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Are We There Yet? The Road to Gravitational Wave Detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland*
Affiliation:
Centre for Gravitational Physics, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. Email: David.McClelland@anu.edu.au
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Abstract

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Giant laser interferometers are currently ‘listening’ for gravitational waves but are they sensitive enough? I briefly review the status of the global effort to detect gravity waves and overview Australia's role.

Keywords

gravitational wavesinstrumentation: interferometers
Type
Gravity Workshop 2004
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Featuring Gravity Workshop 2004 , 2005 , pp. 175 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2005

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