Charge measurement and mitigation for the main test masses of the GEO 600 gravitational wave observatory

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6379-6391

  Hewitson, M ^a   Danzmann, K ^a   Grote, H ^a   Hild, S ^a   Hough, J ^b   Luck H ^a   Rowan, S ^b   Smith, J R ^a   Strain, K A ^a,b   Willke, B ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36849091824     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/24/013     Document Type: Article

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