Internal thermal noise in the LIGO test masses: A direct approach
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Internal thermal noise in the LIGO test masses : a direct approach
The internal thermal noise in LIGO’s test masses is analyzed by a new technique, a direct application of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem to LIGO’s readout observable, x(t) =(longitudinal position of test-mass face, weighted by laser beam’s Gaussian profile). Previous analyses, which relied on a normal-mode decomposition of the test-mass motion, were valid only if the dissipation is uniforma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review D
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0556-2821,1089-4918
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.57.659