Merkowitz References

Microthrust Propulsion for the LISA Mission

John Ziemer and Stephen M. Merkowitz, in 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, (AIAA, 2004).

Structural, thermal, optical and gravitational modelling for LISA

Stephen M Merkowitz, Shelly Conkey, William B Haile, William R Kelly III, Hume Peabody and Philip J Dumont, Class. Quant. Grav. 21, S603 (2004).

Pointing acquisition and performance for the laser interferometry space antenna mission

T. T. Hyde, P. G. Maghami and S. M. Merkowitz, Class. Quant. Grav. 21, S635 (2004).

The LISA integrated model

Stephen M. Merkowitz, Class. Quant. Grav. 20, S255 (2003).

A µNewton thrust-stand for LISA

S. M. Merkowitz, P. G. Maghami, A. Sharma, W. D. Willis and C. M. Zakrzwski, Class. Quant. Grav. 19, 1745 (2002).

Development of a Thrust Stand to Meet LISA Mission Requirements

William D. Willis III, Charles M. Zakrzwski and Stephen M. Merkowitz, in 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, (AIAA, 2002).

Results on the Strong Equivalence Principle, Dark Matter, and New Forces

B. Heckel, E. Adelberger, S. Baessler, J. Gundlach, M. Harris, C.Hoyle, S. Merkowitz, U. Schmidt, A. Sharp, G. Smith and E. Swanson, Advances in Space Research 25, 1225 (2000).

Measurement of Newton's Constant Using a Torsion Balance with Angular Acceleration Feedback

Jens H. Gundlach and Stephen M. Merkowitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2869 (2000).

Search for coincident excitation of the widely spaced resonant gravitational wave detectors EXPLORER, NAUTILUS and NIOBE

P. Astone, M. Bassan, D. G. Blair, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, L. Febo, S. Frasca, I. S. Heng, E. N. Ivanov, A. Marini, E. Mauceli, S. M. Merkowitz, Y. Minenko, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G. V. Pallottino, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi and others, Astropart. Phys. 10, 83 (1999).

Errors on the inverse problem solution for a noisy spherical gravitational wave antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz, J. Alberto Lobo and M. Angeles Serrano, Class. Quant. Grav. 16, 3035 (1999).

Underground spherical gravitational wave detector

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, V. Fafone, A. Marini, G. Mazzitelli, S. M. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G. V. Pallottino, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, M. Spinetti, R. Terenzi, M. Visco and L. Votano, Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl. 70, 461 (1999).

Search for gravitational radiation with the Allegro and Explorer detectors

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S. Frasca, K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, E. Mauceli, M. P. McHugh, S. Merkowitz, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Morse, G. V. Pallottino, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, N. Solomonson, R. Terenzi, M. Visco and N. Zhu, Phys. Rev. D 59, 122001 (1999).

Final isolation stage for a spherical gravitational wave antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz, Eugenio Coccia, Viviana Fafone, Guido Raffone, Maria Schipilliti and Massimo Visco, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 1553 (1999).

Searches for new long-range forces: equivalence principle violation and plank-scale physics

E. G. Adelberger, S. Baessler, J. Gundlach, B. R. Heckel, C. D. Hoyle, S. M. Merkowitz, G. L. Smith and H. E. Swanson, in Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Proceedings of the Fifth International WEIN Symposium, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999).

Operation of the gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS

P. Astone, S. Frasca, G. V. Pallottino, M. Bassan, E. Coccia, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, A. Moleti, M. A. Papa, P. Bonifazi, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, P. Carelli, V. Fafone, A. Marini, S. M. Merkowitz, G. Modestino, F. Ronga, L. Votano and G. Pizzella, in Proceedings of the 8th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999).

Recent progress towards a truncated icosahedral gravitational wave antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz, in Second Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999).

SFERA: Research and development for a spherical gravitational wave detector

P. Astone, G. V. Pallottino, M. Bassan, E. Coccia, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, A. Moleti, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, P. Bonifazi, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, P. Carelli, V. Fafone, A. Marini, S. M. Merkowitz, G. Modestino, F. Ronga, M. Spinetti and L. Votano, in Second Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1999).

Errors on the inverse problem solution in a noisy spherical GW antenna

A. Lobo and S. M. Merkowitz, in Third Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, 1999).

Search for gravitational radiation with the Allegro and Explorer detectors

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S. Frasca, K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, E. Mauceli, M. P. McHugh, S. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, A. Morse, G. V. Pallottino, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, N. Solomonson, R. Terenzi, M. Visco, in Third Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, 1999).

Tests on a prototype spherical detector

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, S. D'Antonio, V. Fafone, G. Frossati, A. Marini, E. Mauceli, S. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, A. Moleti, G. Modestino, G.V. Pallottino, M. Papa, G. Pizzella, G. Raffone, F. Ronga, M. Schipilliti, R. Terenzi, M. Visco and L. Votano, in Third Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Melville, New York, 1999).

