The Evolution of Gravitational Wave Detectors
A special issue of Galaxies (ISSN 2075-4434).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gravitational waves; optics; control; experimental physics
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Dear Colleagues,
The study of gravitational waves has experienced remarkable development in the past few years. Through observations runs O3 (2017-2020) and O4 (2023-2025), hundreds of events have been detected, providing not only a rich repository of data about these phenomena but also a confirmation that gravitational wave astronomy has become an integral tool in our investigation of the cosmos.
In this Special Issue of Galaxies, titled “The Evolution of Gravitational Wave Detectors”, we focus on the outcomes of the works performed to face the limitations of the current detectors and on the future of these machines. Our collection of papers delves into the incremental upgrades in existing detector technology and the innovation anticipated for the third generation of detectors that looms on the horizon.
Contributions from experts in a variety of topics, including optics, mechanics, control theory, and noise reduction, expand the reader’s understanding of the technology of gravitational wave detectors, of its technical challenges, and of its scientific rewards.
Dr. Maddalena Mantovani
Dr. Mattia Boldrini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gravitational waves
- gravitational wave detectors
- optics
- laser interferometry
- mechanics
- control theory
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