S Hild et al 2006 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 32 66 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/32/1/011
S Hild1, H Grote1, J R Smith1 and M Hewitson1 (for the GEO600-team)2
Show affiliationsDuring the S4 LSC science run, the gravitational-wave detector GEO600, the first large scale dual recycled interferometer, took 30 days of continuous data. An instrumental duty cycle greater than 96% and a peak sensitivity of 7 × 10−22/√Hz around 1 kHz were achieved during this time. Detector commissioning and characterization work are essential to prepare the worldwide network of gravitational-wave detectors for future extended science runs. This paper describes the detector commissioning that was done in the run-up to S4. The focus is set on techniques used for the identification and removal of limiting noise sources. Furthermore we give some examples for the detector characterization work of GEO600.
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