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A Spaceborne Multi-Arm Interferometer for VLF Gravitational Wave Detection. (The SMILE Project)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Allen Joel Anderson
Allen Joel Anderson*
Affiliation:
Planetary Geodesy and Geophysics, The University of Uppsala, S-755 90 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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This project would be the next step in our ability to detect very low frequency (VLF) gravitational waves and the first committed spaceborne designed experiment. Present Deep Space spacecraft tracking experiments are severely limited in their detection capability. It is proposed to construct a spaceborne multi-arm microwave interferometer using current elements of design applicable for the detection of VLF gravitational waves. The elements are outlined with particular emphasis placed on the utilization of small inexpensive get away special (GAS) modules currently under development at JPL for launch in the 1990's.

Type
Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 321 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

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