'Adv ligo' presentation slideshows

Riccardo DeSalvo California Institute of Technology Livingston March 20th 2003 LIGO-G030086-00-R

An additional L ow F requency G ravitational W ave I nterferometric D etector for Advanced LIGO?. Riccardo DeSalvo California Institute of Technology Livingston March 20th 2003 LIGO-G030086-00-R. Scientific motivations.

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The LIGO Advanced System Test Interferometer

The LIGO Advanced System Test Interferometer. Mike Zucker, David Shoemaker, Ken Mason LLO LSC 16 March 2001. Mission. Test LIGO components, systems at full mechanical scale Practice installation & commissioning Minimize delays & downtime for LIGO site upgrades Adv LIGO specialization:

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Advanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO. David Shoemaker Aspen 3 February 03. Advanced LIGO. LIGO mission: detect gravitational waves and initiate GW astronomy Next detector Must be of significance for astrophysics Should be at the limits of reasonable extrapolations of detector physics and technologies

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Advanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO. David Shoemaker Aspen 3 February 03. Advanced LIGO. LIGO mission: detect gravitational waves and initiate GW astronomy Next detector Must be of significance for astrophysics Should be at the limits of reasonable extrapolations of detector physics and technologies

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Advanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO. David Shoemaker NSF LIGO Review 23 October 2002. Advanced LIGO. LIGO mission: detect gravitational waves and initiate GW astronomy Next detector Must be of significance for astrophysics

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Advanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO. Dennis Coyne David Shoemaker Hannover LSC 19 August 2003. Advanced LIGO. Advanced LIGO proposal submitted, February 2003 3 interferometers, each 4km Signal recycled configuration ~180 W laser Sapphire substrates Quad monolithic suspensions Active isolation system

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The LIGO input optics

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Critical mechanical technologies for future gravitational-wave astronomy

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MEPI

MEPI. electro M agnetic E xternal P re- I solator Backup alternative to the H ydraulic actuator approach Goal: maximum commonality with H EPI Same performance requirements Same mechanical superstructure Same servo sensors Different actuator (force instead of displacement)

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MEPI

MEPI. electro M agnetic E xternal P re- I solator Backup alternative to the H ydraulic actuator approach Goal: maximum commonality with H EPI Same performance requirements Same mechanical superstructure Same servo sensors Different actuator (force instead of displacement)

280 views • 11 slides