Published October 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

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

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