Session G11: Characterization and Instrumentation for Gravitational Wave Detection
8:30 AM–10:06 AM, Sunday, May 1, 2011
Room: Garden 2
Sponsoring Units:
DAP GGR
Chair: Sukanta Bose, Washington State University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2011.APR.G11.4
Abstract: G11.00004 : Environmental Influences in the Sixth Science Run of LIGO
9:06 AM–9:18 AM
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Author:
Anamaria Effler
(Louisiana State University)
The LIGO gravitational wave detectors at the Hanford and Livingston Observatories are very sensitive to environmental effects, stationary or transient, which are a subtle and important source of noise and false positives. We present seismic, acoustic and magnetic influences in the sixth LIGO science run and explain some of the coupling mechanisms. The methods are general enough to be employed in the future, and will be used to measure the environmental influence in the more sensitive Advanced LIGO detectors currently being installed.
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