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Advanced LIGO two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation and positioning platform. Part 1: Design and production overview by Matichard, F., Lantz, B., Mason, K., Mittleman, R., Abbott, B., Abbott, S., Allwine, E., Barnum, S., Birch, J., Biscans, S., Clark, D., Coyne, D., DeBra, D., DeRosa, R., Foley, S., Fritschel, P., Giaime, J.A., Gray, C., Grabeel, G., Hanson, J., Hillard, M., Kissel, J., Kucharczyk, C., Le Roux, A., Lhuillier, V., Macinnis, M., O’Reilly, B., Ottaway, D., Paris, H., Puma, M., Radkins, H., Ramet, C., Robinson, M., Ruet, L., Sareen, P., Shoemaker, D., Stein, A., Thomas, J., Vargas, M., Warner, J.

“…The two-stage vibration isolation and positioning platform provides passive and active isolation in all directions and translation. It uses a unique…”
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Advanced LIGO two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation and positioning platform. Part 2: Experimental investigation and tests results by Matichard, F., Lantz, B., Mason, K., Mittleman, R., Abbott, B., Abbott, S., Allwine, E., Barnum, S., Birch, J., Biscans, S., Clark, D., Coyne, D., DeBra, D., DeRosa, R., Foley, S., Fritschel, P., Giaime, J.A., Gray, C., Grabeel, G., Hanson, J., Hillard, M., Kissel, J., Kucharczyk, C., Le Roux, A., Lhuillier, V., Macinnis, M., O’Reilly, B., Ottaway, D., Paris, H., Puma, M., Radkins, H., Ramet, C., Robinson, M., Ruet, L., Sareen, P., Shoemaker, D., Stein, A., Thomas, J., Vargas, M., Warner, J.

“…The two-stage vibration isolation and positioning platform (BSC-ISI) provides three orders of magnitude of isolation at all frequencies above 1Hz. •The paper…”
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Quantum-Enhanced Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy by Tse, M, Yu, Haocun, Kijbunchoo, N, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Dupej, P, Barsotti, L, Blair, C D, Brown, D D, Dwyer, S E, Effler, A, Evans, M, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V V, Green, A C, Mansell, G L, Matichard, F, Mavalvala, N, McClelland, D E, McCuller, L, McRae, T, Miller, J, Mullavey, A, Oelker, E, Phinney, I Y, Sigg, D, Slagmolen, B J J, Vo, T, Ward, R L, Whittle, C, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Adhikari, R X, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Areeda, J S, Asali, Y, Aston, S M, Austin, C, Baer, A M, Ball, M, Ballmer, S W, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Bartlett, J, Berger, B K, Betzwieser, J, Bhattacharjee, D, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Blair, R M, Bode, N, Booker, P, Bork, R, Bramley, A, Brooks, A F, Buikema, A, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A A, Clara, F, Cooper, S J, Corley, K R, Countryman, S T, Covas, P B, Coyne, D C, Datrier, L E H, Davis, D, Di Fronzo, C, Driggers, J C, Etzel, T, Evans, T M, Feicht, J, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giaime, J A, Giardina, K D, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, C, Gray, R, Gupta, Anchal, Gustafson, E K, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Hardwick, T, Hasskew, R K, Heintze, M C, Helmling-Cornell, A F, Holland, N A, Jones, J D, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kawabe, K, King, P J, Kissel, J S

