title: Resonant-mass detectors of gravitational radiation.
abstract: A network of second-generation low-temperature gravitational radiation detectors is nearing completion. These detectors, sensitive to mechanical strains of order 10(-18), are possible because of a variety of technical innovations hat have been made in cryogenics, low-noise superconducting instrumentation, and vibration isolation techniques. Another five orders of magnitude improvement in energy sensitivity of resonant-mass detectors is possible before the linear amplifier quantum limit is encountered.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Michelson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Taber