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(ed.). Gravitational waves (IOP, 2001)(422s).

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194 Generalities on the stochastic GW backgroundTable 12.2. Site and orientation of Earth-bas<strong>ed</strong> interferometric gravitational-wav<strong>ed</strong>etectors. The latitude is measur<strong>ed</strong> in degrees north from the equator, and the longitudein degrees east of Greenwich, England. In the last column is report<strong>ed</strong> the distance withrespect to VIRGO.Corner locationDistanceProject Latitude N (deg) Longitude E (deg) ξ (deg) ζ (deg) (km)VIRGO 43.63 10.50 71.5 341.5 —LIGO-LA 30.56 −90.77 108.0 198.0 7905.9LIGO-WA 46.45 −119.41 36.8 126.8 8158.2GEO-600 52.25 9.82 25.94 291.61 958.2TAMA-300 35.68 139.54 90.0 180.0 8864.1Figure 12.1. The overlap r<strong>ed</strong>uction function in the case of correlation between VIRGOand the other major interferometers.

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