Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy
- Submitting institution
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Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 96982953
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112004
- Title of journal
- Physical Review D
- Article number
- 112004
- First page
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- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 2470-0010
- Open access status
- Deposit exception
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112004
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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255
- Research group(s)
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G - Gravitational Physics
- Citation count
- 141
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- I was one of the handful of scientists stationed at the LIGO Livingston site, working day in and out installing new hardware and commissioning the detector to achieve record sensitivity. In particular, I facilitated the use of higher laser power by building the new Faraday isolator and implementing the new control scheme to minimise radiation pressure noise. I measured the contribution of angular control noise to the sensitivity and helped commission the new DC readout technique of acquiring the gravitational wave signal. All these aspects of the system and their importance to the achieved performance are mentioned in the paper.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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