THE SUPERATTENUATOR - A MIRROR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR REDUCING SEISMICINDUCED NOISE IN THE VIRGO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INTERFEROMETER

Authors
HOLLOWAY LE
Citation
Le. Holloway, THE SUPERATTENUATOR - A MIRROR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR REDUCING SEISMICINDUCED NOISE IN THE VIRGO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INTERFEROMETER, Nuclear physics. B, 1997, pp. 176-178
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
54B
Pages
176 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997):<176:TS-AMS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Seismic induced noise is a major limiting factor to the sensitivity of gravitational wave interferometers. In this paper, we describe the Su perattenuator, a mirror suspension system planned for use in the VIRGO interferometer. The basic ideas of the superattenuator are reviewed a nd an innovation, a very low frequency inverted pendulum first stage, is described.