DECIGO pathfinder

M. Ando, S. Kawamura, T. Nakamura, K. Tsubono, T. Tanaka, I. Funaki, N. Seto, K. Numata, S. Sato, K. Ioka, N. Kanda, T. Takashima, K. Agatsuma, T. Akutsu, T. Akutsu, K. S. Aoyanagi, K. Arai, Y. Arase, A. Araya, H. AsadaY. Aso, T. Chiba, T. Ebisuzaki, M. Enoki, Y. Eriguchi, M. K. Fujimoto, R. Fujita, M. Fukushima, T. Futamase, K. Ganzu, T. Harada, T. Hashimoto, K. Hayama, W. Hikida, Y. Himemoto, H. Hirabayashi, T. Hiramatsu, F. L. Hong, H. Horisawa, M. Hosokawa, K. Ichiki, T. Ikegami, K. T. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, H. Ishihara, T. Ishikawa, H. Ishizaki, H. Ito, Y. Itoh, S. Kamagasako, N. Kawashima, F. Kawazoe, H. Kirihara, N. Kishimoto, K. Kiuchi, S. Kobayashi, K. Kohri, H. Koizumi, Y. Koima, K. Kokeyama, W. Kokuyama, K. Kotake, Y. Kozai, H. Kudoh, H. Kunimori, H. Kuninaka, K. Kuroda, K. I. Maeda, H. Matsuhara, Y. Mino, O. Miyakawa, S. Miyoki, M. Y. Morimoto, T. Morioka, T. Morisawa, S. Moriwaki, S. Mukohyama, M. Musha, S. Nagano, I. Naito, N. Nakagawa, K. Nakamura, H. Nakano, K. Nakao, S. Nakasuka, Y. Nakayama, E. Nishida, K. Nishiyama, A. Nishizawa, Y. Niwa, M. Ohashi, N. Ohishi, M. Ohkawa, A. Okutomi, K. Onozato, K. Oohara, N. Sago, M. Saijo, M. Sakagami, S. I. Sakai, S. Sakata, M. Sasaki, T. Sato, M. Shibata, H. Shinkai, K. Somiya, H. Sotani, N. Sugiyama, Y. Suwa, H. Tagoshi, K. Takahashi, K. Takahashi, T. Takahashi, H. Takahashi, R. Takahashi, R. Takahashi, A. Takamori, T. Takano, K. Taniguchi, A. Taruya, H. Tashiro, M. Tokuda, M. Tokunari, M. Toyoshima, S. Tsujikawa, Y. Tsunesada, K. I. Ueda, M. Utashima, H. Yamakawa, K. Yamamoto, T. Yamazaki, J. Yokoyama, C. M. Yoo, S. Yoshida, T. Yoshino

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Abstract

DECIGO pathfinder (DPF) is a milestone satellite mission for DECIGO (DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) which is a future space gravitational wave antenna. DECIGO is expected to provide us fruitful insights into the universe, in particular about dark energy, a formation mechanism of supermassive black holes, and the inflation of the universe. Since DECIGO will be an extremely large mission which will formed by three drag-free spacecraft with 1000m separation, it is significant to gain the technical feasibility of DECIGO before its planned launch in 2024. Thus, we are planning to launch two milestone missions: DPF and pre-DECIGO. The conceptual design and current status of the first milestone mission, DPF, are reviewed in this article.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032005
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume120
Issue numberPart 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Jan 1
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2007 - Sendai , Japan
Duration: 2007 Sept 112007 Sept 15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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