Deconvolving the information from an imperfect spherical gravitational wave antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz and Warren W. Johnson, Europhys. Lett. 41, 355 (1998).

Solution to the inverse problem for a noisy spherical gravitational wave antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz, Phys. Rev. D 58, 062002 (1998).

Mechanical isolation of gravitational wave antennae: Present and future

E. Coccia, V. Fafone, S. Merkowitz, G. Raffone, M. Schipilliti and M. Visco, in 13th Italian National Conference On General Relativity , (1998).

Search for correlation of gamma ray bursts with gravitational wave data

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, V. Fafone, L. Febo, S. Frasca, A. Marini, S. M. Merkowitz, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G. V. Pallottino, M. A. Papa, G. Pizzella, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi, M. Visco and L. Votano, in Proceedings for the second workshop on Gravitational Wave Data Analysis, (1998).

Fundamental physics with a spherical gravitational wave detector

E. Coccia and S. M. Merkowitz, in Second International Conference on Phenomenology of Unification from Present to Future, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1998).

Techniques for detecting gravitational waves with a spherical antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz and Warren W. Johnson, Phys. Rev. D 56, 7513 (1997).

Search for gravitational radiation from Supernova 1993J

E. Mauceli, Z. K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, S. Merkowitz, A. Morse, N. Solomonson, P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, P. Carelli, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S. Frasca, I. Modena, P. Modestino, G. V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani, F. Ricci, R. Terenzi and M. Visco, Phys. Rev. D 56, 6081 (1997).

Simulation of a spherical resonant-mass gravitational wave antenna

C. Frajuca, N. S. Magalhães, O. D. Aguiar, N. D. Solomonson, W. W. Johnson, S. M. Merkowitz and W. O. Hamilton, in Omnidirectional gravitational radiation observatory: Proceedings of the first international workshop, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997).

Improvement of an inductive tripod transducer electrical Q

C. Frajuca, N. S. Magalhães, O. D. Aguiar, K. Geng, W. W. Johnson, S. M. Merkowitz and W. O. Hamilton, in Omnidirectional gravitational radiation observatory: Proceedings of the first international workshop, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997).

Real life TIGA measurements: results from the LSU prototype

Stephen M. Merkowitz and Warren W. Johnson, in Omnidirectional gravitational radiation observatory: Proceedings of the first international workshop, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997).

Performance of the ALLEGRO detector – and what our experience tells us about spherical detectors

William O. Hamilton, Ziniu K. Geng, Warren W. Johnson, Evan Mauceli, Stephen M. Merkowitz, Andrew Morse and Norbert Solomonson, in Omnidirectional gravitational radiation observatory: Proceedings of the first international workshop, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997).

Operations and developments concerning Allegro - the resonant mass antenna at Louisiana State University

N. Solomonson, Z. K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, E. Mauceli, S. Merkowitz, A. Morse and B. Price, in Proceedings of the 7th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997).

The Allegro gravitational wave detector: Data acquisition and analysis

E. Mauceli, Z. K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, S. Merkowitz, A. Morse, B. Price and N. Solomonson, Phys. Rev. D 54, 1264 (1996).

First tests of a Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz and Warren W. Johnson, Phys. Rev. D 53, 5377 (1996).

Spherical Gravitational Wave Antennas and the Truncated Icosahedral Arrangement

Stephen M. Merkowitz and Warren W. Johnson, Phys. Rev. D 51, 2546 (1995).

Operation of the Allegro Detector at LSU

Z. K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, E. Mauceli, S. Merkowitz, A. Morse and N. Solomonson, in First Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Wave Experiments, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1995).

Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna

Stephen M. Merkowitz, Ph.D. thesis, Louisiana State University, 1995.

Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna

Warren W. Johnson and Stephen M. Merkowitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2367 (1993).

Result of a preliminary data analysis in coincidence between the LSU and Rome gravitational wave antennas

P. Astone, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, M. G. Castellano, G. Cavallari, E. Coccia, C. Cosmelli, V. Fafone, S. Frasca, K. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, E. Majorana, E. Mauceli, S. Merkowitz, I. Modena, A. Morse, G. V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, P. Rapagnani, F. Ricci, N. Solomonson, M. Visco and N. Zhu, in 10th Italian Conference on General Relativity & Gravitational Physics, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1993).

The 1991 LSU gravitational radiation detector: modifications, performance, and prospects

N. Solomonson, O. Aguiar, Z. Geng, W. O. Hamilton, W. W. Johnson, S. Merkowitz, B. Price, B. Xu and N. Zhu, in Proceedings of the 6th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1992).