A passive vibration isolation stack for LIGO: Design, modeling, and testing

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 208-214

  Giaime, Joseph ^a,c   Saha, Partha ^a   Shoemaker, David ^a   Sievers, Lisa ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0002563177     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1146573     Document Type: Article

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