Suspension losses in low-frequency mechanical pendulums

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

Volumn 213, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Cagnolia, G ^a,b   Gammaitoni, L ^a,b   Kovalik, J ^a   Marchesoni, F ^a,c   Punturo, M ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION;

CLAMPING PRESSURE; GRAVITY WAVE DETECTORS; LOW-FREQUENCY; MONOLITHIC SUSPENSIONS; STICK AND SLIP; TOTAL LOSS;

PENDULUMS;

EID: 0007329846     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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