Particle Detection B

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To do

• Email to students with Zoom details

Guidelines

Lecture format:

• divide each lecture in 2 (or 4) topics,
• ask the students to write lecture notes of 4-6 pages of a topic in groups of 3 students,
• derivation of equations in appendix
• a template of the lecture notes for each topic will be provided.

Exam:

• lecture notes
• each group takes lecture notes on 1 (or 2) topic(s) they were not involved in, and presents this in 15 minutes to the rest of the group.
• Total number and students sub-divide?

Groups

Groups of 3 students each to work on the assignments.

• Group 1:
• Group 2:
• Group 3:
• Group 4:

Lecture 1: Intro and Power Spectral Density

The Intro should contain:

• What do we measure with an interferometer.
  • Slides 6 - 12, Lecture Kip Thorne
• Effect GW on test masses (mirrors)
  • See this Saulson lecture, this topic is covered from about minute 45 onwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4IKvv0AqAI&list=PL04QVxpjcnjgs5aJ-BN3CRiMhJNyB1Ekr&index=4

The PSD chapter should contain

• Sensitivity curves - Power Spectral Densities
  • Saulson Ch4?, Kip Thorne Book 6.4 (book on web?),

Date to hand in assignment: Wednesday April 6

Lecture 2: Gaussian beam, Fabry-Perot cavities

Topic should contain:

Date to hand in assignment:

Lecture 3: Interferometry (general, Michelson) and Interferometer for GW detection (power and signal recycling)

Topic should contain:

Date to hand in assignment:

Literature

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