August 1, 2002
Author(s)
N A. Robertson, G Cagnoli, D R M Crooks, E Elliffe, J E. Faller, P Fritschel, S Gossler, A Grant, A Heptonstall, Jon T. Hougen, H Luck, R Mittleman, R-Loyd` Perreur-Loyd, M V. Plissi, S Rowan, D H. Shoemaker, P Sneddon, K A. Strain, C I. Torrie, H Ward, P Willems
In this paper, we describe the conceptual design for the suspension system for the test masses for Advanced LIGO, the planned upgrade to LIGO, the US Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory. The design is based on the triple pendulum design