Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2015, Pages

  Matichard, F ^a,b   Lantz, B ^c   Mittleman, R ^a   Mason, K ^a   Kissel, J ^e   Abbott, B ^b   Biscans, S ^a,b   McIver, J ^g   Abbott, R ^b   Abbott, S ^b   Allwine, E ^e   Barnum, S ^a   Birch, J ^d   Celerier, C ^c   Clark, D ^c   Coyne, D ^b   DeBra, D ^c   DeRosa, R ^f   Evans, M ^a   Foley, S ^a   Fritschel, P ^a   Giaime, J A ^d,f   Gray, C ^e   Grabeel, G ^e   Hanson, J ^d   Hardham, C ^c   Hillard, M ^a   Hua, W ^c   Kucharczyk, C ^c   Landry, M ^e   Le Roux, A ^d   Lhuillier, V ^e   Macleod, D ^f   Macinnis, M ^a   Mitchell, R ^d   O'Reilly, B ^d   Ottaway, D ^a   Paris, H ^c,e   Pele, A ^d   Puma, M ^d   Radkins, H ^e   Ramet, C ^d   Robinson, M ^e   Ruet, L ^a   Sarin, P ^a   Shoemaker, D ^a   Stein, A ^a   Thomas, J ^d   Vargas, M ^d   Venkateswara, K ^h   Warner, J ^e   Wen, S ^c   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

active isolation; Advanced LIGO; gravitational waves; inertial platforms; seismic isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940887933     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/32/18/185003     Document Type: Review

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