Speaker
Jesse Van Dongen
(Nikhef)
Description
There is a funded proposal, and ability to retrofit (as in not part of the Ligo A+ baseline) HoQI Interferometers in the big beamsplitter suspension. While the theoretical design and components had been finalized, no mechanical design was made that would fit the set envelope. This poster will display the first iteration towards a mechanical design that could be installed to allow for local damping between the Penultimate Mass (PUM, M2) and the suspension frame (Lower Tablecloth).
Primary author
Jesse Van Dongen
(Nikhef)
Co-authors
Conor Mow-Lowry
(University of Birmingham)
Sam Cooper
(University of Birmingham)
Leonid Prokhorov
(Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, The University of Birmingham)
