The quality factor of natural fused quartz ribbons over a frequency range from 6 to 160 Hz

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

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Rowan, S ^a   Hutchins, R ^a   McLaren, A ^a   Robertson, N A ^a   Twyford, S M ^a   Hough, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY RANGES; FUSED QUARTZ; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; MATERIAL LOSS; MEASUREMENTS OF; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; THERMOELASTIC DAMPING;

QUARTZ;

EID: 0041156619     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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