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Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volume

18

Issue

17

Publication Date

2001

First Page

3473

Arxiv Identifier

arXiv:gr-qc/0103075v2

Abstract

It is thought that a stochastic background of gravitational waves was produced during the formation of the universe. A great deal could be learned by measuring this Cosmic Gravitational-wave Background (CGB), but detecting theCGB presents a significant technological challenge. The signal strength is expected to be extremely weak, and there will be competition from unresolved astrophysical foregrounds such as white dwarf binaries. Our goal is to identify the most promising approach to detect the CGB. We study the sensitivities that can be reached using both individual, and cross-correlated pairs of space based interferometers. Our main result is a general, coordinate free formalism for calculating the detector response that applies to arbitrary detector configurations. We use this general formalism to identify somepromising designs for a GrAvitational Background Interferometer (GABI) mission.Our conclusion is that detecting the CGB is not out of reach.

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Published by Institute of Physics in Classical and Quantum Gravity. Publisher version requires subscription and is available through this remote link.

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http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0206017v2

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