Simulations of light distribution on new instrumented baffles surrounding Virgo end mirrors

Creators: Macquet, A.; Andrés-Carcasona, M.; Martínez, M.; Mir, Ll. M.; Romero-Rodríguez, A.; Yamamoto, H.

Abstract

As part of the second phase of Advanced Virgo upgrade program, instrumented baffles are being constructed to be installed around the end mirrors (EMs) in the main arms, in continuation of what has been implemented for the input mode cleaner EM during phase I. These baffles will be equipped with photosensors, allowing for real-time monitoring of the stray light around the mirrors. In this paper, we present optical simulations of the light distribution in the detector's main cavities to assess the ability of the sensors to effectively monitor misalignment and defects on the mirrors' surface and to play a role in the pre-alignment of the interferometer.

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© 2023 IOP Publishing Ltd. The authors gratefully acknowledge the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) and the Virgo Collaboration for providing access to the facilities. The LIGO Observatories were constructed by the California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement PHY-9210038. The LIGO Laboratory operates under cooperative agreement PHY-1764464. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754510. This work is partially supported by the Spanish MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 under the Grants No. SEV-2016-0588, No. PGC2018-101858-B-I00, and No. PID2020-113701GB-I00, some of which include ERDF funds from the European Union, and by the MICINN with funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by the Generalitat de Catalunya. IFAE is partially funded by the CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya. MAC is supported by the 2022 FI-00335 grant. Data availability statement. The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the authors.

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Resource type: Journal Article
Publisher: Institute of Physics
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40(7), Art. No. 077001, ISSN: 0264-9381.