Design and prototype tests of a seismic attenuation system for the advanced-LIGO output mode cleaner

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Bertolini, A ^a   Desalvo, R ^b   Galli, C ^c   Gennaro, G ^d   Mantovani, M ^e   Marka, S ^f   Sannibale, V ^b   Takamori, A ^g   Torrie, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Galli and Morelli   (Italy)

^d Promec   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 33645505966     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/8/S15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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