Gravitational Wave Detectors

Presentations

• Improving sensors for low-frequency gravitational wave detection

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Alexandra Mitchell

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Alexandra Mitchell

    • Stanford University

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• Quantifying Earthquake-Mode Performance and Lock Survival in Advanced LIGO

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 10:42 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Kaylah Breanne McGowan

    • Vanderbilt University

  Authors

  • Kaylah Breanne McGowan

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Karan Jani

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Huyen Pham

    • LIGO

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• Cosmic Explorer

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 10:54 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Michael R Landry

    • Caltech
    • LIGO Hanford Observatory/Caltech

  Authors

  • Michael R Landry

    • Caltech
    • LIGO Hanford Observatory/Caltech

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• Site identification and evaluation for Cosmic Explorer

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Publication: Laurence Datrier, Geoffrey Lovelace, Joshua R. Smith, Andrew Saenz, Amber Romero, for the Cosmic Explorer Project, "Site Evaluation and Cost Estimation for Cosmic Explorer", Aug. 2025, Submitted to IOP Journal of Physics Conf. Series for Amaldi 16/GR24

  Presenters

  • Laurence É Datrier

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Laurence É Datrier

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Advancing the development of 2 μm low-loss Faraday isolators for future gravitational-wave detectors

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Rodica M Martin

    • Montclair State University

  Authors

  • Rodica M Martin

    • Montclair State University

  • Stephanie Montoya

    • Montclair State University

  • Renzo Herrera

    • Montclair State University

  • Juan Berru

    • Montclair State University

  • Caia Moonsammy

    • Montclair State University

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• Point Ahead Angle Mechanism (PAAM) Stability Testing for LISA at the University of Florida

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Evgenia G Kennedy

    • University of Florida

  Authors

  • Evgenia G Kennedy

    • University of Florida

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• Progress towards searching for high-frequency gravitational waves using a tabletop optically levitated particle-based interferometer (Levitated Sensor Detector)

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Shafaq Gulzar Elahi

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Shafaq Gulzar Elahi

    • Northwestern University

  • Shelby Klomp

    • Northwestern University

  • George Winstone

    • Northwestern University

  • Zhiyuan Wang

    • Northwestern University

  • Jacob Sprague

    • Northwestern University

  • Andrew Laeuger

    • Caltech
    • California Institute of Technology

  • Scott Grudichak

    • Northwestern University

  • Nancy Aggarwal

    • University of California, Davis
    • UC Davis
    • U C Davis

  • Shane Larson

    • Clarkson University

  • Vicky Kalogera

    • Northwestern University

  • Andrew Geraci

    • Northwestern University

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• Multi-Mode Localization and Multi-Frequency Search of High Frequency Gravitational Waves with a Single Resonant Cavity

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM – March 19, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Guotong Sun

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  Authors

  • Guotong Sun

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • James H Buckley

    • Washington University, St. Louis

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