“…The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) has been directly detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers since 2015. We…”
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Approaching the motional ground state of a 10-kg object by Whittle, Chris, Hall, Evan D., Dwyer, Sheila, Mavalvala, Nergis, Sudhir, Vivishek, Abbott, R., Ananyeva, A., Austin, C., Barsotti, L., Betzwieser, J., Blair, C. D., Brooks, A. F., Brown, D. D., Buikema, A., Cahillane, C., Driggers, J. C., Effler, A., Fernandez-Galiana, A., Fritschel, P., Frolov, V. V., Hardwick, T., Kasprzack, M., Kawabe, K., Kijbunchoo, N., Kissel, J. S., Mansell, G. L., Matichard, F., McCuller, L., McRae, T., Mullavey, A., Pele, A., Schofield, R. M. S., Sigg, D., Tse, M., Vajente, G., Vander-Hyde, D. C., Yu, Hang, Yu, Haocun, Adams, C., Adhikari, R. X., Appert, S., Arai, K., Areeda, J. S., Asali, Y., Aston, S. M., Baer, A. M., Ball, M., Ballmer, S. W., Banagiri, S., Barker, D., Bartlett, J., Berger, B. K., Bhattacharjee, D., Billingsley, G., Biscans, S., Blair, R. M., Bode, N., Booker, P., Bork, R., Bramley, A., Cannon, K. C., Chen, X., Ciobanu, A. A., Clara, F., Compton, C. M., Cooper, S. J., Corley, K. R., Countryman, S. T., Covas, P. B., Coyne, D. C., Datrier, L. E. H., Davis, D., Di Fronzo, C., Dooley, K. L., Dupej, P., Etzel, T., Evans, M., Evans, T. M., Feicht, J., Fulda, P., Fyffe, M., Giaime, J. A., Giardina, K. D., Godwin, P., Goetz, E., Gras, S., Gray, C., Gray, R., Green, A. C., Gustafson, E. K., Gustafson, R., Hanks, J., Hanson, J., Hasskew, R. K., Heintze, M. C., Helmling-Cornell, A. F., Holland, N. A., Jones, J. D., Kandhasamy, S., Karki, S.

“…Really cool mirrors Cooling objects to low temperature can increase the sensitivity of sensors and the operational performance of most devices. Removing most…”
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First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO by Blair, Carl, Gras, Slawek, Abbott, Richard, Aston, Stuart, Betzwieser, Joseph, Blair, David, DeRosa, Ryan, Evans, Matthew, Frolov, Valera, Fritschel, Peter, Grote, Hartmut, Hardwick, Terra, Liu, Jian, Lormand, Marc, Miller, John, Mullavey, Adam, O'Reilly, Brian, Zhao, Chunnong, Abbott, B P, Abbott, T D, Adams, C, Adhikari, R X, Anderson, S B, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Ballmer, S W, Barker, D, Barr, B, Barsotti, L, Bartlett, J, Bartos, I, Batch, J C, Bell, A S, Billingsley, G, Birch, J, Biscans, S, Biwer, C, Bork, R, Brooks, A F, Ciani, G, Clara, F, Countryman, S T, Cowart, M J, Coyne, D C, Cumming, A, Cunningham, L, Danzmann, K, Da Silva Costa, C F, Daw, E J, DeBra, D, DeSalvo, R, Dooley, K L, Doravari, S, Driggers, J C, Dwyer, S E, Effler, A, Etzel, T, Evans, T M, Factourovich, M, Fair, H, Fernández Galiana, A, Fisher, R P, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giaime, J A, Giardina, K D, Goetz, E, Goetz, R, Gray, C, Gushwa, K E, Gustafson, E K, Gustafson, R, Hall, E D, Hammond, G, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Harry, G M, Heintze, M C, Heptonstall, A W, Hough, J, Izumi, K, Jones, R, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kaufer, S, Kawabe, K, Kijbunchoo, N, King, E J, King, P J, Kissel, J S, Korth, W Z, Kuehn, G, Landry, M, Lantz, B, Lockerbie, N A, Lundgren, A P, MacInnis, M, Macleod, D M

“…Interferometric gravitational wave detectors operate with high optical power in their arms in order to achieve high shot-noise limited strain sensitivity. A…”
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Point Absorber Limits to Future Gravitational-Wave Detectors by Jia, Wenxuan, Yamamoto, Hiroaki, Kuns, Kevin, Effler, Anamaria, Evans, Matthew, Fritschel, Peter, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Adhikari, R X, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Areeda, J S, Asali, Y, Aston, S M, Austin, C, Baer, A M, Ball, M, Ballmer, S W, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Barsotti, L, Bartlett, J, Berger, B K, Betzwieser, J, Bhattacharjee, D, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Blair, C D, Blair, R M, Bode, N, Booker, P, Bork, R, Bramley, A, Brooks, A F, Brown, D D, Buikema, A, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A A, Clara, F, Compton, C M, Cooper, S J, Corley, K R, Countryman, S T, Covas, P B, Coyne, D C, Datrier, L E H, Davis, D, Di Fronzo, C, Dooley, K L, Driggers, J C, Dupej, P, Dwyer, S E, Etzel, T, Evans, T M, Feicht, J, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Frolov, V V, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giaime, J A, Giardina, K D, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, C, Gray, R, Green, A C, Gustafson, E K, Gustafson, R, Hall, E D, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Hardwick, T, Hasskew, R K, Heintze, M C, Helmling-Cornell, A F, Holland, N A, Jones, J D, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kawabe, K, Kijbunchoo, N, King, P J, Kissel, J S, Kumar, Rahul, Landry, M, Lane, B B, Lantz, B, Laxen, M, Lecoeuche, Y K, Leviton, J, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Lundgren, A P, Macas, R, MacInnis, M

