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Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors

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  • The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)

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Original languageEnglish
Article number145001
JournalClassical and quantum gravity
Volume38
Issue number14
Early online date15 Jun 2021
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jul 2021

Abstract

The sensitivity of the advanced LIGO detectors to gravitational waves can be affected by environmental disturbances external to the detectors themselves. Since the transition from the former initial LIGO phase, many improvements have been made to the equipment and techniques used to investigate these environmental effects. These methods have aided in tracking down and mitigating noise sources throughout the first three observing runs of the advanced detector era, keeping the ambient contribution of environmental noise below the background noise levels of the detectors. In this paper we describe the methods used and how they have led to the mitigation of noise sources, the role that environmental monitoring has played in the validation of gravitational wave events, and plans for future observing runs.

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    gravitation waves, detector characterization, environmental noise

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Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors. / The LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
In: Classical and quantum gravity, Vol. 38, No. 14, 145001, 22.07.2021.

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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors. Classical and quantum gravity. 2021 Jul 22;38(14):145001. Epub 2021 Jun 15. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2101.09935, 10.1088/1361-6382/ac011a
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration. / Environmental noise in advanced LIGO detectors. In: Classical and quantum gravity. 2021 ; Vol. 38, No. 14.
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