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Terminology and Acronyms

Meaning

Japan

LIGO

Differential arm length

L-

DARM(ダーム)

Common arm length

L+

CARM(カーム)

Michelson DOF

l-

MICH(ミッチ)

Power recycling cavity length

l+

PRCL(パークル)

Signal recycling cavity length

ls

SRCL(サークル)

The arm in line with the incident beam

Inline-arm

X-arm

The arm perpendicular to the incident beam

Perpendicular-arm

Y-arm

Output port of the interferometer where the carrier is dark

Dark Port, DP

Anti Symmetric Port, AS, AP

The light returning to the laser

Bright Port, BP

Symmetric Port, SP, Reflection Port, REFL

Length Sensing and Control

長さ制御

LSC

Alignment Sensing and Control

アラインメント制御

ASC

Input mirrors of the arm cavities

Front Mirror, Near Mirror, NM

Input Test Mass, ITM

End mirrors of the arm cavities

End Mirror, EM

End Test Mass, ETM

LCGT/subgroup/ifo/ISC/Terminology (last edited 2009-05-15 12:01:27 by whitehole)