Design and verification of low acoustic loss suspension systems for measuring the Q-factor of a gravitational wave detector test mass

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

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-42

  Taniwaki, Mitsuru ^a   Ju, Li ^a   Blair, David G ^a   Tobar, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic loss; Gravitational wave detector; Niobium; Sapphire; Test mass; Thermal noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DESIGN; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; NIOBIUM; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL DETECTION; THERMAL NOISE;

ACOUSTIC LOSS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; LOW-LOSS; Q-FACTORS; SUSPENSION SYSTEM;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0042878911     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00426-5     Document Type: Article

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