Reducing scattered light in LIGO's third observing run

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Soni, S (corresponding author), Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA.

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY, 2021; 38 (2):

Abstract

Noise due to scattered light has been a frequent disturbance in the advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors, hindering the detection of gravitation......

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