Calibration of the ALLEGRO resonant detector

Martin P. McHugh, Loyola University New Orleans
Warren W. Johnson, Louisiana State University
William O. Hamilton, Louisiana State University
Jonathan Hanson, Louisiana State University
Ik Siong Heng, University of Glasgow
Daniel McNeese, Loyola University New Orleans
Phillip Miller, Louisiana State University
Damon Nettles, Louisiana State University
Jordan Weaver, Louisiana State University
Ping Zhang, Louisiana State University

Abstract

We describe a method for calibrating the ALLEGRO resonant detector. The resulting response function can be used to transform the observed data backwards to gravitational strain data. These data are the input to a cross-correlation analysis to search for stochastic gravitational waves. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.