Nonspherical mirrors to reduce thermoelastic noise in advanced gravitational wave interferometers

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  D’Ambrosio, Erika ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84865003922     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.102004     Document Type: Article

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