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The effect of the Tides on the LIGO Interferometers

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-01-05 v2
Authors: Adrian Melissinos
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Abstract

We present data on the modulation of the dark port power at the free spectral range frequency of the LIGO 4 km interferometers. It is found that the power is modulated exactly at the tidal frequencies to a precision of 6e-9 Hz.

Keywords

LIGO interferometer tidal effect dark port power free spectral range modulation

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@article{arxiv.1001.0558,
  title  = {The effect of the Tides on the LIGO Interferometers},
  author = {Adrian Melissinos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0558},
  year   = {2010}
}

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To appear in the Proceedings of the 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting, Paris July 2009

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