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LIGO Technology | LIGO Lab | Caltech

While quads are the largest suspension systems LIGO employs, smaller suspension systems are used throughout the interferometer, each helping to eliminate ...

Our Evolving Detectors | LIGO Lab | Caltech

Initial LIGO (iLIGO) test mass suspension compared to the Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) suspension. ... design of gravitational wave observatories. Contact LIGO ...

Seismic Isolation | LIGO Lab | Caltech

LIGO's quad suspensions are themselves mounted within larger active vibration/seismic isolation systems, giving them the quietest possible environment for ...