Calibration of the dual-recycled GEO 600 detector for the S3 science run
- 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) und Universitaet Hannover, Aussenstelle Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover (Germany)
- 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, PO Box 913, Cardiff, CF2 3YB (United Kingdom)
Description
The GEO 600 interferometric gravitational detector took part in an extended coincident science run of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (S3) that started in November 2003. GEO had recently been upgraded to be the first large-scale fully suspended dual-recycled interferometer in the world and was in the early stages of commissioning in this configuration. In order to prepare the GEO 600 data for the possible extraction of science results and for exchange between analysis groups of the gravitational wave community, the data need to be accurately calibrated. An online, time-domain calibration scheme that was initially developed to calibrate the power-recycled GEO 600 configuration, has been extended to cover the significantly more complicated case of calibrating the dual-recycled interferometer, where the optical response of the instrument is much more difficult to measure and calibrate out online. This report presents an overview of this calibration scheme as it was applied to calibrating the GEO S3 science run data. In addition, results of the calibration process are presented together with some discussion of the accuracy achieved
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/S1711/cqg4_20_014.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/S1711/cqg4_20_014.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/21/20/014;
- PII
- S0264-9381(04)79351-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 20
- Journal Page Range
- p. S1711-S1722
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
Conference
- Title
- 8. annual gravitational wave data analysis workshop
- Acronym
- GWDAW-8
- Dates
- 17-20 Dec 2003
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36029413
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; COMMISSIONING; CONFIGURATION; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS
- Descriptors DEC
- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS