The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna—DECIGO

DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space gravitational wave antenna. It aims at detecting various kinds of gravitational waves between 1 mHz and 100 Hz frequently enough to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy. The pre-conceptual design of DECIGO consists of three drag-free satellites, 1000 km apart from each other, whose relative displacements are measured by a Fabry–Perot Michelson interferometer. We plan to launch DECIGO in 2024 after a long and intense development phase, including two pathfinder missions for verification of required technologies.

T. Ebisuzaki | S. Yoshida | K. Kokeyama | K. Agatsuma | K. Arai | H. Nakano | K. Oohara | H. Shinkai | Hirotaka Takahashi | Takahiro Tanaka | H. Matsuhara | K. Nakao | Shiho Kobayashi | T. Akutsu | M. Ando | A. Araya | H. Asada | Y. Aso | M. Fujimoto | K. Hayama | K. Ioka | Y. Itoh | N. Kanda | S. Kawamura | Y. Kojima | K. Kuroda | O. Miyakawa | S. Miyoki | S. Nagano | K. Nakao | M. Ohashi | N. Ohishi | M. Ohkawa | N. Sago | M. Shibata | K. Somiya | H. Tagoshi | K. Tsubono | J. Yokoyama | M. Fukushima | H. Hirabayashi | T. Takano | T. Hashimoto | Kouji Nakamura | R. Takahashi | Takashi Sato | H. Kunimori | T. Morisawa | K. Ishidoshiro | H. Mizusawa | T. Hiramatsu | Y. Itoh | Kazuhiro Yamamoto | T. Ishikawa | K. Maeda | H. Sotani | K. Taniguchi | Tadayuki Takahashi | A. Nishizawa | K. Kohri | K. Numata | N. Sugiyama | T. Futamase | Chul-Moon Yoo | K. Ueda | Y. Himemoto | M. Fukushima | S. Sato | Y. Niwa | N. Kawashima | S. Mukohyama | N. Seto | A. Taruya | Y. Tsunesada | K. Ichiki | S. Sakata | I. Naito | M. Musha | M. Sakagami | T. Chiba | M. Sasaki | S. Tsujikawa | T. Ikegami | K. Kiuchi | T. Harada | Y. Mino | M. Hosokawa | Shijun Yoshida | Y. Eriguchi | Tadayuki Takahashi | K. T. Inoue | H. Tashiro | H. Kudoh | Takashi Sato | Kouji Nakamura | T. Yamazaki | M. Tokunari | N. Nakagawa | H. Kirihara | Koh-suke Aoyanagi | W. Hikida | Y. Kozai | Motoyuki Saijo | T. Yoshino | Takashi Nakamura | C. Nozawa | A. Okutomi | Katsuhiko Ganzu | S. Kamagasako | K. Ueda | Takashi Nakamura | S. Sato | Masaru Shibata | Jun'ichi Yokoyama | Hiromi Mizusawa | Isao Naito | R. Takahashi | S. Kobayashi | Hiroyuki Kirihara | T. Ikegami | Shogo Kamagasako | K. Maeda | S. Mukohyama | Choetsu Nozawa | M. Sakagami | Hiroyuki Tashiro | Kazuhiro Yamamoto

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