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Published July 31, 2008 | Version Published
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The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna; DECIGO

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  • 1. ROR icon National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • 2. ROR icon University of Tokyo
  • 3. ROR icon Kyoto University
  • 4. ROR icon Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
  • 5. ROR icon Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 6. ROR icon High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
  • 7. ROR icon Waseda University
  • 8. ROR icon Hirosaki University
  • 9. ROR icon Columbia University
  • 10. ROR icon Nihon University
  • 11. ROR icon RIKEN
  • 12. ROR icon Tokyo Keizai University
  • 13. ROR icon Osaka University
  • 14. ROR icon Tohoku University
  • 15. ROR icon Rikkyo University
  • 16. ROR icon The University of Texas at Austin
  • 17. ROR icon Shibaura Institute of Technology
  • 18. ROR icon Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • 19. ROR icon National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • 20. ROR icon Tokai University
  • 21. ROR icon National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  • 22. ROR icon Kindai University
  • 23. ROR icon University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
  • 24. ROR icon Ochanomizu University
  • 25. ROR icon Liverpool John Moores University
  • 26. ROR icon Lancaster University
  • 27. ROR icon Hiroshima University
  • 28. ROR icon Gunma Astronomical Observatory
  • 29. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 30. ROR icon University of Electro-Communications
  • 31. ROR icon Rochester Institute of Technology
  • 32. ROR icon National Defense Academy of Japan
  • 33. ROR icon Niigata University
  • 34. ROR icon University of Southampton
  • 35. ROR icon Osaka Institute of Technology
  • 36. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
  • 37. ROR icon Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 38. ROR icon Nagoya University
  • 39. ROR icon Nagaoka University of Technology
  • 40. ROR icon University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 41. ROR icon National Institute of Technology, Gunma College

Abstract

DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space gravitational wave antenna. DECIGO is expected to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy especially between 0.1 Hz and 10 Hz, revealing various mysteries of the universe such as dark energy, formation mechanism of supermassive black holes, and inflation of the universe. The pre-conceptual design of DECIGO consists of three drag-free spacecraft, whose relative displacements are measured by a differential Fabry– Perot Michelson interferometer. We plan to launch two missions, DECIGO pathfinder and pre- DECIGO first and finally DECIGO in 2024.

Additional Information

© 2008 IOP Publishing. Accepted papers received: 20 June 2008. Published online: 31 July 2008. This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

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14335
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

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2009-08-25
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series