THERMAL NOISE IN THE TEST MASS SUSPENSIONS OF A LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTOR PROTOTYPE

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GILLESPIE, A
RAAB, F
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[1] LIGO Project, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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10.1016/0375-9601(93)90861-S
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The thermal noise of the test mass suspensions of a prototype gravitational-wave interferometer was calculated and found to be in agreement with the measured noise near the resonant frequencies of the suspensions. The damping mechanism of the suspension modes was characterized and found to be nearly independent of frequency.
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