The GEO 600 Diary

Since September 1995 the British-German gravitational wave detector is under construction. These pages show how GEO 600 forges ahead. Here you find the very latest pictures from the building site and from our labs.

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In any case, give as credit: "Photo: GEO600".

What has been done so far? - Photographs & News from the Site.

• The groundbreaking party, September 4th 1995
• The site on November 17th 1995 (begin of construction)
• The site in January 1996 (erection of buildings)
• The site in May 1996 (trenchs and buildings)
• The site in June 1996 (trench: rail and roof)
• The site in September 1996 (welding of the tube)
• The site in October 1996 (central building, directional radio)
• The site in Fall 1996 (progress report)
• The site in Spring 1997 (progress report)
• The site in Summer 1997 (central building, tube, and tanks)
• The site in September 1997 (aerial views)
• The site in October 1997 (progress report)
• The site in Fall 1997 (wrapping the tube)
• The site in Spring 1998 (progress report)
• The site in Summer 1998 (progress report)
• The site in November 1998 (stacks, top plate, double pendulum)
• The site in December 1998 (EXPO registration, modecleaner double pendulums)
• The site in February 1999 (installation of first modecleaner tank)
• The site in March 1999 (inside the modecleaner tanks, impressions from the site)
• The site in May 1999 (breadboard, scanner)
• The site in June 1999 (test run of main suspension)
• The site in December 1999 (progress report)
• The site in Spring/Summer 2000 (progress report)
• The site in March 2000 (triple pendulum, tank TCIb)
• The site in June 2000 (tank TCIb)
• The site in November 2000 (progress report)
• The site in December 2000 (progress report)
• The site in January/February 2001 (monolithic suspension)
• The site in April 2001 (progress report, laser)
• The site in Summer 2001 (suspension, data, first fringes)
• The site in Fall 2001 (test runs)
• The site in January 2002 (successful coincidence run)
• The site in Spring 2002 (improvement of the detector sensitivity)
• The site in August/September 2002 (second coincidence run)
• The site in April 2003 (implementation of signal recycling)
• The site in November 2003 (dual recycling)
• The site in Winter 2003/04 (dual recycling and S3)
• The site in 2004 (upgrading the detector)
• The site in Spring 2005 (S4 science run)
• The site in May 2006 (joining S5 science run)

Other Information:

• Photo index
  An index to the photographs of the diary.
• The location of GEO 600.
  This is a crosslink to the "What is GEO 600?" Section!

The Diary

             

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