“…High-quality optical resonant cavities require low optical loss, typically on the scale of parts per million. However, unintended micron-scale contaminants on…”
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Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves by Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Agresti, J, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allen, J, Amin, R, Anderson, S B, Anderson, W G, Araya, M, Armandula, H, Ashley, M, Aulbert, C, Babak, S, Balasubramanian, R, Ballmer, S, Barish, B C, Barker, C, Barker, D, Barton, M A, Bayer, K, Belczynski, K, Betzwieser, J, Bhawal, B, Bilenko, I A, Billingsley, G, Black, E, Blackburn, K, Blackburn, L, Bland, B, Bogue, L, Bork, R, Bose, S, Brady, P R, Braginsky, V B, Brau, J E, Brown, D A, Buonanno, A, Busby, D, Butler, W E, Cadonati, L, Cagnoli, G, Camp, J B, Cannizzo, J, Cannon, K, Cardenas, L, Carter, K, Casey, M M, Charlton, P, Chatterji, S, Chen, Y, Chin, D, Christensen, N, Cokelaer, T, Colacino, C N, Coldwell, R, Cook, D, Corbitt, T, Coyne, D, Creighton, J D E, Creighton, T D, Dalrymple, J, D'Ambrosio, E, Danzmann, K, Davies, G, DeBra, D, Dergachev, V, Desai, S, DeSalvo, R, Dhurandar, S, Díaz, M, Di Credico, A, Drever, R W P, Dupuis, R J, Ehrens, P, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, T, Fairhurst, S, Finn, L S, Franzen, K Y, Frey, R E, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V V, Fyffe, M, Ganezer, K S, Garofoli, J, Gholami, I, Giaime, J A, Goda, K, Goggin, L, González, G, Gray, C, Gretarsson, A M, Grimmett, D, Grote, H, Grunewald, S, Guenther, M, Gustafson, R

“…The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has performed a third science run with much improved sensitivities of all three interferometers. We…”
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Point Absorber Limits to Future Gravitational-Wave Detectors by Jia, W, Effler, A, Fritschel, P, Appert, S, Asali, Y, Aston, S. M, Austin, C, Baer, A. M, Ballmer, S. W, Barsotti, L, Betzwieser, J, Bhattacharjee, D, Biscans, S, Bork, R, Buikema, A, Chen, X, Clara, F, Compton, C. M, Countryman, S. T, Covas, P. B, Datrier, L. E. H, Di Fronzo, C, Dooley, K. L, Driggers, J. C, Dupej, P, Dwyer, S. E, Feicht, J, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giardina, K. D, Goetz, E, Green, A. C, Gustafson, E. K, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Hasskew, R. K, Heintze, M. C, Helmling-Cornell, A. F, Holland, N. A, Jones, J. D, Kandhasamy, S, Kasprzack, M, King, P. J, Kumar, Rahul, Landry, M, Laxen, M, Leviton, J, Lormand, M, Macas, R, Macleod, D. M, Márka, S, Mavalvala, N, McClelland, D. E, McIver, J, McRae, T, Moreno, G, Mow-Lowry, C. M, Mullavey, A, Nelson, T. J. N, Nguyen, P, Oberling, J, Ottaway, D. J, Palamos, J. R, Parker, W, Payne, E, Penhorwood, R, Perez, C. J, Pirello, M, Robertson, N. A, Rollins, J. G, Romie, J. H, Ross, M. P, Sanchez, E. J, Sigg, D, Slagmolen, B. J. J, Spencer, A. P, Sun, L, Thomas, P, Thorne, K. A, Toland, K, Traylor, G, Tse, M, Urban, A. L, Vajente, G, Vander-Hyde, D. C, Venkateswara, K, Venugopalan, G, Viets, A. D, Vo, T, Vorvick, C, Wade, M, Ward, R. L, Warner, J, Willke, B, Wipf, C. C, Xiao, L, Yu, Haocun, Zucker, M. E, Zweizig, J

