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Advanced LIGO Proposal and Cost Book

• Context and Summary
• Overview
• Reference design and astrophysical targets
• Program plan
• Subsystems
  
  • Facility Modification
  • Seismic Isolation
    
    • Design Requirements
    • Conceptual Design
    • R&D Activities
  • Suspensions
    
    • Design Requirements
    • Conceptual Design
    • Quadruple Suspension Design for Advanced LIGO
    • R&D Activities
  • Pre-Stabilised Laser
    
    • R&D Activities
  • Auxiliary Optics
    
    • R&D Activities
  • Input Optics
    
    • Design Requirements
    • Conceptual Design
    • R&D Activities
  • Core Optics
    
    • R&D Activities
  • Interferometer Sensing and Control
    
    • R&D Activities
  • Data Acquisition
    
  • Data Analysis and Computing
    
  • Support Equipment
    
  • Installation and Commissioning Task
    
• Education and Outreach
• Bibliography

Full text of the Proposal