Gravitational Waves: Noise sources and mitigation strategies

Monday 13 Nov 2023, 08:30 → 17:30 Europe/London

RAL

Mark Bason (Science and Technology Facilities Council)

On 13th November, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will host a one-day meeting to discuss noise sources relevant to the detection of fundamental physics processes such as gravitational waves using laser and atom interferometry. The meeting will discuss strategies for mitigating noise sources, with a view to the detection of potential gravitational wave sources within the mid-band range.

The intention is to bring together researchers in atom interferometry with those from the light interferometry community (LIGO/VIRGO/ET/LISA) and to encourage the flow of ideas, techniques and synergies.

There will be no registration fee for this event. 

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

On arrival, please report to reception, R75, to register.

 https://ukri.zoom.us/j/93007344748

 

1 Arrival and registration

2 Welcome

3 Science targets in the decihertz frequency band

Speaker: Dr Christopher Berry

Science targets in the decihertz frequency band.pptx

4 Adaptive algorithms for Newtonian noise cancellation in 2nd and 3rd generation GW detectors

Speaker: Dr Soumen Koley

Adaptive algorithms for Newtonian noise cancellation at Virgo.pptx

5 Atom Interferometry: R&D and Science Targets

Speaker: Prof. John Ellis

AIGWs@RAL.pdf

13:00 Lunch

6 Data Quality Challenges in LIGO and LISA

Speaker: Dr Laura Nuttall

RAL_1123.pdf

7 Lessons from two decades of looking at gravitational wave data

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Fairhurst

GW data.pdf

15:10 Coffee break

8 Atom Interferometry Long-Baseline Systematics and Environmental Noise

Speaker: Dr Jeremiah Mitchell

ai_systematics_environmentnoise_13112023.pptx

9 Roundtable discussion

Speakers: Dr Dennis Schlippert, Prof. Ed Daw, Prof. Kate Dooley, Dr Laura Nuttall

10 Closing remarks