“…High-quality optical resonant cavities require low optical loss, typically on the scale of parts per million. However, unintended micron-scale contaminants on…”
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Environmental Noise in Advanced LIGO Detectors by Effler, A, Austin, C, Adya, V, Ball, M, Banagiri, S, Banowetz, K, Billman, C, Blair, C. D, Clara, F, Covas, P. B, DeRosa, R, Dwyer, S. E, Goetz, E, Hardwick, T, Helmling-Cornell, A. F, Kijbunchoo, N, Kruck, J, Laxen, M, Mansell, G. L, Radkins, H, Roma, V, Schale, P, Tse, M, Vidreo, M, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Appert, S, Asali, Y, Ballmer, S. W, Barker, D, Barsotti, L, Biscans, S, Bork, R, Cannon, K. C, Ciobanu, A. A, Cooper, S. J, Corley, K. R, Datrier, L. E. H, Di Fronzo, C, Dupej, P, Feicht, J, Fritschel, P, Fulda, P, Giaime, J. A, Gras, S, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Heintze, M. C, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kawabe, K, Kissel, J. S, Lantz, B, Lecoeuche, Y. K, Liu, J, Lormand, M, MacInnis, M, Márka, S, Martynov, D. V, Mavalvala, N, McClelland, D. E, McCuller, L, McIver, J, Mendell, G, Meylahn, F, Mullavey, A, Nuttall, L. K, Ottaway, D. J, Overmier, H, Pirello, M, Ramirez, K. E, Riles, K, Robertson, N. A, Romel, C. L, Romie, J. H, Ryan, K, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E. J, Schnabel, R, Schwartz, E, Sellers, D, Shaffer, T, Sorazu, B, Sun, L, Thomas, M, Toland, K, Torrie, C. I, Urban, A. L, Vander-Hyde, D. C, Venkateswara, K, Viets, A. D, Vo, T, Willke, B, Wipf, C. C, Yamamoto, H, Yu, Hang, Yu, Haocun, Zucker, M. E, Zweizig, J

“…The sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors to gravitational waves can be affected by environmental disturbances external to the detectors themselves. Since…”
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Approaching the motional ground state of a 10 kg object by Hall, Evan D, Dwyer, Sheila, Sudhir, Vivishek, Abbott, R, Austin, C, Barsotti, L, Betzwieser, J, Blair, C. D, Brooks, A. F, Buikema, A, Cahillane, C, Effler, A, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V. V, Kasprzack, M, McCuller, L, Schofield, R. M. S, Adams, C, Areeda, J. S, Aston, S. M, Baer, A. M, Barker, D, Bartlett, J, Berger, B. K, Bhattacharjee, D, Billingsley, G, Blair, R. M, Bode, N, Booker, P, Bramley, A, Cannon, K. C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A. A, Clara, F, Compton, C. M, Countryman, S. T, Covas, P. B, Coyne, D. C, Dooley, K. L, Etzel, T, Evans, T. M, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giardina, K. D, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, C, Gray, R, Gustafson, E. K, Hanson, J, Hasskew, R. K, Heintze, M. C, Helmling-Cornell, A. F, Holland, N. A, Jones, J. D, Kandhasamy, S, King, P. J, Kumar, Rahul, Laxen, M, Lecoeuche, Y. K, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Macas, R, MacInnis, M, Martynov, D. V, McCarthy, R, McClelland, D. E, McCormick, S, Mendell, G, Merilh, E. L, Mistry, T, Mittleman, R, Moreno, G, Mow-Lowry, C. M, Mozzon, S, Nelson, T. J. N, Nguyen, P, Palamos, J. R, Perez, C. J, Pirello, M, Robertson, N. A, Rollins, J. G, Romie, J. H, Ross, M. P, Sanchez, L. E, Sorazu, B, Strain, K. A, Szczepańczyk, M. J, Thomas, M, Valdes, G, Venkateswara, K, Venugopalan, G, Viets, A. D, Vo, T, Vorvick, C, Ward, R. L, Willke, B, Wipf, C. C, Xiao, L, Yamamoto, H

