Increasing LIGO sensitivity by feedforward subtraction of auxiliary length control noise
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Publication:4979720
DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/10/105014zbMATH Open1291.83088arXiv1311.6835OpenAlexW2016708572MaRDI QIDQ4979720FDOQ4979720
Grant David Meadors, Keith Riles, Keita Kawabe
Publication date: 19 June 2014
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, has been designed and constructed to measure gravitational wave strain via differential arm length. The LIGO 4-km Michelson arms with Fabry-Perot cavities have auxiliary length control servos for suppressing Michelson motion of the beam-splitter and arm cavity input mirrors, which degrades interferometer sensitivity. We demonstrate how a post-facto pipeline (AMPS) improves a data sample from LIGO Science Run 6 with feedforward subtraction. Dividing data into 1024-second windows, we numerically fit filter functions representing the frequency-domain transfer functions from Michelson length channels into the gravitational-wave strain data channel for each window, then subtract the filtered Michelson channel noise (witness) from the strain channel (target). In this paper we describe the algorithm, assess achievable improvements in sensitivity to astrophysical sources, and consider relevance to future interferometry.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6835
control systemsmass spectrometersinterferometersand other instrumentation and techniquesgravitational radiation detectorsgravitational wave detectors and experiments
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