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Gravitational Waves (Working group 6)
resonant mass detectors:Visco
current generation terrestrial interferometers: Frolov, Brady
next generation terrestrial interferometers:Adhikari, Owen
“science fiction” terrestrial interferometers: Mavalvala
Bruce Allen, UWM
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Gravitational waves:How are they different?
Gravitational wavesGravitational waves• Couple to mass 4-current
• Produced by coherent motions of high density or curvature
• Wavelengths > source size, like sound waves (no pictures)
• Propagate through everything, so you see dense centers
Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves• Couple to electric 4-current
• Incoherent superposition of many microscopic emitters
• Wavelengths source size, can make pictures
• Stopped by matter, so “beauty is skin deep”
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Science Goals• Direct verification of two dramatic predictions of Einstein’s
general relativity: gravitational waves & black holes
• Physics & Astronomy– Detailed tests of properties of gravitational waves including
speed, polarization, graviton mass, .....
– Probe strong field gravity near black holes & in early universe
– Probe the neutron star equation of state
– Performing routine astronomical observations
• A new window on the Universe
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• Compact binary inspiral: “chirp”
• Supernovae / Mergers: “burst”
• Spinning NS: “continuous”
• Cosmic Background: “stochastic”
GW Sources 50-1000 Hz
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Present performance of resonant mass detectors
Massimo Visco
INAF –IFSI Roma INFN – Sez. Roma Tor Vergata
International Gravitational Events Collaboration
ALLEGRO– AURIGA – ROG (EXPLORER-NAUTILUS)
• The “oldest” resonant detector EXPLORER started operations about 16 years ago.
• This kind of detector has reached a high level of realibilty.
• The duty factor is greater than 90% .
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A DIRECTIONAL 4-ANTENNAE A DIRECTIONAL 4-ANTENNAE OBSERVATORY OBSERVATORY
• The four antennas are sensitive to the same region of the sky
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SENSITIVITY OF PRESENT DETECTORSSENSITIVITY OF PRESENT DETECTORS
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TRIPLE COINCIDENCE DISTRIBUTION TRIPLE COINCIDENCE DISTRIBUTION AU-EX-NA (PRELIMINARY)AU-EX-NA (PRELIMINARY)
NO DETECTIONSNO DETECTIONS
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2012 - 2018 NETWORK2012 - 2018 NETWORK
- slide from INFN roadmap
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Status of LIGO
Valera Frolov
LIGO Lab
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LIGO Observatories
Livingston, LA (L1 4km)
Hanford, WA (H1 4km, H2 2km)- Interferometers are aligned to be as close to parallel to each other as possible
- Observing signals in coincidence increases the detection confidence
- Determine source location on the sky, propagation speed and polarization of the gravity wave
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Time Line
NowInauguration
1999 2000 2001 2002 20033 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
First Lock Full Lock all IFO
10-17 10-18 10-20 10-21
2004 20051 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
2006
First Science Data
S1 S4Science
S2 RunsS3 S5
10-224K strain noise at 150 Hz [Hz-1/2]
2006
HEPI at LLO
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NS-NS Inspiral Range Improvement
Time progression since the start of S5
Design Goal
Commissioningbreaks
Stuck ITMY opticat LLO
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Triple Coincidence Accumulation
100%
~ 45%
~ 61%
Expect to collect one year of triple coincidence data by summer-fall 2007
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LIGO Observational Results
Patrick Brady
U. Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Bursts
• Supernovae: Neutron star birth, tumbling and/or convection
• Cosmic strings, black hole mergers, .....
• Coincident EM observations• Surprises!
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Detection Efficiency• Evaluate efficiency by adding simulated GW bursts
to the data.– Example waveform
Central
Frequency
De
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ien
cy
S4
● S5 sensitivity: minimum detectable in band energy in GW
– EGW
> 1 M⊙ @ 75 Mpc
– EGW
> 0.05 M⊙ @ 15 Mpc (Virgo cluster)
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S2
S1
S4 projected
Excluded 90% CL
S5 projected
Ra
te L
imit
(e
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nts
/da
y)
Upper Limits• No GW bursts detected
through S4 – set limit on rate vs signal
strength.
