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Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves

Lectures from the First VESF School on Advanced Detectors for Gravitational Waves

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Editors:
  1. Massimo Bassan

    1. Physics, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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  • Coverage of all experimental aspects of the search for gravitational radiation with optical interferometers
  • Description of the technological developments underlying the evolution of advanced interferometers
  • Special focus on the solutions adopted for Advanced VIRGO but with constant attention to other strategies
  • All chapters written by highly qualified researchers, chosen from among the leading specialists in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 404)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Towards Gravitational Wave Astronomy

    • Giovanni Losurdo
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Science Case for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors

    • Andrea Viceré
    Pages 21-55

  4. Interferometer Configurations

    • Gabriele Vajente
    Pages 57-95

  5. Pre-stabilized Lasers for Advanced Detectors

    • C.-Nary Man
    Pages 97-113

  6. Input Optics System

    • Matteo Tacca
    Pages 115-151

  7. Readout, Sensing, and Control

    • Gabriele Vajente
    Pages 153-192

  8. An Introduction to the Virgo Suspension System

    • Franco Frasconi, Piero Rapagnani
    Pages 193-223

  9. Thermal Noise in Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Detectors

    • Raffaele Flaminio
    Pages 225-249

  10. Thermal Effects and Other Wavefront Aberrations in Recycling Cavities

    • Alessio Rocchi
    Pages 251-274

  11. Stray Light Issues

    • Julien Marque, Gabriele Vajente
    Pages 275-290

  12. A Basic Introduction to Quantum Noise and Quantum-Non-Demolition Techniques

    • Stefan Hild
    Pages 291-314

  13. The Parametric Instability in Advanced Gravitational-Wave Interferometers

    • Pierre-François Cohadon, Slawomir Gras
    Pages 315-331

  14. A Third Generation Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Einstein Telescope

    • Michele Punturo, Harald Lück, Mark Beker
    Pages 333-362

  15. Low Temperature and Gravitation Wave Detectors

    • Fulvio Ricci
    Pages 363-387
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The search for gravitational radiation with optical interferometers is gaining momentum worldwide. Beside the VIRGO and GEO gravitational wave observatories in Europe and the two LIGOs in the United States, which have operated successfully during the past decade, further observatories are being completed (KAGRA in Japan) or planned (ILIGO in India). The sensitivity of the current observatories, although spectacular, has not allowed direct discovery of gravitational waves. The advanced detectors (Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo) at present in the development phase will improve sensitivity by a factor of 10, probing the universe up to 200 Mpc for signal from inspiraling binary compact stars. This book covers all experimental aspects of the search for gravitational radiation with optical interferometers. Every facet of the technological development underlying the evolution of advanced interferometers is thoroughly described, from configuration to optics and coatings and from thermal compensation to suspensions and controls. All key ingredients of an advanced detector are covered, including the solutions implemented in first-generation detectors, their limitations, and how to overcome them. Each issue is addressed with special reference to the solution adopted for Advanced VIRGO but constant attention is also paid to other strategies, in particular those chosen for Advanced LIGO.

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“This is an interesting book which bridges the gap between popular articles and treatises on gravitational waves, and the highly specialized articles on aspects of potential gravitational-wave sources and the detectors being designed to search for them. … a book aimed at young keen researchers starting out in the field of gravitational-wave detection. … it will also be of interest to experimental physicists working on the limitations to fundamental measurement.” (Jim Hough, The Observatory, Vol. 135 (1245), April, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Physics, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Bassan

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Massimo Bassan is Associate Professor of Physics at University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research focuses mainly on gravitational waves: he built the first Italian prototype of the interferometer, took part in the development of resonant cryogenic antennas, and he is currently involved in the spatial mission LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) of ESA. He is also member of the Executive Board of the Virgo-EGO Scientific Forum (VESF) and coordinates the VESF schools on gravitational waves.

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