Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-7-2014
Abstract
The hydraulic external pre-isolator (HEPI) is the first six degrees of freedom active seismic isolation system implemented at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). Implementation was first completed at the LIGO Livingston Observatory (LLO) prior to LIGO's fifth science run7, successfully cutting down the disturbance seen by LLO's suspended optics in the two most prominent seismic disturbance bands, the microseism (0.1-0.3 Hz) and the anthropogenic (1-3 Hz) bands, by a factor of a few to tens. The improvement in seismic isolation contributed directly to LLO's much improved duty cycle of 66.7% and LIGO's triple coincident duty cycle of 53%. We report the design, control scheme, and isolation performance of HEPI at LLO in this paper. Aided by this success, funding for incorporating HEPI into the LIGO Hanford Observatory was approved and installation is currently underway.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Recommended Citation
Wen, S., Mittleman, R., Mason, K., Giaime, J., Abbott, R., Kern, J., O'Reilly, B., Bork, R., Hammond, M., Hardham, C., Lantz, B., Hua, W., Coyne, D., Traylor, G., Overmier, H., Evans, T., Hanson, J., Spjeld, O., Macinnis, M., Mailand, K., Ottaway, D., Sellers, D., Carter, K., & Sarin, P. (2014). Hydraulic external pre-isolator system for LIGO 235001. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31 (23) https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/23/235001