Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2367–2370 (1993)Truncated icosahedral gravitational wave antennaReceived 11 January 1993; published in the issue dated 19 April 1993 We propose a new type of resonant-mass gravitational wave detector, a truncated icosahedral gravitational wave antenna. It will be omnidirectional, and able to measure the direction and polarization of a detected wave. We solve a model for this system, calculate the strain noise spectrum, and conclude that its angle-averaged energy sensitivity will be 56 times better than the equivalent bar-type antenna with the same noise temperature. © 1993 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2367
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2367
PACS:
04.80.+z, 06.70.Dn
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