Suspension and advance material for future gravitation wave detectors
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Suspension and advance material for future gravitation wave detectors
People |
ORCID iD |
Giles Hammond (Primary Supervisor) | |
Karl Toland (Student) |
Publications
Abbott B
(2018)
All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2019)
Search for Subsolar Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2018)
GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2016)
GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2018)
GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2019)
Tests of General Relativity with GW170817.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2018)
First Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2019)
Constraining the p-Mode-g-Mode Tidal Instability with GW170817.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2018)
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA.
in Living reviews in relativity
Abbott BP
(2018)
Search for Tensor, Vector, and Scalar Polarizations in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2017)
Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Abbott BP
(2018)
Search for Subsolar-Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run.
in Physical review letters
Albert A
(2017)
Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube
in Physical Review D
Albert A
(2019)
Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube
in The Astrophysical Journal
Albert A
(2017)
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory
in The Astrophysical Journal
Burns E
(2019)
A Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run
in The Astrophysical Journal
Driggers J
(2019)
Improving astrophysical parameter estimation via offline noise subtraction for Advanced LIGO
in Physical Review D
LIGO Scientific Collaboration And The Virgo Collaboration
(2017)
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant.
in Nature
Soares-Santos M
(2019)
First Measurement of the Hubble Constant from a Dark Standard Siren using the Dark Energy Survey Galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo Binary-Black-hole Merger GW170814
in The Astrophysical Journal
Toland K
(2018)
Development of a pulling machine to produce micron diameter fused silica fibres for use in prototype advanced gravitational wave detectors
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504075/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
1653089 | Studentship | ST/N504075/1 | 05/01/2016 | 06/07/2019 | Karl Toland |
Description | LIGO Visitor |
Amount | $2,737 (USD) |
Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United States |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 01/2018 |
Description | Long Term Attachment |
Amount | £4,307 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Produced fused silica fibres for LIGO suspensions and aided work into producing and characterising fibres for future suspensions. |
Collaborator Contribution | On site collaborators assisted with the production and characterisation of these fibres. |
Impact | New characterisation analysis of fibre geometry was developed. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | Fibre angle misalignment characterisation |
Description | Characterises fibres used for gravitational wave suspension fibres to determine whether they are suitable for installation or not. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Used for choosing fibres to be installed into the LIGO suspension systems. |
Title | Thin fibre pulling machine and characterisation apparatus |
Description | This machine has been designed to produce sub 20 micron fused silica fibres for use in prototype gravitational wave detectors. Profiling machines that use shadow sensing techniques and a strength tester has also been developed. |
Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Impact | They have been used heavily within our research group to provide appropriate fibres for use in monolithic suspensions |
Description | Explorathon - STEM in the Gorbals |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A stall was set up to talk to the general public about gravitational waves and what Glasgow's contribution was to the LIGO project that discovered gravitational waves. This event lasted for several hours with the public coming up to the stalls for discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Festival of Physics 2018 - Dynamic Earth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Festival of Physics at Dynamic Earth was a public science event. My role was participating with colleagues in the Institute for Gravitational Research talking to the general public about gravitational waves and Glasgow's involvement and contribution to LIGO. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Glasgow Science Festival - Innovates at Kelvingrove |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A large scale mosaic was made of a gravitational wave signal by cutting up old research posters and papers and coloured in by the public. These bits were then glued onto a large frame that would make the image of the signal the LIGO detectors observed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Glasgow Science Festival - Meet the Black hole Hunters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | While working at LIGO Hanford in the USA, I was part of a skype interview in Glasgow during the Meet the Black Hole Hunters event at the Glasgow Science Festival that involved me describing what my role in the collaboration was and how the detectors work. There was also a Q&A with the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | School Visit (Glasgow Gaelic School) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A talk on the discovery of gravitational waves and what they are was given to two classes of primary 7 pupils. The talks were followed by experimental demonstrations of the curvature of space time and how an interferometer works. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |