LIGO

(Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ; LIGO

(Observatory) ; LIGO Lab)

started 1984

LIGO’s mission is to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves. 1984: Founded as Caltech/MT project. 1999: LIGO inauguration ceremony.

Book

Sections from CaltechAUTHORS

• King, Peter (2021) Laser Safety in LIGO; ISBN 978-0-7354-2295-7; Laser Safety in Specialized Applications; American Institute of Physics: Melville, NY; 1-18; 10.1063/9780735422957_005
• Que, Zhiqiang; Wang, Erwei; et al. (2021) Accelerating Recurrent Neural Networks for Gravitational Wave Experiments; ISBN 978-1-6654-2701-2; 2021 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP); IEEE: Piscataway, NJ; 117-124; 10.1109/asap52443.2021.00025
• Menoni, Carmen S.; Yang, Le; et al. (2021) Survey of metal oxides for coatings of ultra-stable optical cavities; ISBN 978-1-943580-91-0; 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO); Optical Society of America: Washington, DC; Art. No. STu1C.7; 10.1364/cleo_si.2021.stu1c.7
• Cao, Huy Tuong; Ng, Sebastian; et al. (2020) Adhesive-free, high optical quality deformable mirror; ISBN 9780646825045; 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR); Optical Society of America: Washington, DC; Art. No. C5G-3; 10.1364/cleopr.2020.c5g_3
• Beniwal, Deeksha; Cao, Huy T.; et al. (2019) Mid-IR laser for wavefront correction in gravitational wave detectors; ISBN 9781510631403; AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 112002C; 10.1117/12.2540061
• Coyne, Dennis (2018) Engineering behind the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) (Conference Presentation); ISBN 9781510619531; Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 1070016; 10.1117/12.2312163
• Gerosa, Davide; Vitale, Salvatore; et al. (2017) Reanalysis of LIGO black-hole coalescences with alternative prior assumptions; ISBN 9781107192591; Gravitational Wave Astrophysics: Early Results from Gravitational Wave Searches and Electromagnetic Counterparts; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; 22-28; 10.1017/s1743921318003587
• Huerta, E. A.; Haas, Roland; et al. (2017) BOSS-LDG: A Novel Computational Framework That Brings Together Blue Waters, Open Science Grid, Shifter and the LIGO Data Grid to Accelerate Gravitational Wave Discovery; ISBN 978-1-5386-2686-3; 2017 IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Science (e-Science); IEEE: Piscataway, NJ; 335-344; 10.1109/eScience.2017.47
• Weitzel, Derek; Bockelman, Brian; et al. (2017) Data Access for LIGO on the OSG; ISBN 978-1-4503-5272-7; Proceedings of the Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2017 on Sustainability, Success and Impact - PEARC17; ACM: New York, NY; Art. No. 24; 10.1145/3093338.3093363
• Watchi, Jennifer; Ding, Binlei; et al. (2016) Development of a high-resolution optical inertial sensor for sub-Hz seismic isolation; ISBN 9789073802940; Proceedings of ISMA2016 International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics; Katholieke Universiteit: Heverlee, Belgium; 275-288
• Sigg, Daniel (2016) The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries; ISBN 9781510603110; Interferometry XVIII; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 996009; 10.1117/12.2243115
• Tso, Rhondale; Isi, Maximiliano; et al. (2016) Modeling the Dispersion and Polarization Content of Gravitational Waves for Tests of General Relativity; ISBN 978-981-3148-49-9; CPT and Lorentz Symmetry - Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry; World Scientific Publishing: Singapore; 205-208; 10.1142/9789813148505_0052
• Vajente, Gabriele (2014) Readout, Sensing, and Control; ISBN 978-3-319-03791-2; Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves; Springer: Cham, Switzerland; 153-192; 10.1007/978-3-319-03792-9_6
• Vajente, Gabriele (2014) Interferometer Configurations; ISBN 978-3-319-03791-2; Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves; Springer: Cham, Switzerland; 57-95; 10.1007/978-3-319-03792-9_3
• Phelps, Margot H.; Gushwa, Kaitlin E.; et al. (2013) Optical contamination control in the Advanced LIGO ultra-high vacuum system; ISBN 978-0-8194-9753-6; Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2013; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers: Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 88852E; 10.1117/12.2047327
• Perley, Daniel (2013) Burst of the Century? A Case Study of the Afterglow of Nearby Ultra-Bright GRB 130427A
• Singer, Leo (2013) The Needle in the Hundred-Square-Degree Haystack: from Fermi GRBs to LIGO Discoveries
• Williams, Roy (2013) Follow-up of LIGO-Virgo Observations of Gravitational Waves
• Nissanke, Samaya (2013) Hearing & Seeing the Violent Universe
