SUSPENSION LOSSES IN THE PENDULA OF LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS

被引:30
作者
GILLESPIE, A
RAAB, F
机构
[1] LIGO Project, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0375-9601(94)90744-7
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have experimentally tested models currently in use to estimate the mechanical losses and thermal noise of the test mass suspensions of laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors. Observed losses are approximately independent of frequency from 1 Hz to 2 kHz, resulting in lower thermal noise estimates than with some previous models.
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