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1 LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY - LIGO - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Document Type LIGO-T P 7/22/97 LIGO On-line Documents July 1997 W. E. Althouse Distribution of this draft: /home/dcc/docs/a_index.pdf This revision indexes all current documents stored in /home/dcc/docs through 7/22/97. This is an internal working note of the LIGO Project. California Institute of Technology LIGO Project - MS Pasadena CA Phone (818) Fax (818) info@ligo.caltech.edu WWW: Massachusetts Institute of Technology LIGO Project - MS 20B-145 Cambridge, MA Phone (617) Fax (617) info@ligo.mit.edu Table of Contents Index file /home/wea/docs/t970089/t fm - printed July 23, 1997
2 1 LIGO TOP-LEVEL DOCUMENTS 1.1. DCC Information T xx DCC Document Listing L Electronic Submissions to the Document Control Center (instructions) G Electronic Submissions to LIGO Document Control Center (DCC) (flowchart) L Procedures for Release of Controlled Drawings and Specifications 1.2. Management Project Plans and Policies M A M A E B Annual Reports LIGO PROJECT SYSTEM SAFETY PLAN LIGO PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN LIGO RELIABILITY PROGRAM PLAN M Annual Report (December 1995 through November 1996) Quarterly Reports M Quarterly Progress Report (December 1995 through February 1996) M Quarterly Progress Report (March 1996 through May 1996) M Quarterly Report (December 1996 through February 1997) M Quarterly Report (March 1997 through May 1997) Monthly Reports M Monthly Progress Report (End of December 1996) M Monthly Progress Report (End of January 1997) M Monthly Progress Report (End of March 1997) Proposals M LIGO Operations, M A LETTER OF INTENT FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO- GRAM FOR ADVANCED LIGO DETECTORS BY THE LIGO MIT/ CALTECH GROUPS M Revised Proposal for a Research and Development Program For Advanced Detectors by the LIGO MIT/Caltech Groups - FY 1997 Proposal Budget Reviews NSF Review April 13-17, 1997 G LIGO DATA PROCESSING G BEAM TUBE BAKEOUT page 2 of 15
3 G LIGO Project Cost/Schedule Status G LIGO Control and Data System Control and Monitoring 1.3. Publications P Measurement of Optical Path Fluctuations due to Residual Gas in the LIGO 40 Meter Interferometer P The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project P A PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATING ALIGNMENT SIGNALS IN COMPLEX RESONANT OPTICAL INTERFEROMETERS P C The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Project LIGO P Recent Research on the LIGO 40 m Interferometer P Development of Laser Interferometers for Gravitational Wave Detection: Abstract and Summary P Modeling LIGO Data Analysis 1.4. System Engineering System Requirements D LIGO SYSTEMS FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM E LIGO Science Requirements Document (SRD) E A LIGO Naming Conventions E A LIGO EMI CONTROL PLAN AND PROCEDURES E B LIGO RELIABILITY PROGRAM PLAN E A LIGO Sites Alignment Requirements E B Science Requirements for the LIGO Beam Tube Baffles Modeling and Data Analysis G Modeling LIGO Data Analysis G What We've Learned About What We've Learned About "FRAMES" G Computer Languages Computer Languages why all the fuss about why all the fuss about C++ T A LIGO Data Analysis Software Specification Issues T A Strain Calibration in LIGO M A Proposal for the First Experiment for Validation of the 40m End-to-End Model M B White Paper Outlining the Data Analysis System (DAS) for LIGO I T Quantization Noise in Ligo Interferometers Alignment E A LIGO Sites Alignment Requirements L LIGO Coordinate Names and Reference Designations - CAUTION T B Derivation of Global and Local Coordinate Axes for the LIGO Sites T A Orientation of the LIGO Beam Center Lines with respect to foundation slabs T C Determination of the as-built LIGO Global Coordinate Axes for Hanford, WA T A Alignment Tolerances and Re-Alignment Criteria for the LIGO Beam Tubes page 3 of 15
4 T A LIGO Site-to-Site Separation Testing, Measurements and Analysis T Radiation Pressure Noise in LIGO T Beam Tube Dynamics Layout Drawings T INTEGRATED LAYOUT DRAWINGS: USAGE & MAINTENANCE D A Chamber & Rack Designations - WA (Corner Station) D A Chamber & Rack Designations - WA (Mid Station) D A Chamber & Rack Designations - WA (End Station) page 4 of 15
5 2 FACILITIES DOCUMENTATION 2.1. Vacuum Equipment 2.2. Beam Tube Design Requirements and Qualification T A Alignment Tolerances and Re-Alignment Criteria for the LIGO Beam Tubes T Beam Tube Qualification Test Baffles E B Science Requirements for the LIGO Beam Tube Baffles E A Specification, Porcelain Coating of Beam Tube Baffles E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MECHANICAL FABRICATION OF BEAM TUBE BAFFLES T Baffle Glaze Shedding Bakeout E Beam Tube Bakeout Design Requirements Document T ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BEAM TUBE BAKE T Beam Tube Bakeout Conceptual Design G BEAM TUBE BAKEOUT G BEAM TUBE BAKEOUT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS REVIEW Testing, Measurements and Analysis T Beam Tube Dynamics T Information for the Beam Tube Pumpdown T Data from Beam Tube Pump Down II L Technical Board Meeting to Review Beam Tube HX2 Vacuum Test Results 2.3. Civil Construction Design Requirements E Telecommunications requirements for Hanford, WA Site. E LIGO Requirements and Options for Facilities Monitoring and Control System (FMCS) page 5 of 15
