Apparatus for dimensional characterization of fused silica fibers for the suspensions of advanced gravitational wave detectors

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cumming, A ^a   Jones, R ^a   Barton, M ^b   Cagnoli, G ^c   Cantley, C A ^a   Crooks, D R M ^a   Hammond, G D ^a   Heptonstall, A ^b   Hough, J ^a   Rowan, S ^a   Strain, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DETECTOR; ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; FUSED-SILICA FIBERS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL DISSIPATION; NOISE SOURCE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; SILICA SUSPENSIONS; SURFACE LOSS; THERMAL DISPLACEMENTS; THERMOELASTIC DAMPING; THERMOELASTICS;

AIR EJECTORS; DETECTORS; FIBERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING; SILICA; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMOELASTICITY;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 79955617678     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3581228     Document Type: Article

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