%0 Journal Article
%4 dpi.inpe.br/plutao/2011/06.11.14.46
%2 dpi.inpe.br/plutao/2011/06.11.14.46.11
%@doi 10.1088/1674-4527/11/1/001
%@issn 1674-4527
%F lattes: 3325984959083987 1 Aguiar:2011:PaPrFu
%T Past, present and future of the Resonant-Mass gravitational wave detectors
%D 2011
%8 Jan.
%A Aguiar, Odylio Denys de,
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@electronicmailaddress odylio@das.inpe.br
%B Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
%V 11
%N 1
%P 1-42
%K gravitation, gravitational waves, instrumentation: detectors. TESTING RELATIVISTIC GRAVITY, LIQUID-HELIUM TEMPERATURES, SPHERICAL ANTENNA, RADIATION EXPERIMENTS, COSMOLOGICAL POPULATION, GENERAL-RELATIVITY, NOISE TEMPERATURE, NEUTRON-STARS, BAR DETECTOR, MONT-BLANC.
%X Resonant-mass gravitational wave detectors are reviewed from the concept of gravitational waves and its mathematical derivation, using Einstein's general relativity, to the present status of bars and spherical detectors, and their prospects for the future, which include dual detectors and spheres with non-resonant transducers. The review not only covers technical aspects of detectors and sciences that will be done, but also analyzes the subject in a historical perspective, covering the various detection efforts over four decades, starting from Weber's pioneering work.
%@language en
%O Setores de Atividade: Pesquisa e desenvolvimento científico.
%O Informações Adicionais: Invited paper.