6 3 DETECTOR DOCUMENTATION 3.1. Detector System E Detector Subsystems Requirements E LIGO Vacuum Compatibility, Cleaning Methods and Qualification Procedures E A LIGO Vacuum Compatible Materials List T A Guidelines for Design Requirement Documents L Part Numbers and Serialization of Detector Hardware L Procedure for Release of Controlled Drawings and Specifications T A Derivation of CDS Rack Acoustic Noise Specifications E A Recommendation of parameter choices in 2 km interferometer design. T Frequency, Intensity and Oscillator Noise in the LIGO T Misalignment-Beam Jitter Coupling in LIGO T Proposed initial detector MC and RC baseline lengths T Recycling Cavity and Mode Cleaner Cavity Baseline Dimensions D Recycling Cavity Dimensional Range D Recycling Cavity Layout T Radiation Pressure Noise in LIGO T Estimates for Motions due to Sound Fields T Fast Estimation of Transverse Fields in High Finesse Optical Cavities T LIGO calibration accuracy T Modelling the Performance of an Initial-LIGO Detector with Realistically Imperfect Optics G Modelling the Performance of an Initial-LIGO Interferometer with Realistically- Deformed Optics L Internal Modes of Testmasses T Gravitational Deflection of LIGO Optics in a 9-Point Hindle Mount T Determination of the Wedge Angles for the Core Optics Components T A Tutorial For the Fast Fourier Transform Interferometer Simulator G A Summary and Future Preview of the FFT Simulation Initiative in LIGO T Effect of Microseismic Noise on a LIGO Interferometer T The Effect of Earth Tides on LIGO Interferometers T A Strain Calibration in LIGO T Quantization Noise in Ligo Interferometers 3.2. Suspensions and Seismic Isolation Suspensions T Suspension Design Requirements E SMALL OPTICS SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY SPECIFICATION E SMALL OPTICS SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY QUALITY CONFORMANCE WORKSHEET T Suspension Preliminary Design E PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW Suspension System (SUS) page 6 of 15
7 L Settlement of SUS PDR Action Items for SOS T Small Optics Suspension Final Design (Mechanical System) T Small Optics Suspension Prototype Test Results T Beam Splitter and Recycling Mirror Suspension Controller Design Requirements L Cross-coupling in the suspension controllers T RESPONSE OF PENDULUM TO MOTION OF SUSPENSION POINT T Magnet size considerations; interference and coil power dissipation T Note on Electrostatics in the LIGO suspensions Seismic Isolation T Seismic Isolation Design Requirements Document T Seismic Isolation Conceptual Design T Action Item Response Report: FIRST ARTICLE FABRICATION READINESS REVIEW for the Seismic Isolation System (SEI) L Specification Guidance for Seismic Component Cleaning, Baking and Shipping PreparationLasers and Optics 3.3. Lasers and Optics General L Internal Modes of Testmasses T Gravitational Deflection of LIGO Optics in a 9-Point Hindle Mount T Determination of the Wedge Angles for the Core Optics Components G A Summary and Future Preview of the FFT Simulation Initiative in LIGO Prestabilized Laser E Nd 3+ Laser Target Specifications T Prestabilized Laser Design Requirements M LIGO Detector Review Report - Preliminary Design Review (PDR) - Design and Fabrication of Nd3+ Lasers L (Review of) LightWave Electronics (LWE) Laser Reliability Plan Input Output Optics T Input Output Optics Design Requirements Document Core Optics E Core Optics Components Requirements (1064 nm) T Core Optics Support Design Requirements Document T Core Optics Support Conceptual Design G Core Optics Support Design Requirements Review T Spectral Analysis of Coated Optic Phase Maps Recycling Mirror Specifications E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: SUBSTRATE, RECYCLING MIRROR page 7 of 15
8 D A E A RECYCLING MIRROR SUBSTRATE COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MIRROR BLANK MATERIAL, RECY- CLING MIRROR Input Test Mass Specifications E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: SUBSTRATE, INPUT TEST MASS D A INPUT TEST MASS SUBSTRATE, 4K D A INPUT TEST MASS SUBSTRATE, 2K E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MIRROR BLANK MATERIAL, INPUT TEST MASS Beam Splitter Specifications E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: SUBSTRATE, BEAM SPLITTER D A BEAM SPLITTER SUBSTRATE E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MIRROR BLANK MATERIAL, BEAM SPLITTER End Test Mass Specifications E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: SUBSTRATE, END TEST MASS D A END TEST MASS SUBSTRATE E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MIRROR BLANK MATERIAL, FOLDING MIRROR, END TEST MASS Folding Mirror Specifications E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: SUBSTRATE, FOLDING MIRROR D A FOLDING MIRROR SUBSTRATE E A COMPONENT SPECIFICATION: MIRROR BLANK MATERIAL, FOLDING MIRROR, END TEST MASS Core Optics Components Carrying Case Drawings D A D B D B Project Material List - Large Core Optic Component (COC) and Beam Splitter Optic Assemblies COC Carrier Shipping Compartment Assembly COC Carrier Shipping Compartment Details Large Core Optics Component Carrier Assembly D B D B Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier Assembly Material List - Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier Assembly D C D D D A D B D A Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Cover Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Handle Plate page 8 of 15
