Suspensions thermal noise in the LIGO gravitational wave detector

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/305zbMATH Open1004.83505arXivgr-qc/0006053OpenAlexW3098665692MaRDI QIDQ4528045FDOQ4528045

Gabriela González

Publication date: 29 January 2001

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a calculation of the maximum sensitivity achievable by the LIGO Gravitational wave detector in construction, due to limiting thermal noise of its suspensions. We present a method to calculate thermal noise that allows the prediction of the suspension thermal noise in all its 6 degrees of freedom, from the energy dissipation due to the elasticity of the suspension wires. We show how this approach encompasses and explains previous ways to approximate the thermal noise limit in gravitational waver detectors. We show how this approach can be extended to more complicated suspensions to be used in future LIGO detectors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0006053

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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