KAGRA Publications

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

Links to the list of theses for groups in the KAGRA collaboration are also listed at the bottom of this page.

Journal Papers

• Design and operation of a 1500-m laser strainmeter installed at underground site in Kamioka

  • Akito Araya, Akiteru Takamori, Wataru Morii, Kouseki Miyo, Masatake Ohashi, Kazuhiro Hayama, Takashi Uchiyama, Shinji Miyoki and Yoshio Saito, Earth, Planets and Space 69, 77 (2017)

• Calculation method for light scattering caused by multilayer coated mirrors in gravitational wave detectors

  • Simon Zeidler, Tomotada Akutsu, Yasuo Torii, Eiichi Hirose, Yoichi Aso, and Raffaele Flaminio, Optics Express 25, 4741-4760 (2017)

• Analysis of the real gravitational wave data GW150914 with the Hilbert-Huang transform

  • Kazuki Sakai, Ken-ichi Oohara, Masato Kaneyama, Hirotaka Takahashi, ICIC Express Letters, Vol.11 No.1, pp. 45-52 (2017).

• Characterization of the room temperature payload prototype for the cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave detector KAGRA

  • Fabián Erasmo Peña Arellano, Takanori Sekiguchi, Yoshinori Fujii, Ryutaro Takahashi, Mark Barton, Naoatsu Hirata, Ayaka Shoda, Joris van Heijningen, Raffaele Flaminio, Riccardo DeSalvo, Koki Okutumi, Tomotada Akutsu, Yoichi Aso, Hideharu Ishizaki, Naoko Ohishi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Takashi Uchiyama, Osamu Miyakawa, Masahiro Kamiizumi, Akiteru Takamori, Ettore Majorana, Kazuhiro Agatsuma, Eric Hennes, Jo van den Brand, and Alessandro Bertolini, Review of Scientific Instruments 87, 034501 (2016)

• Status of the cryogenic payload system for the KAGRA detector

  • R Kumar, D Chen, A Hagiwara, T Kajita, T Miyamoto, T Suzuki, Y Sakakibara, H Tanaka, K Yamamoto and T Tomaru, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 716, 012017 (2016)

• Design study and prototype experiment of the KAGRA output mode-cleaner

  • Kazushiro Yano, Ayaka Kumeta, Kentaro Somiya, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 716, 012020 (2016)

• Measurement of Schumann Resonance at Kamioka

  • S. Atsuta, T. Ogawa, S. Yamaguchi, K. Hayama, A. Araya, N. Kanda, O. Miyakawa, S. Miyoki, A. Nishizawa, K. Ono, Y. Saito, K. Somiya, T. Uchiyama, M. Uyeshima and K. Yano, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 716 012032 (2016)

• Vacuum and cryogenic compatible black surface for large optical baffles in advanced gravitational-wave telescopes

  • Tomotada Akutsu, Yoshio Saito, Yusuke Sakakibara, Yoshihiro Sato, Yoshito Niwa, Nobuhiro Kimura, Toshikazu Suzuki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Chihiro Tokoku, Shigeaki Koike, Dan Chen, Simon Zeidler, Kouichi Ikeyama, and Yusuke Ariyama, Optical Materials Express 6, 1613-1626 (2016)

• Characterization of non-Gaussianity in gravitational wave detector noise

  • Takahiro Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Hayama, Shuhei Mano, Yousuke Itoh, and Nobuyuki Kanda, Phys. Rev. D 93, 082005 (2016)

• Estimation of losses in a 300 m filter cavity and quantum noise reduction in the KAGRA gravitational-wave detector

  • Eleonora Capocasa, Matteo Barsuglia, Jérôme Degallaix, Laurent Pinard, Nicolas Straniero, Roman Schnabel, Kentaro Somiya, Yoichi Aso, Daisuke Tatsumi, and Raffaele Flaminio, Phys. Rev. D 93, 082004 (2016)

• Environmental Monitoring System in KAGRA

  • Yukitsugu Sasaki on behalf of the KAGRA collaboration, ICIC Express Letters Part B : Applications, Vol.7 No.11, pp. 2331-2338 (2016).

• Large-scale cryogenic gravitational-wave telescope in Japan: KAGRA

  • Tomotada Akutsu (for theKAGRA collaboration), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 610, 012016 (2015)

• Design study of the KAGRA output mode-cleaner

  • Ayaka Kumeta, Charlotte Bond, Kentaro Somiya, Optical Review 22, 149-152 (2015)

• Performance test of pipe-shaped radiation shields for cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave detectors

  • Yusuke Sakakibara, Nobuhiro Kimura, Tomotada Akutsu, Toshikazu Suzuki and Kazuaki Kuroda, Classical and Quantum Gravity 32, 155011 (2015)

• Concepts and research for future detectors

  • F.Acernese et al., General Relativity and Gravitation, 46:1700 (2014)

• Excavation of an underground site for a km-scale laser interferometric gravitational-wave detector