9 D B D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D A D A D B D A D B D A D B D C D A D A D A D B D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D B D B D A D B D B D B D B Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Hinged Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Bracket Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Hinged Standoff Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Clevis Pin Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Indexed Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Indexed Standoff Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Top Plate Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Top Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pad Guide Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Toggle Screw, Modified Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Cover Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Carrier Cover Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Seal Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Expansion Plug Installation Tool Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Protective Sheet Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Protective Sheet Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Protective Sheet Bracket Beam Splitter Optic Carrier Assembly D B Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier Assembly D B Material List - Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier Assembly D C D D Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Plate page 9 of 15
10 D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D A D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D B D A D C D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D B D B D A D B D B D B D B Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Base Cover Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Handle Plate Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Standoff Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Hinged Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Bracket Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Hinged Standoff Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Standoff Clevis Pin Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Indexed Standoff Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Side Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pressure Disc Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Indexed Standoff Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Top Plate Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Pad Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Top Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pad Guide Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Toggle Screw, Modified Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Cover Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Carrier Cover Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Seal Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Expansion Plug Installation Tool Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Protective Sheet Assembly Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier, Protective Sheet Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Protective Sheet Bracket Metrology Interface Top Plate Assembly D B Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Metrology Interface Top Plate Assembly D A Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Assembly D B Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot D A Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Foot Pad page 10 of 15
11 D A D C D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D B D B D A Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Pad Guide Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Metrology Interface Top Plate Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket Assembly, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Bracket, Locating Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Captive Screw Retaining Ring Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier, Toggle Screw, Modified Material List - Large Core Optic Component (COC) Carrier Assembly Material List - Beam Splitter Optic (BSO) Carrier Assembly Project Material List - Large Core Optic Component (COC) and Beam Splitter Optic Assemblies 3.4. Alignment and Length Sensing Alignment Sensing/Control T Alignment