A horizon study for cosmic explorer: science, observatories, and community

M Evans, RX Adhikari, C Afle, SW Ballmer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
This Horizon Study describes a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave
observatory: Cosmic Explorer. With ten times the sensitivity of Advanced LIGO, Cosmic …

Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy

DV Martynov, ED Hall, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely
separated 4 km laser interferometers designed to detect gravitational waves from distant …

The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna: DECIGO

S Kawamura, M Ando, N Seto, S Sato… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The objectives of the DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO)
are to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy and to obtain …

Simultaneous cavity cooling of all six degrees of freedom of a levitated nanoparticle

A Pontin, H Fu, M Toroš, TS Monteiro, PF Barker - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the motional degrees of isolated, single nanoparticles trapped within optical
fields in a high vacuum are seen as ideal candidates for exploring the limits of quantum …

Gravitational-wave physics with Cosmic Explorer: Limits to low-frequency sensitivity

ED Hall, K Kuns, JR Smith, Y Bai, C Wipf, S Biscans… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Cosmic Explorer is a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatory concept,
envisioned to begin operation in the 2030s and expected to be capable of observing binary …

Update on quadruple suspension design for Advanced LIGO

SM Aston, MA Barton, AS Bell… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the design of the suspension systems for the major optics for Advanced LIGO,
the upgrade to LIGO—the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory. The design …

Ultrahigh Quality Factor of a Levitated Nanomechanical Oscillator

L Dania, DS Bykov, F Goschin, M Teller, A Kassid… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
A levitated nanomechanical oscillator under ultrahigh vacuum is highly isolated from its
environment. It has been predicted that this isolation leads to very low mechanical …

Ultranarrow-linewidth levitated nano-oscillator for testing dissipative wave-function collapse

A Pontin, NP Bullier, M Toroš, PF Barker - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Levitated nano-oscillators are promising platforms for testing fundamental physics and
quantum mechanics in a new high mass regime. Levitation allows extreme isolation from the …

Sensing directional noise baths in levitated optomechanics

JMH Gosling, A Pontin, JH Iacoponi, PF Barker… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Optomechanical devices are being harnessed as sensors of ultraweak forces for
applications ranging from inertial sensing to the search for the elusive dark matter. For the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on DFACS (II): Modeling and analysis of disturbances and noises

YUE Chenglei, J Bohan, D Zhaohui… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents Part II of a review on DFACS, which specifically focuses on the
modeling and analysis of disturbances and noises in DFACSs. In Part I, the system …