Gravitational-Wave Detection Book

	Conference Committees
	Use of drag-free spacecraft in the detection of low-frequency gravitational radiation	1
	Disturbance reduction system: testing technology for drag-free operation	9
	Development of hardware for a drag-free control system	19
	Position sensors for flight testing of LISA drag-free control
	Electrostatic modeling for LISA	43
	Charging of Isolated proof masses in satellite experiments such as LISA	55
	LISA phase measurement technique	67
	LISA laser noise cancellation test using time-delayed interferometry	74
	Bench-top interferometric test bed for LISA	78
	LISA: pointing sensor development stand	83
	The Cassini gravitational wave experiment
	Optical displacement sensor (ODS): an inertial reference sensor candidate for LISA	98
	Preliminary studies of spherical proof masses in LISA drag-free-satellites	107
	Numerical relativity: maximizing the scientific payoff from gravitational wave detection	116
	Gravitational waves from core coliapse	123
	A new method for estimating binary pulsar coalescence rates	134
	Distribution of mass ratios in compact object binaries	146
	Probing the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave detectors	156
	Influence of the precession on the search of inspiral binaries with ground-based gravitational wave detectors	167
	Analysis techniques for data from resonant-mass detectors	177
	Search for gravitational waves in the galaxy with the five-bar network	189
	Analysis of data from interferometric gravitational-wave detectors	193
	Data analysis with multiple detectors: plans and prospects for coordinated international analysis of interferometric detector data	204
	A data analysis technique for detecting a stochastic background of gravitational radiation	212
	Merits of coincident observation of energetic cosmic events by astronomical and gravity wave observatories	222
	Resonant detectors and interferometers can work together
	Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector
	Status of LIGO	247
	ACIGA: status report
	Advanced interferometer configurations	270
	Second generation instruments for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)	282
	Test mass materials for a new generation of gravitational wave detectors	292
	Addendum	298
	Author Index	299