Reducing technical noise in Advanced LIGO Detectors
ORAL
Abstract
Since the second LIGO observing run ended in August 2017, several upgrades have been made to the detectors to limit noise from technical sources in order to improve instrument sensitivity. This talk will describe the efforts towards reducing the noise introduced by scattered light, reducing the coupling of stray electric fields to the interferometer, and improving duty cycle by adding ground rotation sensors to the seismic isolation system.
*Funding provided by LSU Experimental Gravity (Instrument Development and Data Analysis for LIGO) grant
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Presenters
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Corey Austin
- Louisiana State University