Gravitational-Wave Detector for Postmerger Neutron Stars: Beyond the Quantum Loss Limit of the Fabry-Perot-Michelson Interferometer
T. Zhang, Huan Yang, Д. В. Мартынов, P. Schmidt, H. Miao
Abstract
A simple modification to gravitational wave detector designs could allow future observatories to study the postmerger physics of a binary neutron star merger, to which current facilities are not sensitive.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsInterferometryGravitational waveNeutron starDetectorFabry–Pérot interferometerQuantum limitLIGOLimit (mathematics)Michelson interferometerAstronomical interferometerQuantumOpticsAstronomyWavelengthQuantum mechanicsMathematicsMathematical analysisPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchGeophysics and Sensor TechnologyAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research