AIP congratulates Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne on their receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves."
Below you will find links to relevant works from AIP Publishing, available to read free for a limited time.
SEMINAL ARTICLES ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVES BY AWARDEES
An overview of LIGO
Barry C. Barish
AIP Conf. Proc. 342, 479 (1995)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.48787
A toroidal solution of the vacuum Einstein field equations
Kip S. Thorne
J. Math. Phys. 16, 1860 (1975)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.522763
LIGO and the Detection of Gravitational Waves
Barry C. Barish and Rainer Weiss
Phys. Today 52, 44 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.882861
First generation interferometers
Barry C. Barish
AIP Conf. Proc. 575, 3 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1387295
The future looks bright
Joel E. Tohline, Peter Saulson, and Rainer Weiss
AIP Conf. Proc. 575, 299 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1387320
OTHER ARTICLES BY RAINER WEISS
Molecular Beam Electron Bombardment Detector
Rainer Weiss
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 32, 397 (1961)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1717386
Measurement of the phase fluctuations in a He–Ne Zeeman laser
D. Kingston Owens and Rainer Weiss
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 45, 1060 (1974)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1686809
OTHER ARTICLES BY BARRY C. BARISH
Amaldi meeting introduction
Barry C. Barish
AIP Conf. Proc. 523, 3 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1291835
Science of Extreme Light Infrastructure
Toshiki Tajima, Barry C. Barish, C. P. Barty, Sergei Bulanov, Pisin Chen, Josef Feldhaus, Janos Hajdu, Christoph H. Keitel, Jean‐Claude Kieffer, Do‐Kyeong Ko, Wim Leemans, Didier Normand, Luigi Palumbo, Kazimierz Rzazewski, Alexander Sergeev, Zheng‐Ming Sheng, Fumihiko Takasaki, and Masahiro Teshima
AIP Conf. Proc. 1228, 11 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3426041
OTHER ARTICLES BY KIP S. THORNE
The Death of a Star
Kip S. Thorne
Phys. Teach. 9, 326 (1971)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2351733
Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity
Michael S. Morris, and Kip S. Thorne
Am. J. Phys. 56, 395 (1988)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.15620
Energetic quantum limit in large-scale interferometers
Vladimir B. Braginsky, Mikhail L. Gorodetsky, Farid Ya. Khalili, and Kip S. Thorne
AIP Conf. Proc. 523, 180 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1291855
Visualizing Interstellar's Wormhole
Oliver James, Eugénie von Tunzelmann, Paul Franklin, and Kip S. Thorne
Am. J. Phys. 83, 486 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4916949
OTHER SEMINAL ARTICLES RELATING TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION INSTRUMENTATION
Active noise cancellation in a suspended interferometer
Jennifer C. Driggers, Matthew Evans, Keenan Pepper, and Rana Adhikari
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 024501 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675891
Thermal effects in the Input Optics of the Enhanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory interferometers
Katherine L. Dooley, Muzammil A. Arain, David Feldbaum, Valery V. Frolov, Matthew Heintze, Daniel Hoak, Efim A. Khazanov, Antonio Lucianetti, Rodica M. Martin, Guido Mueller, Oleg Palashov, Volker Quetschke, David H. Reitze, R. L. Savage, D. B. Tanner, Luke F. Williams, and Wan Wu
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 033109 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3695405
Damping and local control of mirror suspensions for laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors
K. A. Strain and B. N. Shapiro
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 044501 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4704459
A tool for measuring the bending length in thin wires
M. Lorenzini, G. Cagnoli, E. Cesarini, G. Losurdo, F. Martelli, F. Piergiovanni, F. Vetrano, and A. Viceré
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 033904 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4796095
State observers and Kalman filtering for high performance vibration isolation systems
M. G. Beker, A. Bertolini, J. F. J. van den Brand, H. J. Bulten, E. Hennes, and D. S. Rabeling
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 034501 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866659
A high precision, compact electromechanical ground rotation sensor
V. Dergachev, R. DeSalvo, M. Asadoor, A. Bhawal, P. Gong, C. Kim, A. Lottarini, Y. Minenkov, C. Murphy, A. O'Toole, F. E. Peña Arellano, A. V. Rodionov, M. Shaner, and E. Sobacchi
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 054502 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4875375
Design and initial characterization of a compact, ultra high vacuum compatible, low frequency, tilt accelerometer
A. O’Toole, F. E. Peña Arellano, A. V. Rodionov, M. Shaner, E. Sobacchi, V. Dergachev, R. DeSalvo, M. Asadoor, A. Bhawal, P. Gong, C. Kim, A. Lottarini, Y. Minenkov, and C. Murphy
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 075003 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890285
A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for the detection of “Violin-Mode” resonances in advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory suspensions
N. A. Lockerbie and K. V. Tokmakov
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 114705 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4900955
