Can we cloak LIGO from Seismic Waves?

Advances in seismic cloaking design and experimentation offer intriguing applications to fundamental physics experiments. Achieving full implementation of a seismic cloak will mean that precious infrastructure is shielded from seismic waves. The key is to design seismic meta-materials, which are a people-designed configuration of a 'material' that will attenuate and redirect the waves. Recent experiments on seismic meta-materials at low frequencies have proven that attenuation is in fact possible. In thinking about next generation seismic isolation for LIGO, seismic meta-materials offer a potential pathway. In this talk, I will discuss the connection between seismic meta-material design and the impact on LIGO sensitivity.