Measurement of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with a Single Laser Interferometer

2005/01/27 by Adrian C. Melissinos, Melissinos, Adrian C., William E. Butler +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0501089

arxiv created 2005/01/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors can be operated at their free spectral range frequency. We show that in this case and when the interferometer is well understood one could detect a stochastic background using a single detector.

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