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The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna - DECIGO (2006) |
- Kawamura, Seiji,
- Nakamura, T.,
- Ando, M.,
- Seto, N.,
- Tsubono, K.,
- Numata, K.,
- Takahashi, R.,
- Nagano, S.,
- Ishikawa, T.,
- Musha, M.,
- Ueda, K.,
- Sato, T.,
- Hosokawa, M.,
- Agatsuma, K.,
- Akutsu, T.,
- Arai, K.,
- Araya, A.,
- Asada, H.,
- Aso, Y.,
- Chiba, T.,
- Ebisuzaki, T.,
- Eriguchi, Y.,
- Fujimoto, M. K.,
- Fukushima, Mitsuhiro,
- Futamase, Toshifumi,
- Ganzu, K.,
- Harada, T.,
- Hashimoto, T.,
- Hayama, K.,
- Hikida, W.,
- Himemoto, Y.,
- Hirabayashi, H.,
- Hiramatsu, T.,
- Ichiki, K.,
- Ikegami, T.,
- Inoue, K. T.,
- Ioka, K.,
- Ishidoshiro, K.,
- Itoh, Yousuke,
- Kamagasako, S.,
- Kanda, Nobuyuki,
- Kawashima, N.,
- Kirihara, H.,
- Kiuchi, K.,
- Kobayashi, S.,
- Kohri, K.,
- Kojima, Yasufumi,
- Kokeyama, Keiko,
- Kozai, Y.,
- Kudoh, H.,
- Kunimori, H.,
- Kuroda, Kazuaki,
- Matsuhara, H.,
- Mino, Yasushi,
- Miyakawa, O.,
- Miyoki, Shinji,
- Mizusawa, H.,
- Morisawa, T.,
- Mukohyama, S.,
- Naito, I.,
- Nakagawa, N.,
- Nakamura, K.,
- Nakano, Hiroyuki,
- Nishizawa, A.,
- Niwa, Y.,
- Nozawa, C.,
- Ohashi, M.,
- Ohishi, N.,
- Ohkawa, M.,
- Okutomi, A.,
- Oohara, K.,
- Sago, N.,
- Saijo, M.,
- Sakagami, M.,
- Sakata, S.,
- Sasaki, M.,
- Sato, S.,
- Shibata, Masaru,
- Shinkai, Hisaaki,
- Somiya, K.,
- Sotani, H.,
- Sugiyama, N.,
- Tagoshi, Hideyuki,
- Takahashi, T.,
- Takahashi, H.,
- Takahashi, R.,
- Takano, T.,
- Tanaka, T.,
- Taniguchi, K.,
- Taruya, A.,
- Tashiro, H.,
- Tokunari, M.,
- Tsujikawa, S.,
- Tsunesada, Y.,
- Yamamoto, K.,
- Yamazaki, T.,
- Yokoyama, J.,
- Yoo, C. M.,
- Yoshida, S.,
- Yoshino, T.
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DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space gravitational wave antenna. It aims at detecting various kinds of gravitational waves between 1 mHz and 100 Hz frequently enough to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy. The pre-conceptual design of DECIGO consists of three drag-free satellites, 1000 km apart from each other, whose relative displacements are measured by a Fabry–Perot Michelson interferometer. We plan to launch DECIGO in 2024 after a long and intense development phase, including two pathfinder missions for verification of required technologies. |
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