“…Science 372, 1333 (2021) The motion of a mechanical object -- even a human-sized object -- should be governed by the rules of quantum mechanics. Coaxing them…”
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LIGOs Quantum Response to Squeezed States by Dwyer, S. E, Barsotti, L, Blair, C. D, Brown, D. D, Evans, M, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Frolov, V. V, Mavalvala, N, Tse, M, Ward, R. L, Adhikari, R. X, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Asali, Y, Ball, M, Bartlett, J, Betzwieser, J, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Blair, R. M, Bode, N, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K. C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, 0 A. A, Compton, C. M, Corley, K. R, Covas, 0 P. B, Davis, D, Di Fronzo, C, Dooley, K. L, Etzel, T, Feicht, J, Fulda, P, Giaime, J. A, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, C, Gustafson, E. K, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Hardwick, T, Hasskew, R. K, Heintze, M. C, Holland, N. A, Jones, J. D, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kumar, Rahul, Landry, M, Lane, B. B, Lecoeuche, Y. K, Leviton, J, Lundgren, A. P, Macas, 0 R, MacInnis, M, Macleod, D. M, Marka, 0 Z, Martynov, 0 D. V, Massinger, T. J, McIver, J, Mendell, G, Merilh, E. L, Meylahn, F, Mittleman, R, Mow-Lowry, C. M, Nuttall, L. K, Oram, Richard J, Overmier, H, Palamos, J. R, Pele, A, Riles, K, Robertson, N. A, Rollins, J. G, Ryan, K, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E. J, Savage, R. L, Schaetzl, D, Shaffer, T, Sorazu, B, Spencer, A. P, Strain, K. A, Szczepanczyk, M. J, Thomas, P, Thorne, K. A, Torrie, C. I, Urban, A. L, Vajente, G, Valdes, G, Viets, A. D, Warner, J, Willke, B, Xiao, L, Yu, Hang, Zucker, M. E, Zweizig, J

“…Phys. Rev. D 104, 062006 (2021) Gravitational Wave interferometers achieve their profound sensitivity by combining a Michelson interferometer with optical…”
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Low Frequency Tilt Seismology with a Precision Ground Rotation Sensor by Ross, M. P, Venkateswara, K, Hagedorn, C. A, Gundlach, J. H, Kissel, J. S, Warner, J, Radkins, H, Shaffer, T. J, Coughlin, M. W, Bodin, P

“…We describe measurements of the rotational component of teleseismic surface waves using an inertial high-precision ground-rotation-sensor installed at the LIGO…”
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Reducing Scattered Light in LIGO's Third Observing Run by Soni, S, Effler, A, Frolov, V V, Pele, A, Valdes, G, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Areeda, J. S, Asali, Y, Ball, M, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Bartlett, J, Billingsley, G, Blair, R. M, Bode, N, Booker, P, Bramley, A, Brooks, A. F, Brown, D. D, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K. C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A. A, Cooper, S. J, Corley, K. R, Coyne, D. C, Datrier, L. E. H, Davis, D, Di Fronzo, C, Dupej, P, Evans, M, Feicht, J, Fritschel, P, Fulda, P, Giaime, J. A, Giardina, K. D, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, R, Green, A. C, Gustafson, E. K, Hanson, J, Hasskew, R. K, Helmling-Cornell, A. F, Holland, N. A, Jones, J. D, Kandhasamy, S, Kasprzack, M, King, P. J, Landry, M, Laxen, M, Leviton, J, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Lundgren, A. P, Macas, R, MacInnis, M, Martynov, D. V, Mavalvala, N, McClelland, D. E, McIver, J, McRae, T, Mistry, T, Mittleman, R, Moreno, G, Mow-Lowry, C. M, Mullavey, A, Nelson, T. J. N, Nguyen, P, Ottaway, D. J, Palamos, J. R, Penhorwood, R, Perez, C. J, Pirello, M, Robertson, N. A, Rollins, J. G, Romie, J. H, Ross, M. P, Sanchez, E. J, Slagmolen, B. J. J, Sorazu, B, Strain, K. A, Szczepańczyk, M. J, Thomas, M, Viets, A. D, Vo, T, Vorvick, C, Whittle, C, Wipf, C. C, Xiao, L, Yamamoto, H, Yu, Hang, Zhang, L, Zucker, M. E, Zweizig, J

