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[Moderator's note: Spun off from previous thread due to new question.]
I have read here:
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2016/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html?m=1
That there is a proportionality between the size of LIGO arms and the wavelength of gravitational waves that it can detect.
My following question relies on considering also the multliplication of its arms length, by the Fabry–Pérot interferometry method:
What is the relation between LIGO gravitational waves detectable wavelength range and the LIGO sensitivity number and the intensity/distance of the source incident that produced the wave?
Would it be correct to say that there is a need for much longer LIGO arms, in spite of the Fabry–Pérot multliplication, in order to detect at a much lower sensetivity?
How does the wavelength relate to the intensity and distance of the incident and to sensetivity?
Is there no relation between these LIGO properties of length of arms and sensetivity?
I have read here:
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2016/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html?m=1
That there is a proportionality between the size of LIGO arms and the wavelength of gravitational waves that it can detect.
My following question relies on considering also the multliplication of its arms length, by the Fabry–Pérot interferometry method:
What is the relation between LIGO gravitational waves detectable wavelength range and the LIGO sensitivity number and the intensity/distance of the source incident that produced the wave?
Would it be correct to say that there is a need for much longer LIGO arms, in spite of the Fabry–Pérot multliplication, in order to detect at a much lower sensetivity?
How does the wavelength relate to the intensity and distance of the incident and to sensetivity?
Is there no relation between these LIGO properties of length of arms and sensetivity?
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