THE QUALITY FACTOR OF NATURAL FUSED QUARTZ RIBBONS OVER A FREQUENCY-RANGE FROM 6-HZ TO 160-HZ

Authors
ROWAN S HUTCHINS R MCLAREN A ROBERTSON NA TWYFORD SM HOUGH J
Citation
S. Rowan et al., THE QUALITY FACTOR OF NATURAL FUSED QUARTZ RIBBONS OVER A FREQUENCY-RANGE FROM 6-HZ TO 160-HZ, Physics letters. A, 227(3-4), 1997, pp. 153-158
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
227
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
153 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)227:3-4<153:TQFONF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Measurements of the Q factor of oven pulled ribbons of standard fused quartz over a frequency range of 6 to 160 Hz give results close to tho se predicted by thermo-elastic damping. This material loss, maintained after breaking and rewelding, is consistent with suspension requireme nts of advanced gravitational wave detectors.