“…Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2020, Volume 38, Number 2 Noise due to scattered light has been a frequent disturbance in the Advanced LIGO gravitational wave…”
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Sensitivity and Performance of the Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Third Observing Run by List, LIGO Instrument Science, Cahillane, C, Mansell, G. L, Blair, C. D, Appert, S, Asali, Y, Aston, S. M, Austin, C, Baer, A. M, Ballmer, S. W, Banagiri, S, Barsotti, L, Berger, B. K, Betzwieser, J, Bhattacharjee, D, Biscans, S, Bork, R, Cannon, K. C, Chen, X, Corley, K. R, Coyne, D. C, Datrier, L. E. H, Davis, D, Di Fronzo, C, Dupej, P, Effler, A, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, T. M, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Giaime, J. A, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hardwick, T, Heintze, M. C, Karki, S, Kawabe, K, Kijbunchoo, N, Kissel, J. S, Kumar, Rahul, Lane, B. B, Lantz, B, Lecoeuche, Y. K, Liu, J, MacInnis, M, Macleod, D. M, Márka, Z, Martynov, D. V, Mason, K, Mavalvala, N, McCarthy, R, McClelland, D. E, McCormick, S, McCuller, L, Mendell, G, Merilh, E. L, Meylahn, F, Mistry, T, Mittleman, R, Mow-Lowry, C. M, Mozzon, S, Nuttall, L. K, Oram, Richard J, O'Reilly, B, Osthelder, C, Overmier, H, Parker, W, Payne, E, Penhorwood, R, Radkins, H, Ramirez, K. E, Richardson, J. W, Riles, K, Robertson, N. A, Romel, C. L, Ryan, K, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E. J, Saravanan, T. R, Schaetzl, D, Schnabel, R, Schofield, R. M. S, Sellers, D, Smith, J. R, Sorazu, B, Strain, K. A, Szczepańczyk, M. J, Thomas, M, Thomas, P, Vajente, G, Veitch, P. J, Wade, M, Ward, R. L, Warner, J, Weaver, B, Weiss, R, Whittle, C, Willke, B, Yu, Hang, Yu, Haocun

“…Phys. Rev. D 102, 062003 (2020) On April 1st, 2019, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (aLIGO), joined by the Advanced Virgo…”
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Improving the Robustness of the Advanced LIGO Detectors to Earthquakes by Schwartz, Eyal, Pele, A, Betzwieser, J, Dooley, K L, Biscans, S, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Ananyeva, A, Arai, K, Ball, M, Ballmer, S W, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Bartlett, J, Berger, B K, Billingsley, G, Bork, R, Bramley, A, Brooks, A F, Brown, D D, Cannon, K C, Ciobanu, A A, Countryman, S T, Datrier, L E H, Di Fronzo, C, Etze, T, Evans, M, Evans, T M, Feicht, J, Fritschel, P, Fulda, P, Giardina, K D, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Green, A C, Hanson, J, Hardwick, T, Helmling-Cornell, A F, Jones, J D, Kandhasamy, S, Kasprzack, M, King, P J, Kissel, J S, Landry, M, Laxen, M, Lecoeuche, Y K, Leviton, J, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Lundgren, A P, Macas, R, MacInnis, M, arka, S M, Martynov, D V, Massinger, T J, McIver, J, McRae, T, Merilh, E L, Mistry, T, Mittleman, R, Moreno, G, Mullavey, A, Nelson, T J N, Nguyen, P, Ottaway, D J, Palamos, J R, Pirello, M, Radkins, H, Ramirez, K E, Richardson, J W, Riles, K, Robertson, N A, Romel, C L, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E J, Sanchez, L E, Saravanan, T R, Schaetzl, D, Sellers, D, Slagmolen, B J J, Sorazu, B, Spencer, A P, Szczepanczyk, M J, Thomas, M, Thorne, K A, Torrie, C I, Urban, A L, Vajente, G, Veitch, P J, Viets, A D, Wade, M, Weaver, B, Weiss, R, Whittle, C, Wipf, C C, Yu, Hang, Yu, Haocun, Zhang, L, Zucker, M E

“…Teleseismic, or distant, earthquakes regularly disrupt the operation of ground--based gravitational wave detectors such as Advanced LIGO. Here, we present…”
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Control strategy to limit duty cycle impact of earthquakes on the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors by Biscans, S, Warner, J, Mittleman, R, Buchanan, C, Coughlin, M, Evans, M, Gabbard, H, Harms, J, Lantz, B, Mukund, N, Pele, A, Pezerat, C, Picart, P, Radkins, H, Shaffer, T

