Q-FACTOR MEASUREMENTS ON PROTOTYPE FUSED QUARTZ PENDULUM SUSPENSIONS FOR USE IN GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS

Authors
ROWAN S TWYFORD SM HUTCHINS R KOVALIK J LOGAN JE MCLAREN AC ROBERTSON NA HOUGH J
Citation
S. Rowan et al., Q-FACTOR MEASUREMENTS ON PROTOTYPE FUSED QUARTZ PENDULUM SUSPENSIONS FOR USE IN GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS, Physics letters. A, 233(4-6), 1997, pp. 303-308
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
233
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
303 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)233:4-6<303:QMOPFQ>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This paper describes measurements of the pendulum mode Q factors of pr ototype fused quartz test mass: suspensions for use in interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Pendulums were constructed using bobs o f masses ranging from approximately 12 g to 1.9 kg suspended by cylind rical fibres of standard fused quartz and Q factors obtained greater t han 10(7). (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.