Lower amplitude limits
from lower detector
noise
Lower rate
limits from
longer
observation
times
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Stochastic Background• Big bang & early universe• Background of gravitational
wave bursts• Unresolved background of
contemporary sources
QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
WMAP
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-12
-10
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-6
-4
-2
0
Log (f [Hz])
Lo
g(
0)
-18 10
Inflation
Slow-roll
Cosmic strings
Pre-big bang
model EW or SUSY
Phase transition
Cyclic model
CMB
Pulsar
Timing
BB Nucleo-
synthesis
Initial LIGO, 1 yr data
Expected Sensitivity
~ 4x10-6
Advanced LIGO, 1 yr data
Expected Sensitivity
~ 1x10-9
LIGO S1: Ω0 < 44
PRD 69 122004 (2004)
LIGO S3: Ω0 < 8.4x10-4
PRL 95 221101 (2005)
Predictions and Limits
H0 = 72 km/s/Mpc
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– Black holes & neutron stars– Inspiral and merger– Probe internal structure,
populations, & spacetime geometry
Compact Binaries
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S5 Search
Image: R. Powell
binary black hole
horizon distance
• 3 months of S5 analyzed
• Horizon distance versus mass for BBHAverage over run
130Mpc
1 sigma variation
binary neutron star
horizon distance
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• Spinning neutron stars– Isolated neutron stars with
mountains or wobbles– Low-mass x-ray binaries– Probe internal structure and
populations
Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves
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Known pulsarsS5 preliminary
• 32 known isolated, 44 in binaries, 30 in globular clusters
Lowest ellipticity upper limit:
PSR J2124-3358
(fgw = 405.6Hz, r = 0.25kpc)
ellipticity = 4.0x10-7
Frequency (Hz)
Gra
vita
tiona
l-wav
e am
plitu
de
~2x10-25
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Einstein@Home• Public distributed
computing project• All-sky, all-frequency
search is computationally limited
To participate, sign up at
http://www.physics2005.org
● S3 results:– No evidence of pulsars
● S4 search– Post-processing underway
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Next Generation Interferometers
Rana Adhikari
Caltech
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The next several years
Between now and AdvLIGO, there is some time to improve…1)~Few years of hardware improvements + 1 ½ year of observations. Factor of ~2.5 in noise, factor of ~10 in event rate.1)3-6 interferometers running in coincidence !
S5 S6
4Q‘05
4Q‘06
4Q‘07
4Q‘08
4Q‘10
4Q‘09
Adv
LIGO~2 years
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Increased Power + Enhanced ReadoutLower Thermal
Noise Estimate
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180 W LASER,MODULATION SYSTEM
40 KG FUSED SILICA TEST
MASSES
PRM Power Recycling MirrorBS Beam SplitterITM Input Test MassETM End Test MassSRM Signal Recycling MirrorPD Photodiode
Advanced LIGO Design Features
ACTIVE SEISMIC
ISOLATION
FUSED SILICA, MULTIPLE
PENDULUM SUSPENSION
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Advanced LIGO
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What can gravitational waves tell us about neutron stars?
Ben Owen
PSU
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Periodic signals:Pulsar emission mechanism
• Pulse profiles in different EM bands illuminate mechanism
• Profiles show (phase) timing noise, mostly in young pulsars
• GW won’t show interesting pulse profiles (only lowest harmonic detectable)
• Will be able to test if GW signal has timing noise or not
• Tells us how magnetosphere is coupled to dense interior (Does B-field structure go all the way in? Just crust? …)
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Periodic signals:How solid is a neutron star?
• NS definitely have (thin) solid crust (known from pulsar glitches)
• Normal nuclear crusts can only produce ellipticity < few 10-7
• If “?” is solid quark matter, whole star could be solid, < few 10-4
• If “?” is quark-baryon mixture or meson condensate, half of core could be solid, < 10-5
• High ellipticity measurement means exotic state of matter
• Low ellipticity is inconclusive: strain, buried B-field…
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Burst signals:Supernova core collapse
• Burst from collapse and bounce
• Poorly modeled: different groups predict different waveforms, agree that there is no supernova explosion….
• Long GRBs: knowing time & location helps GW searches
• GRB/GW/neutrino relative delays could shed light on explosion mechanism
• If GW & signals are both short, result is a black hole
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Path to sub-quantum-noise limited gravitational wave
interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala
MIT
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Optical Noise• Shot Noise
– Uncertainty in number of photons detected
– Higher circulating power Pbs low optical losses
– Frequency dependence light (GW signal) storage time in the interferometer
• Radiation Pressure Noise– Photons impart momentum to cavity mirrors
Fluctuations in number of photons – Lower power, Pbs
– Frequency dependence response of mass to forces
1( )
bs
h fP
∝
2 4( ) bsPh f
M f∝Optimal input power depends
on frequency
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A Quantum Limited Interferometer
LIGO I
Ad LIGO
Seism
ic
Suspension
thermal
Test mass thermal
QuantumInput laser power > 100 W
Circulating power > 0.5 MW
Mirror mass40 kg
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Squeezed input vacuum state in Michelson Interferometer
X+
X
X+
XX+
X
X+
X
• Consider GW signal in the phase quadrature– Not true for all
interferometer configurations
– Detuned signal recycled interferometer GW signal in both quadratures
• Orient squeezed state to reduce noise in phase quadrature
Laser
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Squeezed vacuum states for GW detectors
• Requirements – Squeezing at low frequencies (within GW band)– Frequency-dependent squeeze angle– Increased levels of squeezing– Long-term stable operation
• Generation methods – Non-linear optical media ((2) and (3) non-linearites)
crystal-based squeezing– Radiation pressure effects in interferometers
ponderomotive squeezing
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Squeezed Vacuum
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Noise budget
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Conclusions• Resonant bar detectors are operating in a stable mode but at low
sensitivity compared with…• LIGO is currently carrying out a science run at design sensitivity.• Searches for all major categories of sources are underway and will
at least set upper limits.• Detections are possible!• Enhancements in ~ 3 years will increase the reach by a factor of 3• An upgrade (Advanced LIGO) is planned early next decade• Detections are ‘guaranteed’• Quantum non-demolition techniques needed to beat quantum limits
(squeezed light)