35 h Two-stage SQUID system for gravity wave detection

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 3, 1997, Pages 2742-2746

  Jin, I ^a,b   Amar, A ^a   Stevenson, T R ^a   Wellstood, F C ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; GRAVITY WAVES; MULTILAYERS; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SENSORS; WHITE NOISE;

ENERGY SENSITIVITY; GRAVITY WAVE DETECTION;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0031165039     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.621805     Document Type: Article

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