Update on quadruple suspension design for Advanced LIGO

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Aston, S M ^a,h   Barton, M A ^b   Bell, A S ^c   Beveridge, N ^c   Bland, B ^b   Brummitt, A J ^d   Cagnoli, G ^c   Cantley, C A ^c   Carbone, L ^a   Cumming, A V ^c   Cunningham, L ^c   Cutler, R M ^a   Greenhalgh, R J S ^d   Hammond, G D ^c   Haughian, K ^c   Hayler, T M ^d   Heptonstall, A ^e   Heefner, J ^e   Hoyland, D ^a   Hough, J ^c   Jones, R ^c   Kissel, J S ⁱ   Kumar, R ^c   Lockerbie, N A ^f   Lodhia, D ^a   Martin, I W ^c   Murray, P G ^c   Odell, J ^d   Plissi, M V ^c   Reid, S ^g   Romie, J ^h   Robertson, N A ^c,e   Rowan, S ^c   Shapiro, B ⁱ   Speake, C C ^a   Strain, K A ^c   Tokmakov, K V ^f   Torrie, C ^c,e   Van Veggel, A A ^c   Vecchio, A ^a   Wilmut, I ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868544825     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/23/235004     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Abbott R et al 2004 Seismic isolation enhancements for initial and advanced LIGO Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S915-21
2. Abbott R et al 2008 AdvLIGO interferometer sensing and control conceptual design LIGO Document T070247-v1 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0005/T070247/001/ T070247-01.pdf
3. TM LIGO Document T020205-02D https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0010/ T020205/001/T020205-02.pdf
4. Barton M et al 2008 Proposal for baseline change from ribbons to fibres in AdvLIGO test mass suspension monolithic stage LIGO Document T080091-00 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0027/T080091/000/T080091-00.pdf
5. Beccaria M et al 1998 The creep problem in the VIRGO suspensions: a possible solution using Maraging steel Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 404 455-69 (Pubitemid 128638838)
6. Biscans S and Matichard F 2010 Passive damping solutions for the BSC-ISI and quadruple pendulum structural modes LIGO Document G1000815-v1 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0020/G1000815/001/Passive-Damping-LVC-Poster-Sept- 2010.pdf
7. Bork R, Aronsson M, Barker D, Batch J, Heefner J, Ivanov A, McCarthy R, Sandberg V and Thorne K 2011 New control and data acquisition system in the advanced LIGO project LIGO Document P1100052 https://dcc.ligo.org/DocDB/0060/ P1100052/003/LIGO-P1100052.v2.pdf
8. Braccini S et al 2000 The maraging-steel blades of the virgo super attenuator Meas. Sci. Technol. 11 467-76
9. Cagnoli G and Willems P 2002 Effects of nonlinear thermoelastic damping in highly stressed fibres Phys. Rev. B 65 174111
10. Callen H B and Greene R F 1952 On a theorem of irreversible thermodynamics Phys. Rev. 86 702-10
11. Callen H B and Welton T A 1951 Irreversibility and generalised noise Phys. Rev. 83 34-40
12. Carbone L et al 2012 Sensors and actuators for the advanced LIGO mirror suspensions Class. Quantum Grav. 29 115005
13. Cavalleri A et al 2009 Gas damping force noise on a macroscopic test body in an infinite gas reservoir Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 140601
14. Cumming A, Heptonstall A, Kumar R, Cunningham W, Torrie C, Barton M, Strain K A, Hough J and Rowan S 2009 Finite element modelling of the mechanical loss of silica suspension fibres for advanced gravitational wave detectors Class. Quantum Grav. 26 215012
15. Cumming A V et al 2011a Design and development of the advanced LIGO monolithic fused silica suspension Class. Quantum Grav. 29 035003
16. Cumming A V et al 2011b Apparatus for dimensional characterization of fused silica fibers for the suspensions of advanced gravitational wave detectors Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 044502
17. Cunningham L et al 2010 Re-evaluation of the mechanical loss factor of hydroxide-catalysis bonds and its significance for the next generation of gravitational wave detectors Phys. Lett. A 374 3993-8
18. Elliffe E J, Bogenstahl J, Deshpande A, Hough J, Killow C, Reid S, Robertson D, Rowan S, Ward H and Cagnoli G 2005 Hydroxide-catalysis bonding for stable optical systems for space Class. Quantum Grav. 22 S257-67
19. Fritschel P (Advanced LIGO Systems Group) 2009 Advanced LIGO systems design LIGO Document T010075-v2 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0005/T010075/002/ SysDesign.pdf
20. Gossler S 2004 The suspension systems of the interferometric gravitational wave detector GEO600 PhD Thesis University of Hannover
