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The direct detection of gravitational waves announced on 11 February 2016 has opened a new window onto the universe. The gravitational wave spectrum extends from some nHz to several kHz. This chapter will firstly discuss the acoustic detectors, the first historically developed. The laser interferometric detectors that have performed the discovery are described, together with the main noise sources: shot noise, thermal noise and seismic noise. Ground based interferometers are sensitive from a few Hz to some kHz, while space based interferometers are sensitive in the subHz region.
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Poggiani, R. (2017). Gravitational Wave Astronomy. In: High Energy Astrophysical Techniques. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44729-2_15
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