“…Advanced gravitational-wave detectors such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories (LIGO) require an unprecedented level of isolation from…”
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Quantum correlations between the light and kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO by McCuller, L, Barsotti, L, Blair, C. D, Dwyer, S. E, Effler, A, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V. V, Kijbunchoo, N, McClelland, D. E, Sigg, D, Slagmolen, B. J. J, Whittle, C, Corbitt, T. R, Schnabel, R, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Baer, A. M, Ball, M, Ballmer, S. W, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Bork, R, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K. C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A. A, Clara, F, Cooper, S. J, Corley, K. R, Davis, D, Etzel, T, Feicht, J, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Godwin, P, Gras, S, Gustafson, E. K, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hasskew, R. K, Heintze, M. C, Helmling-Cornell, A. F, Holland, N. A, Jones, J. D, Kawabe, K, Kissel, J. S, Kumar, Rahul, Landry, M, Lantz, B, Leviton, J, Macleod, D. M, Mansell, G. L, Márka, S, Márka, Z, Massinger, T. J, McCarthy, R, Merfeld, K, Meylahn, F, Nuttall, L. K, Oberling, J, Oram, Richard J, Osthelder, C, Overmier, H, Parker, W, Payne, E, Perez, C. J, Radkins, H, Riles, K, Romel, C. L, Ryan, K, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E. J, Sanchez, L. E, Saravanan, T. R, Schaetzl, D, Schofield, R. M. S, Schwartz, E, Sellers, D, Shaffer, T, Sun, L, Thomas, P, Thorne, K. A, Toland, K, Traylor, G, Vajente, G, Vander-Hyde, D. C, Veitch, P. J, Venugopalan, G, Viets, A. D, Vorvick, C, Wade, M, Ward, R. L, Warner, J, Weaver, B, Weiss, R, Willke, B, Yu, Hang

“…Measurement of minuscule forces and displacements with ever greater precision encounters a limit imposed by a pillar of quantum mechanics: the Heisenberg…”
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Improving astrophysical parameter estimation via offline noise subtraction for Advanced LIGO by Lundgren, A. P, Kawabe, K, Effler, A, Sigg, D, Nitz, A, Abbott, B. P, Abbott, R, Abbott, T. D, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Aston, S. M, Ballmer, S. W, Barr, B, Barsotti, L, Bartos, I, Batch, J. C, Billingsley, G, Birch, J, Biscans, S, Blair, C. D, Bork, R, Corban, P, Countryman, S. T, Coyne, D. C, Daw, E. J, Doravari, S, Edo, T. B, Etzel, T, Evans, T. M, Fair, H, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Ferreira, E. C, Frolov, V. V, Gateley, B, Giaime, J. A, Goetz, E, Gray, C, Hardwick, T, Heintze, M. C, Jones, R, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kaufer, S, King, E. J, King, P. J, Kissel, J. S, Kuehn, G, Laxen, M, Lockerbie, N. A, Lormand, M, Macleod, D. M, Marka, Z, Marsh, P, McCarthy, R, McCormick, S, McCuller, L, McRae, T, Merilh, E. L, Meyers, P. M, Mittleman, R, Moraru, D, Mueller, G, Mullavey, A, Munch, J, Nelson, T. J. N, Nuttall, L. K, Oberling, J, Oliver, M, O'Reilly, B, Palamos, J. R, Penn, S, Phelps, M, Pierro, V, Pinto, I. M, Prokhorov, L. G, Quetschke, V, Quintero, E. A, Radkins, H, Raffai, P, Ramirez, K. E, Romel, C. L, Ryan, K, Sandberg, V, Savage, R. L, Shaddock, D. A, Sorazu, B, Spencer, A. P, Strain, K. A, Taylor, R, Thomas, M, Toland, K, Traylor, G, Vajente, G, Vecchio, A, Vo, T, Ward, R. L, Yamamoto, H, Zhang, L, Zucker, M. E

