Cheryl Vorvick

California Institute of Technology

Projects

Identify Morphology of Initial LIGO Core Optics Scatter Sites:

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Cheryl Vorvick

Project type

Exploratory Research

The core optics in the Initial LIGO project all show numerous scatter points when illuminated by the interferometer beam. The scatter points are a source of loss in the interferometer, and thus are a…

Identify Morphology of Initial LIGO Core Optics Scatter Sites: Year 2

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Cheryl Vorvick

Project type

Exploratory Research

The core optics in the Initial LIGO project all show numerous scatter points when illuminated by the interferometer beam. The scatter points are a source of loss in the interferometer, and thus are a…

Measure size distribution and overall count of particulate collected in the LIGO Hanford Observatory vacuum system.

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Cheryl Vorvick

Project type

Limited Scope

The LIGO Hanford Observatory has been tracking contamination within the vacuum system using 4 inch silicon wafers as witness plates. The plates have been exposed to the vacuum system, and are now…