KAGRA Publications

List of Journal papers, PhD theses, Master theses related to KAGRA research.

Journal Papers

• Mechanical loss of a multilayer tantala/silica coating on a sapphire disk at cryogenic temperatures: Toward the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

  • Eiichi Hirose, Kieran Craig, Hideki Ishitsuka, Iain W. Martin, Norikatsu Mio, Shigenori Moriwaki, Peter G. Murray, Masatake Ohashi, Sheila Rowan, Yusuke Sakakibara, Toshikazu Suzuki, Kouichi Waseda, Kyohei Watanabe, and Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Phys. Rev. D 90, 102004 (2014)

• Sapphire mirror for the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

  • Eiichi Hirose, Dan Bajuk, GariLynn Billingsley, Takaaki Kajita, Bob Kestner, Norikatsu Mio, Masatake Ohashi, Bill Reichman, Hiroaki Yamamoto, and Liyuan Zhang, Phys. Rev. D 89, 062003 (2014)

• Evaluation of heat extraction through sapphire fibers for the GW observatory KAGRA

  • A Khalaidovski, G Hofmann, D Chen, J Komma, C Schwarz, C Tokoku, N Kimura, T Suzuki, A O Scheie, E Majorana, R Nawrodt and K Yamamoto, Class. Quantum Grav. 31, 105004 (2014)

• Interferometer design of the KAGRA gravitational wave detector

  • Yoichi Aso, Yuta Michimura, Kentaro Somiya, Masaki Ando, Osamu Miyakawa, Takanori Sekiguchi, Daisuke Tatsumi, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Phys. Rev. D 88, 043007 (2013)

• Calculation of thermal radiation input via funneling through a duct shield with baffles for KAGRA

  • Yusuke Sakakibara, Nobuhiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Toshikazu Suzuki, Takayuki Tomaru, Shinji Miyoki, Takashi Uchiyama, Kazuaki Kuroda, Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 205019 (2012)
• 大型低温重力波望遠鏡（LCGT）熱シールド用金属の低温における波長10um での反射率測定
  • 榊原裕介, 黒田和明, 大橋正健, 高橋竜太郎, 三代木伸二, 内山隆, 齊藤芳男, 鈴木敏一, 山本明, 春山富義, 木村誠宏, 三尾典克, 森脇成典, 大前宣昭, 武者満,, 低温工学（社団法人低温工学協会）, 46 (2011) pp.434-440
• Reflectance of metals, which are used for a heat radiation shield of LCGT, at cryogenic temperature for 10um wave length
  • Y.Sakakibara, K.Kuroda, M.Ohashi, R.Takahashi, S.Miyoki, T.Uchiyama, Y.Saito, T.Suzuki, A.Yamamoto, T.Haruyama, N.Kimura, N.Mio, S,Moriwaki, N.Ohmae, M.Musha, Journal of Cryogenic and Superconductivity Society of Japan, 46, pp434-440 (2011)
• Quest for Direct Detection of Gravitational waves and Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope (LCGT) project
  • S. Miyoki and LCGT Collaboration, Vacuum Society of Japan, 54, pp.587-595 (2011)
• Laser source for KAGRA gravitational wave Telescope
  • Nobuaki Ohmae and Norikatsu Mio, Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan, Vol.54, No.12,pp.604-609, (2011)
• Vibration Isolation System for KAGRA gravitational wave Telescope
  • Ryutaro Takahashi, Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan, Vol.54, No.12, pp.610-613 (2011)
• Manufacturing of vacuum ducts that have 3-km length and 80 cm diameter for KAGRA gravitational wave Telescope
  • Yoshi Saito, Ryutaro Takahashi, Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan, Vol.54, No.12, pp.621-626 (2011)
• Optical Design and Control for the KAGRA Gravitational Wave Telescope
  • Yoich Aso, and The LCGT Collaboration, Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan, Vol.54, No.12, pp.597-603 (2011)

• Status of LCGT

  • K. Kuroda (on behalf of the LCGT Collaboration), Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27, 084004 (2010)

• Present status of large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope

  • T. Uchiyama et al, Classical and Quantum Gravity 21, S1161 (2004)

PhD Thesis

• Non-Gaussian noise and data analysis of laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors

  • Takahiro Yamamoto, Osaka City Unversity (2016)

• A Study of Low Frequency Vibration Isolation System for Large Scale Gravitational Wave Detectors

  • Takanori Sekiguchi, University of Tokyo (2015)

• A Study of Cryogenic Techniques for Gravitational Wave Detection

  • Yusuke Sakakibara, University of Tokyo (2015)

• Laser System for Second-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detector

  • Noriaki Ohmae, University of Tokyo (2011)

• Study of pendulum thermal noise in gravitational wave detectors

  • Kazuhiro Agatsuma, University of Tokyo (2010)

Master Thesis

• 重力波検出器KAGRAのための量子雑音低減法の開発

  • Koji Nagano, University of Tokyo (2017)

• 干渉計型重力波検出器における光学機械相互作用と光の空間モードの揺らぎについて

  • Yutaro Enomoto, University of Tokyo (2017)

• A Study of Thermal Radiation Shields for Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Detectors

  • Yusuke Sakakibara, University of Tokyo (2012)

• Modeling and Simulation of Vibration Isolation System for Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational-wave Telescope (LCGT)

  • Takanori Sekiguchi, University of Tokyo (2012)

Other links

• List of PhD theses from Ando/Tsubono Group

• List of Master theses from Ando/Tsubono Group

• UTokyo Repository for theses