'Enhanced ligo' diaporamas de présentation

Laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors

Laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors. The search for the elusive wave. Nergis Mavalvala (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). University of Colorado, Oct. 2007. Outline. Gravitational waves (GWs) Astrophysical sources of GWs Detecting GWs Ongoing searches Future detectors

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Thermal Compensation Experience in LIGO Phil Willems - Caltech

Thermal Compensation Experience in LIGO Phil Willems - Caltech Virgo/LSC Meeting, Cascina, May 2007 LIGO-G070339-00-Z. The Essence of the Problem, and of its Solution. Power recycling cavity Arm cavity

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Detection of gravitational waves

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Enhanced LIGO TCS Review

Enhanced LIGO TCS Review. Aidan Brooks, Tobin Fricke, Virginio Sannibale, Peter Veitch, Phil Willems January 10, 2008. Elements of TCS Upgrade. Higher heating power (pp. 4-8) More efficient optical power delivery (axicons) (p. 23-25) Modified table layout (p. 3)

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The search for those elusive gravitational waves

The search for those elusive gravitational waves. The LIGO detectors Precision measurement Search for the elusive waves. Nergis Mavalvala (the LIGO Scientific Collaboration). Newton (16 th century) Universal law of gravitation Worried about action at a distance. Einstein (20 th century)

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LIGO: Towards a Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

LIGO: Towards a Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. Ray Frey, University of Oregon for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration LIGO-G0900437. Introduction Observational results; new directions Enhanced and Advanced LIGO, a worldwide network of GW observatories, and a new window on the cosmos.

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HAM Suspensions Update Advanced LIGO Suspensions LIGO-Virgo Meeting March 2009

HAM Suspensions Update Advanced LIGO Suspensions LIGO-Virgo Meeting March 2009. Derek Bridges representing Advanced LIGO Suspensions team http://ilog.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:7285/advligo/Suspensions. Advanced LIGO SUS Team.

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Aligning Advanced Detectors

Aligning Advanced Detectors. L. Barsotti, M. Evans, P. Fritschel LIGO/MIT. Understanding Detector Performance and Ground-Based Detector Designs. LIGO-G0900604. 8 th Amaldi Conference. June 09 - Columbia University, NYC. Radiation pressure effects included. Optickle.

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