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Indexaction, 50Einstein–Hilbert, 247affine Kac–Moody algebra, 7AIGO, 26ALLEGRO, 99anholonomy, 246antennaresonant, 4approximationfar-field, 58short-wave, 15, 52weak-field, 15AURIGA, 38, 99, 197back reaction evasion, 37beamsplitter, 5big bang, 48binarypulsar PSR 1913+16, 3, 44stars, 44, 71system, 153chirping, 44, 73coalescing, 45, 171, 174inspiralling, 338black hole, 24, 43, 45central charge, 261CFS instability, 75chirpmass, 72, 165signal, 167collapsing star, 153conformal factor, 7conformal invariance, 320constraints, 250in relativity, 365, 373continuous signals, 32, 38cosmic strings, 214cosmological constant, 153cosmological perturbation theory,297cross-correlations, 185overlap reduction function, 191signal-to-noise ratio, 186curvature produced by waves, 55dark matter, 49decay time, 155detectorbar, 4, 25, 34, 152cryogenic, 25quantum limit noise, 37sensor noise, 36thermal noise, 35beam, 20cryogenic bar, 5hollow sphere, 153, 168, 170, 173icosahedral, 26, 38interaction with waves, 19interferometer, 28, 183quantum limit noise, 172, 174resonant bar, 196resonant mass, 4, 34, 91, 152sensitivity, 99sphere, 196spheres, 6spherical, 26, 38, 152, 165dimensional reduction, 247drag-free control, 39409