Sensing/Control Design Requirements Document T Alignment Sensing/Control Conceptual Design T Alignment Sensing/Control Preliminary Design T Alignment Design Interfaces T ASC: Environmental Input to Alignment noise T ASC Centering Subsystem Description T Naming and Interface Definition for ASC Wavefront/Centering T Interferometer Requirement Flowdown To ASC T Naming and Interface Definition for ASC Initial Alignment T Response to Alignment Sensing and Control DRR2 Action Items T ASC CDS Design Requirements Document T ASC CDS Conceptual Design T ASC Channel Count Optical Lever T ASC Optical Lever Design Requirement Document T ASC Optical Lever Specification and Design Document T Naming Convention and Interface Definition for Optical Lever Wavefront Sensing T A WAVEFRONT SENSOR T Modal Model Update 1: Interferometer Operators T B Modal Model Update 2: GW-Sensitivity to Angular Misalignments T A Modal Model Update 3: Small Angle Regime T Modal Model Update 4: Mode Mismatch T Modal Model Update 5 Large Angle Regime page 11 of 15
12 T Modal Model Update 6: Mode Cleaner T Modal Model Update 7 Angular Transfer Functions Length Sensing/Control T Length Sensing and Control Design Requirements Document T LSC CDS Design Requirements T LSC CDS Conceptual Design T Length Sensing and Control Subsystem Preliminary Design T LIGO Length Sensing System: Design considerations for a tabletop prototype interferometer T Length Control RMS Deviations from Resonance T Shot noise sensitivity of the length control error signals T Frequency Response of the LIGO Interferometer T A Strain Calibration in LIGO 3.5. Control and Data System T CDS Control and Monitoring Design Requirements Document T CDS Control and Monitoring Conceptual Design T LIGO Data Acquisition System Design Requirements T CDS Data Acquisition System Conceptual Design T ASC CDS Design Requirements Document T ASC CDS Conceptual Design T LSC CDS Design Requirements T LSC CDS Conceptual Design T LIGO Interferometer Diagnostics System Design Requirements T Interferometer Diagnostics Conceptual Design T A Vacuum Control and Monitoring System (VCMS) Design Requirements T Vacuum Control and Monitoring System (VCMS) Design T Vacuum Control and Monitoring System (VCMS) Final Design TT Vacuum Feedthrough and Cabling Conceptual Design T LIGO Cable Numbering and Marking Standard T LIGO CDS VME Mainframe Specification T A Derivation of CDS Rack Acoustic Noise Specifications 3.6. Physical Environment Monitor T Physical Environmental Monitor Design Requirements Document T Physical Environmental Monitor Conceptual Design T Physical Environmental Monitor Preliminary Design Document page 12 of 15
13 G Physics Environment Monitoring Preliminary Design Review L DESIGN REQUIREMENTS REVIEW Physics Environment Monitoring (PEM) Action Item Responses 4 R&D DOCUMENTATION D OPTICAL LAYOUT - 40m RECYCLING G THE FMI ALIGNMENT EFFORT G LIGO@ MIT: Transition to Operations and Advanced Detector R& D M Statement of Work: Replacement of Vertex Masses at 40m M Statement of Work: Installation of Side Chamber and Reconfiguration of Associated Optics at the 40m M A Proposal for the First Experiment for Validation of the 40m End-to-End Model T Measurement of the Ground Drift at the 40-m Lab T Description of the Electronics for the FMI Wavefront Experiment T Calculation of the Modulation Frequency for the 40m Power Recycling Interferometer T Meter Recycling Electronics Design Requirements T Specifications of the 40m Test Mass Suspension Prototype T Procedure for Attaching the Fins and Hanging the PNI Mirrors T Correlation Function and Power Spectrum of Non-Stationary Shot Noise T Proposal for a table-top prototype resonant sideband extraction interferometer T Statement of Work: Change of Modulation Frequency at the 40m T Meter BS and RCM Suspension Controller Test Plan T BS and RCM Suspension Electronics Operator's Manual page 13 of 15
14 LIGO CONFIGURATION DOCUMENTATION Project Management Plan M System Safety Plan M Quality Assurance Plan M Science Requirements E Configuration Management Plan M970xxx Reliability Plan E page 14 of 15 Safety Project Policies and Plans Quality Assurance Hardware/Software Specifications and Drawings System Design Requirements E Interface Control Documents Configuration List E970xxx System Engineering LIGO-T Civil Construction Design Requirements E9600xx Beam Tube Module Specification E9400xx Vacuum Equipment Specification E Detector Design Requirements E Computing Systems Design Requirements E Civil Construction Beam Tube Vacuum Equipment Detector Computing Systems
15 LIGO Beam Tube Beam Tube Detector LIGO Vac page 15 of 15 Core Optics Component Suspension System PSL Interferometer Core Optics Support Alignment Systems Input/ Output Optics Seismic Isolation Length Sensing Phys. Env. Monitor Support Equipment CDS Ctrl & Monitor CDS CDS Data Acquisition LIGO-T CDS PSL CDS COS CDS AS CDS IOO CDS SEI CDS LSC CDS PEM CDS Facilities CDS Vacuum CDS Remote Diag. CDS Data Acquisition CDS PSL CDS COS CDS AS CDS IOO CDS SEI CDS LSC CDS PEM CDS Facilities CDS Vacuum CDS Remote Diag.
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