21. Gretarsson A and Harry G M 1999 Dissipation of mechanical energy in fused silica fibers Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70 4081-7 (Pubitemid 129589054)
22. Gwo D-H 2001 Ultra precision and reliable bonding method US Patent No. US 6284085 B1
23. Harry G M LIGO Scientific Collaboration 2010 Advanced LIGO: the next generation of gravitational wave detectors Class. Quantum Grav. 27 084006
24. Heptonstall A et al 2010 Investigation of mechanical dissipation in CO2 laser-drawn fused silica fibres and welds Class. Quantum Grav. 27 035013
25. 2 laser production of fused silica fibers for use in interferometric gravitational wave detector mirror suspensions Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 011301
26. Husman M E, Torrie C I, Plissi M V, Robertson N A, Strain K A and Hough J 2000 Modelling of multistage pendulums: triple pendulum suspension for GEO 600 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71 2546-51
27. Matichard F et al 2010 Prototyping, testing, and performance of the two-stage seismic isolation system for advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors Proc. ASPE Conf. on Control of Precision Systems pp 75-80
28. Penn S D et al 2006 Frequency and surface dependence of the mechanical loss in fused silica Phys. Lett. A 352 3-6 (Pubitemid 43286839)
29. Plissi M V, Strain K A, Torrie C I, Robertson N A, Killbourn S, Rowan S, Twyford S M, Ward H, Skeldon K D and Hough J 1998 Aspects of the suspension system for GEO 600 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69 3055-61 (Pubitemid 128494809)
30. Plissi M V, Torrie C I, Husman M E, Robertson N A, Strain K A, Ward H, Lück H and Hough J 2000 GEO 600 triple pendulum suspension system: seismic isolation and control Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71 2539-45
31. Plissi M V et al 2004 An investigation of eddy-current damping of multi-stage pendulum suspensions for use in interferometric gravitational wave detectors Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75 4516-22 (Pubitemid 40001762)
32. Raab F and Fine M 1997 The effect of earth tides on LIGO interferometers LIGO Document T970059 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0028/T970059/000/T970059-01. pdf
33. Robertson N A et al 2002 Quadruple suspension design for Advanced LIGO Class. Quantum Grav. 19 4043-58 (Pubitemid 37028783)
34. Rowan S, Twyford S M, Hough J, Gwo D-H and Route R 1998 Mechanical losses associated with the technique of hydroxide-catalysis bonding of fused silica Phys. Lett. A 246 471-8 (Pubitemid 128400804)
35. Saulson P R 1990 Thermal noise in mechanical experiments Phys. Rev. D 42 2437
36. Shapiro B 2011 Fitting the quad noise prototype model to measured data LIGO Document T1000458 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0013/T1000458/006/T1000458- v6.pdf
37. Shapiro B 2010 Precision control of a quadruple pendulum test mass suspension for LIGO Proc. American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) Spring Topical Meeting (Cambridge, MA, 12 April, 2010) pp 69-74
38. Sigg D LIGO Scientific Collaboration 2008 Status of the LIGO detectors Class. Quantum Grav. 25 114041
39. Strain K 2006 Electrostatic drive (ESD) results from GEO and application in advanced LIGO LIGO Document T060015-00-K https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0027/ T060015/000/T060015-00.pdf
40. Strain K A and Shapiro B N 2012 Damping and local control of mirror suspensions for laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 044501
41. Tokmakov K V, Cumming A, Hough J, Jones R, Kumar R, Reid S, Rowan S, Lockerbie N A, Wanner A and Hammond G 2012 A study of the fracture mechanisms in pristine silica fibres utilising high speed imaging techniques J. Non-Cryst. Solids 358 1699-709
42. van Veggel A A et al 2009 Final design document ETM/ITM ears LIGO Document T0900447 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0005/T0900447/003/T0900447-v3- Final-design-document-ETM-ITM-ears.pdf
43. van Veggel M, Armandula H, Beveridge N, Cunningham W, Jones R and Moreno G 2012 Preparation of an end or input test mass (ETM/ITM) (hydroxide-catalysis bonding of ears) LIGO Document E1000278-v6 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0010/ E1000278/006/E1000278%20-%20Preparation%20of%20an%20end%20or %20input%20test%20mass%20%28ETMITM%29.pdf
44. Weiss R 2009 Various reports of experiments conducted on the Barkhausen noise research LIGO Document T080355 https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0001/T080355/ 001/T080355-v1.pdf