Image Gallery

People at Work




Preparing Advanced LIGO PSL table legs A HAM ISI A BSC ISI



Moving a LHO vacuum chamber Control room Output tube removal - covering an exposed end




Adjusting optic suspensions in situ
Assembling the HEPI seismic isolation system





Assembling a test mass suspension
Moving a test mass suspension
Aligning a Faraday isolator (Credit:  U. of Florida)





Aligning the laser beam into the vacuum chamber (Credit: U. of Florida)

'Surfing' into the vacuum chamber to access optical components

Overlooking the input optics





Taking a break

LIGO scientist holding an infrared viewer Aligning a small optics suspension tower





Assembling a laser beam polarizer (Credit: U. of Florida)

Installation of e-LIGO input optics(Credit: U. of Florida)

LIGO Hanford control room






Hard at work in the LLO control room (Credit:  S. Finn)




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