Progress on the practical integration of cryogenics to gravitational-wave detectors
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The success of the LIGO and Virgo observatories has launched a new era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Despite their achievements, there is still plenty of room for improving the technologies that have made gravitational-wave detection possible. One avenue for improvement comes in the form of using silicon masses cooled to 124 Kelvin to reduce the thermally driven noise in the midband of the observatories. This idea, while promising, carries a lot of technical challenges that must be overcome before it can be put to practice. This work covers investigations on some practical aspects of integrating cryogenics to gravitational-wave interferometers, including estimation of technical noises introduced by cryogenic equipment---such as Newtonian or scattered light noises---selection of a proper cryogen, and adequate procedures for faster iteration times for research and development of the cryocooled interferometer technologies.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Bonilla Carrasquel, Edgard Luis |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Degree supervisor | Fejer, Martin M. (Martin Michael) |
| Thesis advisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Fejer, Martin M. (Martin Michael) |
| Thesis advisor | Hollberg, Leo (Leo William) |
| Degree committee member | Hollberg, Leo (Leo William) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Edgard Bonilla. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xb884vx4995 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Edgard Luis Bonilla Carrasquel
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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