M
M. Hillard
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 8
Citations - 383
M. Hillard is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: LIGO & Vibration isolation. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 276 citations.
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Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance
Fabrice Matichard,B. Lantz,R. Mittleman,K. Mason,J. S. Kissel,J. McIver,B. P. Abbott,R. Abbott,S. Abbott,E. Allwine,S. Barnum,J. Birch,Sebastien Biscans,C. Celerier,D. Clark,D. C. Coyne,D.B. DeBra,R. T. DeRosa,Matthew Evans,S. Foley,Peter Fritschel,Joseph A. Giaime,C. Gray,G. Grabeel,J. Hanson,C. Hardham,M. Hillard,W. Hua,C. Kucharczyk,M. Landry,A. Le Roux,V. Lhuillier,D. M. Macleod,M. MacInnis,R. Mitchell,B. O Reilly,David J. Ottaway,H. R. Paris,A. Pele,M. Puma,H. Radkins,C. R. Ramet,M. Robinson,L. Ruet,P. Sarin,D. H. Shoemaker,A. J. Stein,Johannes Thomas,M. Vargas,K. Venkateswara,J. Warner,S. Wen +51 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the seismic isolation instrumentation and strategy developed for Advanced LIGO interferometers and present the performance recently achieved with the Advanced LigO observatory.
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Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance
Fabrice Matichard,Fabrice Matichard,B. Lantz,R. Mittleman,K. Mason,J. S. Kissel,B. P. Abbott,Sebastien Biscans,Sebastien Biscans,Jessica McIver,R. Abbott,S. Abbott,E. Allwine,S. Barnum,J. Birch,C. Celerier,Damon A. Clark,D. C. Coyne,D.B. DeBra,Ryan DeRosa,Matthew Evans,S. Foley,Peter Fritschel,Joseph A. Giaime,C. Gray,G. Grabeel,J. Hanson,C. Hardham,M. Hillard,W. Hua,C. Kucharczyk,M. Landry,A. Le Roux,V. Lhuillier,D. M. Macleod,M. MacInnis,R. Mitchell,B. O'Reilly,David J. Ottaway,H. R. Paris,A. Pele,M. Puma,H. Radkins,C. R. Ramet,M. Robinson,L. Ruet,P. Sarin,D. H. Shoemaker,A. J. Stein,Johannes Thomas,M. Vargas,K. Venkateswara,J. Warner,S Wen +53 more
TL;DR: The seismic isolation strategy and instrumentation developed for the Advanced LIGO observatories as mentioned in this paper summarizes over a decade of research on active inertial isolation and shows the performance recently achieved at the advanced LIGA observatories.
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Advanced LIGO two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation and positioning platform. Part 1: Design and production overview
Fabrice Matichard,Fabrice Matichard,B. Lantz,K. Mason,R. Mittleman,B. P. Abbott,S. Abbott,E. Allwine,S. Barnum,J. Birch,Sebastien Biscans,Damon A. Clark,D. C. Coyne,D.B. DeBra,Ryan DeRosa,S. Foley,Peter Fritschel,J. A. Giaime,C. Gray,G. Grabeel,J. Hanson,M. Hillard,J. S. Kissel,C. Kucharczyk,A. Le Roux,V. Lhuillier,M. MacInnis,B. O'Reilly,David J. Ottaway,H. R. Paris,M. Puma,H. Radkins,C. R. Ramet,M. Robinson,L. Ruet,Pradeep Sareen,D. H. Shoemaker,A. J. Stein,Johannes Thomas,M. Vargas,J. Warner +40 more
TL;DR: The paper describes how the platform has been engineered not only to meet the isolation requirements, but also to permit the construction, testing, and commissioning process of the fifteen units needed for Advanced LIGO observatories.
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Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 2: Experimental Investigation and Tests Results
Fabrice Matichard,Fabrice Matichard,B. Lantz,K. Mason,R. Mittleman,B. P. Abbott,S. Abbott,E. Allwine,S. Barnum,J. Birch,Sebastien Biscans,Damon A. Clark,D. C. Coyne,D.B. DeBra,Ryan DeRosa,S. Foley,Peter Fritschel,J. A. Giaime,C. Gray,G. Grabeel,J. Hanson,M. Hillard,J. S. Kissel,C. Kucharczyk,A. Le Roux,V. Lhuillier,M. MacInnis,B. O'Reilly,David J. Ottaway,H. R. Paris,M. Puma,H. Radkins,C. R. Ramet,M. Robinson,L. Ruet,Pradeep Sareen,D. H. Shoemaker,A. J. Stein,Johannes Thomas,M. Vargas,J. Warner +40 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of the past seven years of experimental investigation and testing done on the two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation platform for Advanced LIGO gravity waves observatories.
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Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO gravitational waves detectors: Review of strategy, instrumentation, and performance
Fabrice Matichard,B. Lantz,R. Mittleman,K. Mason,J. S. Kissel,J. McIver,B. P. Abbott,R. Abbott,S. Abbott,E. Allwine,S. Barnum,J. Birch,Sebastien Biscans,C. Celerier,D. Clark,D. C. Coyne,D.B. DeBra,R. T. DeRosa,Matthew Evans,S. Foley,Peter Fritschel,J. A. Giaime,C. Gray,G. Grabeel,J. Hanson,C. Hardham,M. Hillard,W. Hua,C. Kucharczyk,M. Landry,A. Le Roux,V. Lhuillier,D. M. Macleod,M. MacInnis,R. Mitchell,B. O Reilly,David J. Ottaway,H. R. Paris,A. Pele,M. Puma,H. Radkins,C. R. Ramet,M. Robinson,L. Ruet,P. Sarin,D. H. Shoemaker,A. J. Stein,Johannes Thomas,M. Vargas,K. Venkateswara,J. Warner,S. Wen +51 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the seismic isolation instrumentation and strategy developed for Advanced LIGO interferometers and present the performance recently achieved with the Advanced LigO observatory.