Coated fused silica fibers for enhanced sensitivity torsion pendulum for LISA

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

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Numata, Kenji ^a,b   Horowitz, Jordan ^a   Camp, Jordan ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fused silica; Gravitational wave detectors; Quality factor; Thermal noise; Thin film; Torsion pendulum

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; GRAVITY WAVES; PENDULUMS; THERMAL NOISE; THIN FILMS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; FUSED-SILICA FIBERS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; THIN METAL FILMS; TORSION PENDULUM; TUNGSTEN FIBERS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 34848831760     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2007.05.048     Document Type: Article

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