“…Phys. Rev. D 99, 042001 (2019) The Advanced LIGO detectors have recently completed their second observation run successfully. The run lasted for approximately…”
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The Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO Detectors at the Beginning of Gravitational Wave Astronomy by Adams, C, Arai, K, Aston, S. M, Austin, L, Ballmer, S. W, Belopolski, I, Bergman, J, Betzwieser, J, Biscans, S, Bogan, C, Brooks, A. F, Brown, D. D, Clara, F, Countryman, S. T, Cowart, M. J, Cumming, A, Cunningham, L, Dannenberg, R, DeBra, D, DeRosa, R. T, Doravari, S, Driggers, J. C, Dwyer, S. E, Evans, M, Fair, H, Feldbaum, D, Fisher, R. P, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V. V, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giaime, J. A, Gray, C, Guido, C. J, Gustafson, R, Hardwick, T, Haughian, K, Heefner, J, Hough, J, Jacobson, M, Kaufer, S, Kawabe, K, Kijbunchoo, N, Kinzel, D. L, Kokeyama, K, Korth, W. Z, Levine, B. M, Lewis, J. B, Lhuillier, V, Lockerbie, N. A, Lormand, M, MacDonald, T, MacInnis, M, Mailand, K, Martin, I. W, McCarthy, R, McCormick, S, McIntyre, G, Meyers, P. M, Munch, J, Oberling, J, Oram, Richard J, Ottaway, D. J, Pickenpack, M, Piero, V, Principe, M, Quetschke, V, Quintero, E. A, Raab, F. J, Raffai, P, Sadecki, T, Sannibale, V, Schultz, B, Schwinberg, P, Sellers, D, Sevigny, A, Sigg, D, Smith, J. R, Staley, A, Taylor, R, Thorne, K. A, Thrane, E, Tokmakov, K. V, Traylor, G, Vajente, G, Valdes, G, van Veggel, A. A, Vargas, M, Vecchio, A, Venkateswara, K, Vo, T, Vorvick, C, Weiss, R, Welborn, T, Willke, B, Winkelmann, L, Wipf, C. C, Wu, G, Yamamoto, H, Zucker, M. E

“…Phys. Rev. D 93, 112004 (2016) The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated 4 km laser interferometers…”
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Identification and mitigation of narrow spectral artifacts that degrade searches for persistent gravitational waves in the first two observing runs of Advanced LIGO by Effler, A, Meyers, P. M, Roma, V. J, Schofield, R. M. S, Adya, V. B, Astone, P, Coughlin, E, Coughlin, M. W, Crowder, S. G, Dwyer, S. E, Kandhasamy, S, Lundgren, A. P, Ormiston, R, Rao, K, Schlassa, S, Sigg, D, Tao, D, Thorne, K. A, Thrane, E, Abbott, T. D, Aston, S. M, Austin, C, Ballmer, S. W, Bartlett, J, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Biwer, C, Blair, C. D, Cao, H, Ciani, G, Corban, P, Daw, E. J, DeBra, D, DeRosa, R. T, Dooley, K. L, Doravari, S, Edo, T. B, Factourovich, M, Fong, H, Frey, R, Fritschel, P, Fyffe, M, Giardina, K. D, Hardwick, T, Heptonstall, A. W, Hough, J, Jones, R, Karki, S, King, P. J, Kissel, J. S, Kuehn, G, Lantz, B, Laxen, M, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Macleod, D. M, Márka, S, Márka, Z, Maros, E, Marsh, P, Martynov, D. V, Matichard, F, Mavalvala, N, McCormick, S, McIntyre, G, Moraru, D, Mukund, N, Oppermann, P, Oram, Richard J, Ottaway, D. J, Palamos, J. R, Phelps, M, Puncken, O, Radkins, H, Ramirez, K. E, Robertson, N. A, Rollins, J. G, Romel, C. L, Sanchez, E. J, Sanchez, L. E, Sellers, D, Shoemaker, D. H, Slagmolen, B. J. J, Smith, J. R, Sorazu, B, Sun, L, Tanner, D. B, Tasson, J. D, Taylor, R, Tuyenbayev, D, van Veggel, A. A, Ward, R. L, Warner, J, Weaver, B, Wipf, C. C, Wofford, J, Worden, J, Yancey, C. C, Yu, Hang, Zweizig, J

“…Phys. Rev. D 97, 082002 (2018) Searches are under way in Advanced LIGO and Virgo data for persistent gravitational waves from continuous sources, e.g. rapidly…”
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