Reducing scattered light in LIGO’s third observing run
S. Soni, Corey Austin, A. Effler, R. M. S. Schofield, G. González, V. V. Frolov, J. C. Driggers, A. Pele, A. L. Urban, G. Valdés, R. Abbott, C. Adams, R. X. Adhikari, A. Ananyeva, S. Appert, K. Arai, J. S. Areeda, Y. Asali, S. M. Aston, A. M. Baer, M. Ball, S. Ballmer, S. Banagiri, D. Barker, L. Barsotti, J. Bartlett, B. K. Berger, J. Betzwieser, D. Bhattacharjee, G. Billingsley, Sébastien Biscans, C. D. Blair, R. M. Blair, N. Bode, P. Booker, R. Bork, A. Bramley, A. F. Brooks, D. Brown, A. Buikema, C. Cahillane, K. C. Cannon, X. Chen, A. A. Ciobanu, F. Clara, S. J. Cooper, K. R. Corley, S. T. Countryman, P. B. Covas, D. C. Coyne, L. E. H. Datrier, D. Davis, C. Di Fronzo, K. L. Dooley, P. Dupej, S. E. Dwyer, T. Etzel, M. Evans, T. M. Evans, J. Feicht, A. Fernandez-Galiana, P. Fritschel, P. Fulda, M. Fyffe, J. A. Giaime, K. D. Giardina, P. Godwin, E. Goetz, S. Gras, C. Gray, R. Gray, A. C. Green, E. K. Gustafson, R. Gustafson, J. Hanks, J. Hanson, T. Hardwick, R. K. Hasskew, M. C. Heintze, A. F. Helmling-Cornell, N. A. Holland, J. D. Jones, S. Kandhasamy, S. Karki, M. Kasprzack, K. Kawabe, N. Kijbunchoo, Peter King, J. S. Kissel, Rahul Kumar, M. Landry, B. B. Lane, B. Lantz, M. Laxen, Y. K. Lecoeuche, J. Leviton, J. Liu, M. Lormand, A. P. Lundgren, R. Macas
Abstract
Reducing scattered light in LIGO’s third observing run, Soni, S, Austin, C, Effler, A, Schofield, R M S, González, G, Frolov, V V, Driggers, J C, Pele, A, Urban, A L, Valdes, G, Abbott, R, Adams, C, Adhikari, R X, Ananyeva, A, Appert, S, Arai, K, Areeda, J S, Asali, Y, Aston, S M, Baer, A M, Ball, M, Ballmer, S W, Banagiri, S, Barker, D, Barsotti, L, Bartlett, J, Berger, B K, Betzwieser, J, Bhattacharjee, D, Billingsley, G, Biscans, S, Blair, C D, Blair, R M, Bode, N, Booker, P, Bork, R, Bramley, A, Brooks, A F, Brown, D D, Buikema, A, Cahillane, C, Cannon, K C, Chen, X, Ciobanu, A A, Clara, F, Cooper, S J, Corley, K R, Countryman, S T, Covas, P B, Coyne, D C, Datrier, L E H, Davis, D, Fronzo, C Di, Dooley, K L, Dupej, P, Dwyer, S E, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, T M, Feicht, J, Fernandez-Galiana, A, Fritschel, P, Fulda, P, Fyffe, M, Giaime, J A, Giardina, K D, Godwin, P, Goetz, E, Gras, S, Gray, C, Gray, R, Green, A C, Gustafson, E K, Gustafson, R, Hanks, J, Hanson, J, Hardwick, T, Hasskew, R K, Heintze, M C, Helmling-Cornell, A F, Holland, N A, Jones, J D, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kasprzack, M, Kawabe, K, Kijbunchoo, N, King, P J, Kissel, J S, Kumar, Rahul, Landry, M, Lane, B B, Lantz, B, Laxen, M, Lecoeuche, Y K, Leviton, J, Liu, J, Lormand, M, Lundgren, A P, Macas, R, MacInnis, M, Macleod, D M, Mansell, G L, Márka, S, Márka, Z, Martynov, D V, Mason, K, Massinger, T J, Matichard, F, Mavalvala, N, McCarthy, R, McClelland, D E, McCormick, S, McCuller, L, McIver, J, McRae, T, Mendell, G, Merfeld, K, Merilh, E L, Meylahn, F, Mistry, T, Mittleman, R, Moreno, G, Mow-Lowry, C M, Mozzon, S, Mullavey, A, Nelson, T J N, Nguyen, P, Nuttall, L K, Oberling, J, Oram, Richard J, Osthelder, C, Ottaway, D J, Overmier, H, Palamos, J R, Parker, W, Payne, E, Penhorwood, R, Perez, C J, Pirello, M, Radkins, H, Ramirez, K E, Richardson, J W, Riles, K, Robertson, N A, Rollins, J G, Romel, C L, Romie, J H, Ross, M P, Ryan, K, Sadecki, T, Sanchez, E J, Sanchez, L E, Saravanan, T R, Savage, R L, Schaetzl, D, Schnabel, R, Schwartz, E, Sellers, D, Shaffer, T, Sigg, D, Slagmolen, B J J, Smith, J R, Sorazu, B, Spencer, A P, Strain, K A, Sun, L, Szczepańczyk, M J, Thomas, M, Thomas, P, Thorne, K A, Toland, K, Torrie, C I, Traylor, G, Tse, M, Vajente, G, Vander-Hyde, D C, Veitch, P J, Venkateswara, K, Venugopalan, G, Viets, A D, Vo, T, Vorvick, C, Wade, M, Ward, R L, Warner, J, Weaver, B, Weiss, R, Whittle, C, Willke, B, Wipf, C C, Xiao, L, Yamamoto, H, Yu, Hang, Yu, Haocun, Zhang, L, Zucker, M E, Zweizig, J, (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration)