Status of the Advanced LIGO Project

Document #:

LIGO-G1501274-v4

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

An overview of the status of Advanced LIGO, for the 2015 ICALEPCS conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Conference abstract:

The Advanced LIGO project, which operates a pair of ultra-high strain sensitivity gravitational wave detectors, has just started its first observation run with newly upgraded detectors. This presentation will cover the overall design of the new detectors, with a focus on the digital control system that keeps the instrument at peak sensitivity.

Files in Document:

• ICALEPCS2015_aLIGO_Status.pdf (29.4 MB)

Topics:

• Public Talk / Colloquium
• Data and Computing
• State Control and Monitoring
• Data Acquisition System
• Computing/archiving

Authors:

• Jameson Graef Rollins

Keywords:

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