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Observation of parametric instability in advanced LIGO

Fritschel, Peter; Barsotti, L; Martynov, D; Coyne, D; Abbott, Robert; Adhikari, Rana; Arai, Koji; Bork, R; Frolov, V; Staley, A; Ward, Robert

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Parametric instabilities have long been studied as a potentially limiting effect in high-power interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Until now, however, these instabilities have never been observed in a kilometer-scale interferometer. In this Letter, we describe the first observation of parametric instability in a gravitational wave detector, and the means by which it has been removed as a barrier to progress.

dc.contributor.authorFritschel, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBarsotti, L
dc.contributor.authorMartynov, D
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, D
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Robert
dc.contributor.authorAdhikari, Rana
dc.contributor.authorArai, Koji
dc.contributor.authorBork, R
dc.contributor.authorFrolov, V
dc.contributor.authorStaley, A
dc.contributor.authorWard, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:18:45Z
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/102603
dc.description.abstractParametric instabilities have long been studied as a potentially limiting effect in high-power interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Until now, however, these instabilities have never been observed in a kilometer-scale interferometer. In this Letter, we describe the first observation of parametric instability in a gravitational wave detector, and the means by which it has been removed as a barrier to progress.
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.sourcePhysical Review Letters
dc.titleObservation of parametric instability in advanced LIGO
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume114
dc.date.issued2015
local.identifier.absfor020300 - CLASSICAL PHYSICS
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB2173
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFritschel, Peter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationBarsotti, L, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationMartynov, D, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationCoyne, D, LIGO - California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationAbbott, Robert, LIGO - California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationAdhikari, Rana, LIGO - California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationArai, Koji, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationBork, R, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationFrolov, V, LIGO Livingston Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationStaley, A, Columbia University
local.contributor.affiliationWard, Robert, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue16
local.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.161102
local.identifier.absseo970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:29:02Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84929372151
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