Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-14-2010
Abstract
We describe three fundamentally different methods we have applied to calibrate the test mass displacement actuators to search for systematic errors in the calibration of the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors. The actuation frequencies tested range from 90 Hz to 1 kHz and the actuation amplitudes range from 10-6 m to 10-18 m. For each of the four test mass actuators measured, the weighted mean coefficient over all frequencies for each technique deviates from the average actuation coefficient for all three techniques by less than 4%. This result indicates that systematic errors in the calibration of the responses of the LIGO detectors to differential length variations are within the stated uncertainties. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Recommended Citation
Goetz, E., Savage, R., Garofoli, J., Gonzalez, G., Hirose, E., Kalmus, P., Kawabe, K., Kissel, J., Landry, M., O'Reilly, B., Siemens, X., Stuver, A., & Sung, M. (2010). Accurate calibration of test mass displacement in the LIGO interferometers. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (8) https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084024