OBSERVATION OF THERMAL NOISE IN A 3-MODE RESONANT GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE ANTENNA

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作者
BASSAN, M [1 ]
BURATTI, F [1 ]
MODENA, I [1 ]
机构
[1] INFN,SEZ ROMA 2,I-00133 ROME,ITALY
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NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-GENERAL PHYSICS RELATIVITY ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND METHODS | 1994年 / 109卷 / 08期
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10.1007/BF02722467
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have instrumented a room temperature gravitational-wave antenna with a prototype bimodal capacitive transducer and a conventional FET amplifier. This transducer, realized with a steel intermediate resonator, provides mass ratios mu approximate to 10(-3) both with respect to the antenna and to the light-mass (27 g), mushroom-shaped, final resonator. We briefly report some remarks on the analysis of a three-mode system and the design charachteristics of the transducer. Finally, we show that the antenna has been operated for several days exhibiting a clean spectrum of thermal noise.
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