Regression of suspension violin modes in KAGRA O3GK data with Kalman filters
Suspension thermal modes in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors produce narrow, high-$Q$ spectral lines that can contaminate gravitational searches and bias parameter estimation. In KAGRA, cryogenic mirrors are held by thick suspension fibers, designed to sustain such a low-temperature environment, which may further affect inharmonicity modes, fiber dimensions, and mechanical behavior compared to typical interferometers. As these modes remain a prominent source of narrowband contamination, we implement a Kalman filter to model and track violin lines, building on the methodology introduced in [1], and apply subtraction to KAGRA O3GK data. Using gravitational-wave template injections, we validate that the subtraction preserves matched-filter SNR while effectively suppressing line power. Comparisons of power spectral densities and residual analyses confirm that the method removes deterministic line contributions without introducing waveform distortions. This approach provides a cleaner strain channel for searches and parameter estimation and will become increasingly important for future low-temperature detectors with higher-$Q$ suspensions, such as the Einstein Telescope.
Authors
- Nobuyuki Kanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-0227)
- Yusuke Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-4813)
- Hirotaka Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-4397)
- M. Meyer-Conde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-6310)
- D. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1433-0716)
- C Alléné (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3859-5420)
- Lucas Moisset (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7357-5572)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique (FR)
- Tokyo City University (JP)
- Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales (FR)
- Osaka City University (JP)
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (JP)
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/jpr4-m3ck
- Primary Topic
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00