Advanced LIGO status

10th International LISA Symposium

Dwyer, S.

关键词: Compact objects;    Ground based;    High-frequency sensitivity;    Installation activities;    Laser power;    Low-frequency;    Noise investigation;    Operating ranges;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012013/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/610/1/012013

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Advanced LIGO is currently in the final stages of installation and early commissioning. In the design of Advanced LIGO a key goal was the ability to detect gravitational waves from compact object binary inspirals, as these are thought to be the most likely candidates for early detections with ground based interferometers. Special emphasis has been placed on improving the low frequency sensitivity relative to the first generations of LIGO, in addition to improving the high frequency sensitivity by increasing the laser power. The interferometer in Livingston Louisiana has been locked (continuously held within the linear operating range) and noise investigations have begun, and the major installation activities for the interferometer at Hanford, Washington are completed.