Fused silica bonded monolithic suspension unique GEO technology

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Fused silica bonded monolithic suspension
unique GEO technology
Ultra-low mechanical loss suspension at the
heart of the interferometer
Fused silica fibres silicate-bonded to mirrors
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UK contribution to Advanced LIGO

• Improve sensitivity by x10
• How?
• partly by installing developments of the GEO
  technology in LIGO
• Silica Fibres/Ribbons

? Advanced LIGO Approved by National Science
Board capital contribution from the UK( 8
million) (Glasgow, RAL, Birmingham, Strathclyde)