D …, 2013 - APS
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 …

KAGRA: 2.5 generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
The recent detections of gravitational waves (GWs) reported by the LIGO and Virgo
collaborations have made a significant impact on physics and astronomy. A global network …

Construction of KAGRA: an underground gravitational-wave observatory

T Akutsu, M Ando, S Araki, A Araya… - … of Theoretical and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The major construction and initial-phase operation of a second-generation gravitational-
wave detector, KAGRA, has been completed. The entire 3 km detector is installed …

Science case for the Einstein telescope

M Maggiore, C Van Den Broeck… - … of Cosmology and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Einstein Telescope (ET), a proposed European ground-based gravitational-
wave detector of third-generation, is an evolution of second-generation detectors such as …

Large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope

LCGT Collaboration, K KURODA… - … Journal of Modern …, 1999 - World Scientific
We present here the Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope (LCGT) project
which is aimed to improve the sensitivity of the existing gravitational wave projects by ten …

[HTML][HTML] Interferometer techniques for gravitational-wave detection

C Bond, D Brown, A Freise, KA Strain - Living reviews in relativity, 2016 - Springer
Several km-scale gravitational-wave detectors have been constructed worldwide. These
instruments combine a number of advanced technologies to push the limits of precision …