Integrating H2 synthesis and Dynamic Error Budgetting for improved Gravitational Wave detection

Journal article (2023)

Authors

Mathyn Van Dael Nikhef, Eindhoven University of Technology
Julia Casanueva European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
Gert Witvoet Eindhoven University of Technology, TNO Utrecht
Manuel Pinto European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
Maddalena Mantovani European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
Camilla de Rossi European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
Piernicola Spinicelli European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
T.A.E. Oomen Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering , Eindhoven University of Technology
Research Group
Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Delft Center for Systems and Control

Research Group

Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden

Abstract

Dynamic error budgets are an essential tool in identifying opportunities for improvements in a control system for Gravitational Wave detectors, but their potential is often not fully utilized in the control design. This paper presents a model and dynamic error budget for a challenging nested control system in the Advanced Virgo detector in combination with a systematic control design framework for one of the controllers. This framework fully utilizes the dynamic error budget by using H2 synthesis to allow for fast iterations in the control design when dealing with conflicting control objectives. Simulations together with experimental results on Advanced Virgo illustrate the effectiveness of the presented framework.