Improved sensitivity in a gravitational wave interferometer and implications for LIGO

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

Volumn 218, Issue 3-6, 1996, Pages 157-163

  Abramovici, A ^a   Althouse, W ^a   Camp, J ^a   Durance, D ^a   Giaim, J A ^b,c   Gillespie, A ^a,d   Kawamura, S ^a   Kuhnert, A ^a   Lyons, T ^a   Raab, F J ^a   Savage, R L ^a   Shoemaker, D ^b   Sievers, L ^a   Spero, R ^a   Vogt, R ^a   Weiss, R ^b   Whitcomb, S ^a   Zucker, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitational waves; Interferometry; LIGO; Thermal noise; Vibration isolation

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; SPECTRAL DENSITY; THERMAL NOISE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE INTERFEROMETERS; GROUND MOTIONS; LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORIES; LIGO; MECHANICAL DISSIPATION; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; VIBRATION ISOLATIONS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 0042323466     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00377-5     Document Type: Article

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