Published March 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermal noise in a pendulum suspended by multiple wires

  • 1. Institute for Gravitational Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (United Kingdom)

Description

A modelling code has been developed that allows the thermal noise in a pendulum suspended by multiple wires to be predicted. The code has been applied, in particular, to allow optimization of the design of the suspension for the main mirrors in GEO 600, the German/United Kingdom gravitational wave detector. Results from one-, two- and four-wire suspensions are presented. For the GEO 600 detector it was concluded that a four-wire (two-loop) suspension was optimum

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/1371/cqg4_6_006.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1371-1381
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35083477
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; SUSPENSIONS; TEMPERATURE NOISE; WIRES
Descriptors DEC
DISPERSIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NOISE; RADIATION DETECTORS