Particle Detection B

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Put here all relevant material for students

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)

The PSD chapter should contain

  1. Sensitivity curves - Power Spectral Densities
    1. 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:

Lecture 4: Low frequency noise: seismic and Newtonian noise, suspension systems

Lecture 5: Low to mid frequency noise: suspension wire and mirror thermal noise, coatings, monolithic suspensions

Lecture 6: Low to high frequency noise: quantum noise, laser (power), squeezing

Lecture 7: Sensing & control and/or future detectors

Literature

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