• Michel, C.; Morgado, N.; et al. (2012) Realization of low-loss mirrors with sub-nanometer flatness for future gravitational wave detectors; ISBN 9780819493019; Optical Systems Design 2012; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 85501P; 10.1117/12.981766
• Williams, Roy D.; Barthelmy, Scott D.; et al. (2012) Responding to the Event Deluge; ISBN 978-0-8194-9149-7; Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 84480R; 10.1117/12.925252
• Ramakrishnan, Arun; Singh, Gurmeet; et al. (2007) Scheduling Data-Intensive Workflows onto Storage-Constrained Distributed Resources; ISBN 0-7695-2833-3; Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid ’07); IEEE: Piscataway, NJ; 401-409; 10.1109/CCGRID.2007.101
• Galdi, Vincenzo; Castaldi, Giuseppe; et al. (2006) Analytic structure and generalized duality relations for a family of hyperboloidal beams and supporting mirrors of potential interest for future gravitational wave detection interferometers; 10.1117/12.679412
• Agresti, Juri; Castaldi, Giuseppe; et al. (2006) Optimized multilayer dielectric mirror coatings for gravitational wave interferometers; ISBN 9780819463654; Advances in Thin-Film Coatings for Optical Applications III; Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; Art. No. 628608; 10.1117/12.678977
• Lazzarini, Albert (2005) Direct searches for a cosmological stochastic gravitational wave background; ISBN 0-7354-0295-7; Particles, Strings, and Cosmology; American Institute of Physics: Melville, NY; 87-93; 10.1063/1.2149681
• Singh, Gurmeet; Deelman, Ewa; et al. (2005) The Pegasus portal: web based grid computing; ISBN 1-58113-964-0; SAC ’05 Proceedings of the 2005 ACM symposium on Applied computing; ACM: New York, NY; 680-686; 10.1145/1066677.1066834
• Robertson, N. A.; Abbott, B.; et al. (2004) Seismic isolation and suspension systems for Advanced LIGO; ISBN 9780819454324; Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 81-91; 10.1117/12.552469
• Harry, Gregory M.; Armandula, Helena; et al. (2004) Optical coatings for gravitational wave detection; ISBN 9780819454652; Advances in Thin Film Coatings for Optical Applications; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 33-40; 10.1117/12.555780
• Barriga, Pablo and Barton, Mark (2004) Status of ACIGA High Power Test Facility for advanced interferometry; ISBN 9780819454324; Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 70-80; 10.1117/12.581300
• Miyakawa, Osamu; Kawamura, Seiji; et al. (2004) Sensing and control of the advanced LIGO optical configuration; ISBN 9780819454324; Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 92-104; 10.1117/12.552406
• Sanders, Gary H. (2003) Status of LIGO; ISBN 9780819446350; Gravitational-Wave Detection; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 247-257; 10.1117/12.459097
• Márka, Szabolcs (2003) Merits of coincident observation of energetic cosmic events by astronomical and gravity wave observatories; ISBN 9780819446350; Gravitational-Wave Detection; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 222-229; 10.1117/12.459091
• Camp, J. B.; Billingsley, G.; et al. (2002) LIGO optics: initial and advanced; ISBN 9780819444189; Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2001; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 1-18; 10.1117/12.461689
• Deelman, Ewa; Kesselman, Carl; et al. (2002) Applications of Virtual Data in the LIGO Experiment; ISBN 978-3-540-43792-5; Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg; 23-34; 10.1007/3-540-48086-2_3
• Oreb, Bob; Leistner, Achim; et al. (2001) Interferometric measurement of refractive index inhomogeneity on polished sapphire substrates: application to LIGO-II; ISBN 9780819441652; Optical Manufacturing and Testing IV; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 414-423; 10.1117/12.453639
• Barish, Barry C. (2001) Gravitational Waves; ISBN 978-1-4020-0120-8; Cosmic Radiations: From Astronomy to Particle Physics; Springer: Dordrecht; 47-65; 10.1007/978-94-010-0634-7_3
• DeSalvo, Riccardo (2000) Interferometric gravitational wave detectors vibrational isolation; ISBN 9780819437389; Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Systems Engineering; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 98-106; 10.1117/12.405247
• Blackburn, Kent; Lazzarini, Albert; et al. (1999) XSIL: Extensible scientific interchange language; ISBN 9783540658214; High-Performance Computing and Networking; Springer: Berlin; 513-524; 10.1007/bfb0100612
• Savage, R. L., Jr. (1998) Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project: overview and status; ISBN 9780819427090; Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE): Bellingham, WA; 2-13; 10.1117/12.308362