  • T Uchiyama, K Furuta, M Ohashi, S Miyoki, O Miyakawa and Y Saito, Classical and Quantum Gravity 31, 224005 (2014)

• Update on the development of cryogenic sapphire mirrors and their seismic attenuation system for KAGRA

  • Eiichi Hirose, Takanori Sekiguchi, Rahul Kumar, Ryutaro Takahashi (for the KAGRA collaboration), Classical and Quantum Gravity 31, 224004 (2014)

• Progress on the cryogenic system for the KAGRA cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave telescope

  • Yusuke Sakakibara, Tomotada Akutsu, Dan Chen, Aleksandr Khalaidovski, Nobuhiro Kimura, Shigeaki Koike, Tatsuya Kume, Kazuaki Kuroda, Toshikazu Suzuki, Chihiro Tokoku, Classical and Quantum Gravity 31, 224003 (2014)

• Vibration measurement in the KAGRA cryostat

  • D Chen, L Naticchioni, A Khalaidovski, K Yamamoto, E Majorana, Y Sakakibara, C Tokoku, T Suzuki, N Kimura, S Koike, T Uchiyama and S Kawamura, Classical and Quantum Gravity 31, 224001 (2014)

• Cryogenic system for the interferometric cryogenic gravitationalwave telescope, KAGRA - design, fabrication, and performance test -

  • C. Tokoku, N. Kimura, S. Koike, T. Kume, Y. Sakakibara, T. Suzuki, K. Yamamoto, D. Chen. S. Goto, M. Tanaka, S. Ioka, K. Nakamoto, H. Nezuka, T. Uchiyama, M. Ohashi, K. Kuroda, AIP Conference Proceedings 1573, 1254 (2014)

• A study of cooling time reduction of interferometric cryogenic gravitational wave detectors using a high-emissivity coating

  • Y. Sakakibara, N. Kimura, T. Suzuki, K. Yamamoto, D. Chen, S. Koike, C. Tokoku, T. Uchiyama, M. Ohashi, and K. Kuroda, AIP Conference Proceedings 1573, 1176 (2014)

• Method to reduce excess noise of a detuned cavity for application in KAGRA

  • Shinichiro Ueda, Nana Saito, Daniel Friedrich, Yoichi Aso, Kentaro Somiya (for the KAGRA collaboration), Class.Quantum Grav. 31, 095003 (2014)

• 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)

• Underground gravitational wave observatories: KAGRA and ET

  • Michele Punturo and Kentaro Somiya, Int. J. Mod. Phys., 22, 1330010 (2013)

• Real Time Control for KAGRA 3km Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Detector in Japan

  • O. Miyakawa and KAGRA Collaboration, Proceedings of ICALEPCS2013, 23 (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)

• Detector configuration of KAGRA - the Japanese cryogenic gravitational-wave detector

  • Kentaro Somiya for the KAGRA Collaboration, Class.Quantum Grav. 29, 124007 (2012)

• Length sensing and control strategies for the LCGT interferometer

  • Yoichi Aso, Kentaro Somiya, Osamu Miyakawa for the LCGT Collaboration, Class.Quantum Grav. 29, 124008 (2012)
• 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)

• LARGE-SCALE CRYOGENIC GRAVITATIONAL WAVE TELESCOPE

  • K. Kuroda et al., Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 08, 557 (1999)

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)

• ブラックホールリングダウンからの重力波における高調波を含めた解析

  • Sho Atsuta, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2017)

• 非線形光学効果を用いた次世代重力波検出器の要素技術開発

  • Yuu Kataoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2017)

• KAGRA 用アウトプットモードクリーナーのデザイン研究およびプロトタイプ制御実験

  • Kazushiro Yano, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2016)

• 重力波望遠鏡における光ばねと非線形結晶を用いた信号増幅器のデザインとその検証

  • Junpei Kato, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015)

• 重力波検出器KAGRA の感度向上に向けたアウトプットモードクリーナーの開発

  • Ayaka Kumeta, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015)

• 干渉計型重力波検出器における感度向上のための要素技術開発

  • Shinichiro Ueda, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014)

• 非線形光学素子を用いた重力波信号の増幅

  • Nana Saito, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014)

• 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)

Graduation Thesis

• 重力波検出器KAGRAの出力モードクリーナの姿勢制御

  • Junko Kasuya, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2016)

• 非線形光学結晶挿入型重力波検出器の応答と不安定性

  • Takuya Yaginuma, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2016)

• 神岡におけるシューマン共振の測定

  • Sho Atsuta, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015)

• 重力波検出器で使う制御用回路の検査機構の開発とその応用

  • Yuu Kataoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015)

• 神岡における環境雑音の測定および非線形光学素子を用いた信号増幅

  • Kazushiro Yano, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014)

Other links

• List of PhD theses from Ando/Tsubono Group at UTokyo

• List of Master theses from Ando/Tsubono Group at UTokyo

• UTokyo Repository for theses

• List of theses from Somiya Group at Titech