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DECIGO: The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna

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, , Citation Shuichi Sato et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 154 012040 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/154/1/012040

1742-6596/154/1/012040

Abstract

DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the planned Japanese space gravitational wave antenna, aiming to detect gravitational waves from astrophysically and cosmologically significant sources mainly between 0.1 Hz and 10 Hz and thus to open a new window for gravitational wave astronomy and for the universe. DECIGO will consist of three drag-free spacecraft, 1000 km apart from each other, whose relative displacements are measured by a differential Fabry-Perot interferometer. We plan to launch DECIGO in middle of 2020s, after sequence of two precursor satellite missions, DECIGO pathfinder and Pre-DECIGO, for technology demonstration required to realize DECIGO and hopefully for detection of gravitational waves from our galaxy or nearby galaxies.

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10.1088/1742-6596/154/1/012040