Q factor measurements on prototype fused quartz pendulum suspensions for use in gravitational wave detectors

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 233, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Rowan, S ^a   Twyford, S M ^a   Hutchins, R ^a   Kovalik, J ^b   Logan, J E ^c   McLaren, A C ^a   Robertson, N A ^a   Hough, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; PENDULUMS; QUARTZ; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

FUSED QUARTZ; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; MASS SUSPENSION; MEASUREMENTS OF; PENDULUM SUSPENSIONS; Q-FACTORS;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0000839953     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00507-0     Document Type: Article

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