A technique for continuous measurement of the quality factor of mechanical oscillators
Nicolás D. Smith
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 053907 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4920922
The advanced LIGO input optics
Chris L. Mueller, Muzammil A. Arain, Giacomo Ciani, Ryan. T. DeRosa, Anamaria Effler, David Feldbaum, Valery V. Frolov, Paul Fulda, Joseph Gleason, Matthew Heintze, Keita Kawabe, Eleanor J. King, Keiko Kokeyama, William Z. Korth, Rodica M. Martin, Adam Mullavey, Jan Peold, Volker Quetschke, David H. Reitze, David B. Tanner, Cheryl Vorvick, Luke F. Williams, and Guido Mueller
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 014502 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4936974
A step-wise steerable source of illumination for low-noise “Violin-Mode” shadow sensors, intended for use in interferometric gravitational wave detectors
N. A. Lockerbie and K. V. Tokmakov
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 015001 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939820
Load-cell based characterization system for a “Violin-Mode” shadow-sensor in advanced LIGO suspensions
N. A. Lockerbie and K. V. Tokmakov
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 075001 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4954924
The Advanced LIGO photon calibrators
S. Karki, D. Tuyenbayev, S. Kandhasamy, B. P. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, E. H. Anders, J. Berliner, J. Betzwieser, C. Cahillane, L. Canete, C. Conley, H. P. Daveloza, N. De Lillo, J. R. Gleason, E. Goetz, K. Izumi, J. S. Kissel, G. Mendell, V. Quetschke, M. Rodruck, S. Sachdev, T. Sadecki, P. B. Schwinberg, A. Sottile, M. Wade, A. J. Weinstein, M. West, and R. L. Savage
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 114503 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967303
Small optic suspensions for Advanced LIGO input optics and other precision optical experiments
G. Ciani, M. A. Arain, S. M. Aston, D. Feldbaum, P. Fulda, J. Gleason, M. Heintze, R. M. Martin, C. L. Mueller, D. M. Nanda Kumar, A. Pele, D. H. Reitze, P. Sainathan, D. B. Tanner, L. F. Williams, and G. Mueller
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 114504 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967716
Design of a tuned mass damper for high quality factor suspension modes in Advanced LIGO
N. A. Robertson, P. Fritschel, B. Shapiro, C. I. Torrie, and M. Evans
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 035117 (2017)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4978796
OTHER ARTICLES RELATING TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Laser interferometer gravitational radiation detectors
R. W. P. Drever
AIP Conf. Proc. 96, 336 (1983)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.33953
Gravitational radiation observations on the moon
R. T. Stebbins, J. W. Armstrong, P. L. Bender, R. W. P. Drever, R. W. Hellings, and P. R. Saulson
AIP Conf. Proc. 207, 637 (1990)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.39356
Hands-on gravitational wave astronomy: Extracting astrophysical information from simulated signals
Louis J. Rubbo, Shane L. Larson, Michelle B. Larson, and Dale R. Ingram
Am. J. Phys. 75, 597 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2721587
Searches for continuous gravitational waves with LIGO and GEO600
M. Landry and LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AIP Conf. Proc. 983, 627 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2900315
Fundamental limits on the digital phase measurement method based on cross-correlation analysis
Yu-Rong Liang, Hui-Zong Duan, Hsien-Chi Yeh, and Jun Luo
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 095110 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4751867
A reference-beam autocollimator with nanoradian sensitivity from mHz to kHz and dynamic range of 107
T. B. Arp, C. A. Hagedorn, S. Schlamminger, and J. H. Gundlach
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 095007 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4821653
A high-precision mechanical absolute-rotation sensor
Krishna Venkateswara, Charles A. Hagedorn, Matthew D. Turner, Trevor Arp, and Jens H. Gundlach
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 015005 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4862816
Methodological demonstration of laser beam pointing control for space gravitational wave detection missions
Yu-Hui Dong, He-Shan Liu, Zi-Ren Luo, Yu-Qiong Li, and Gang Jin
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 074501 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4891037
A programmable broadband low frequency active vibration isolation system for atom interferometry
Biao Tang, Lin Zhou, Zongyuan Xiong, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 093109 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4895911
Quasi-static displacement calibration system for a “Violin-Mode” shadow-sensor intended for Gravitational Wave detector suspensions
N. A. Lockerbie and K. V. Tokmakov
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 105003 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4895640
Note: A three-dimension active vibration isolator for precision atom gravimeters
Min-Kang Zhou, Xin Xiong, Le-Le Chen, Jia-Feng Cui, Xiao-Chun Duan, and Zhong-Kun Hu
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 046108 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4919292
Distributed state machine supervision for long-baseline gravitational-wave detectors
Jameson Graef Rollins
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 094502 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4961665