Design and development of the advanced LIGO monolithic fused silica suspension

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cumming, A V ^a   Bell, A S ^a   Barsotti, L ^b   Barton, M A ^c   Cagnoli, G ^d   Cook, D ^c   Cunningham, L ^a   Evans, M ^b   Hammond, G D ^a   Harry, G M ^b   Heptonstall, A ^e   Hough, J ^a   Jones, R ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Mittleman, R ^b   Robertson, N A ^a,e   Rowan, S ^a   Shapiro, B ^b   Strain, K A ^a   Tokmakov, K ^f   Torrie, C ^a,e   Van Veggel, A A ^a   more..

^a Scottish Universities Physics Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862219374     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/3/035003     Document Type: Article

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