Past, present and future of the Resonant-Mass gravitational wave detectors

OD Aguiar - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant-mass gravitational wave detectors are reviewed from the concept of gravitational
waves and its mathematical derivation, using Einstein's general relativity, to the present …

Detecting gravitational wave with an interferometric seismometer array on lunar nearside

J Li, F Liu, Y Pan, Z Wang, M Cao, M Wang… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Our Moon is by far the easiest natural, extraterrestrial celestial object for us to reach, and
many space agencies, in particular the China National Space Administration, have …

On the massive antenna suspension system in the Brazilian gravitational wave detector SCHENBERG

F da Silva Bortoli, C Frajuca, ST de Sousa… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
SCHENBERG is a resonant-mass gravitational wave detector built in Brazil. Its spherical
antenna, weighting 1.15 t, is connected to the outside world by a suspension system whose …

On the cabling seismic isolation for the microwave transducers of the Schenberg detector

F da Silva Bortoli, C Frajuca, NS Magalhaes… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Schenberg is a resonant-mass gravitational wave detector developed by the Brazilian
Graviton group that is sensitive to a central frequency near 3200 Hz with bandwidth around …

On the dilution refrigerator thermal connection for the SCHENBERG gravitational wave detector

FS Bortoli, C Frajuca, NS Magalhaes… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The resonant-mass gravitational wave detector SCHENBERG was designed by the Brazilian
group Graviton to be sensitive to a central frequency nearing 3200 Hz and a bandwidth of …

A geometric method for location of gravitational wave sources

NS Magalhães, WW Johnson, C Frajuca… - The Astrophysical …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
We show that the interaction of a gravitational wave with a spherical resonant-mass antenna
changes the antenna's shape to that of an ellipsoid. These changes in shape always …

Optimization of a composite quadrupole mass at high-speed rotation

C Frajuca, MA Souza, D Coppedé… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2018 - Springer
An experiment to measure the speed of gravity is being planned. For this purpose, a
numerical method was developed for the optimization of a composite quadrupole mass at …

[HTML][HTML] Resonant transducers for spherical gravitational wave detectors

C Frajuca, FS Bortoli, NS Magalhães - Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
" Mario Schenberg" is a spherical gravitational wave (GW) detector that will be part of a GW
detection array of two detectors. Another one is been built in The Netherlands. Spherical …

Hollow sphere as a detector of gravitational radiation

E Coccia, V Fafone, G Frossati, JA Lobo, JA Ortega - Physical Review D, 1998 - APS
The most important features of the proposed spherical gravitational wave detectors are
closely linked with their symmetry. Hollow spheres share this property with solid ones …

Techniques for detecting gravitational waves with a spherical antenna

SM Merkowitz, WW Johnson - Physical Review D, 1997 - APS
We report the results of a theoretical and experimental study of a spherical gravitational
wave antenna. We develop a number of techniques to deconvolve the data from a set of …