Precision Control for Gravitational Wave detectors
conference paper
Gravitational Wave (GW) detectors are state-of-the-art mechatronic systems that can measure spatial distortions in the order of 10"18 meters. Two GW detectors that are currently operational are LIGO and Virgo, both of which have already measured GWs, with the first one being measured in 2015 resulting from the collision of two black holes. These detectors are large-scale interferometers that consist of many mirrors, some of which are several kilometers apart. Control has a fundamental role in the operation of these detectors as the mirror positions have to be controlled with microscopic precision.
TNO Identifier
986367
Source title
Euspen Special Interest Group Meeting on Precision Motion Systems & Control, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2022
Collation
3 p.
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