Fundamentals of interferometric gravitational wave detectors /
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| Author / Creator: | Saulson, Peter R. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c1994. |
| Description: | xvi, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1761569 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Search for Gravitational Waves. The Importance of the Search. A Bit of History. The Practice of Gravitational Wave Detection. A Guide for the Reader
- 2. The Nature of Gravitational Waves. Waves in General Relativity. The Michelson-Morley Experiment. A Schematic Detector of Gravitational Waves. Description of Gravitational Waves in Terms of Force
- 3. Sources of Gravitational Waves. Physics of Gravitational Wave Generation. In the Footsteps of Heinrich Hertz? Observation of Gravitational Wave Emission. Astronomical Sources of Gravitational Waves
- 4. Linear Systems, Signals and Noise. Characterizing a Time Series. Linear Systems. The Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- 5. Optical Readout Noise. Photon Shot Noise. Radiation Pressure Noise. Shot Noise in Classical and Quantum Mechanics. The Remarkable Precision of Interferometry
- 6. Folded Interferometer Arms. Herriott Delay Line. Beam Diameter and Mirror Diameter. Fabry-Perot Cavities. A Long Fabry-Perot Cavity. Hermite-Gaussian Beams. Scattered Light in Interferometers. Comparison of Fabry-Perot Cavities with Delay Lines. Optical Readout Noise in Folded Interferometers. Transfer Function of a Folded Interferometer. To Fold, or Not to Fold?
- 7. Thermal Noise. Brownian Motion. Brownian Motion of a Macroscopic Mass Suspended in a Dilute Gas. The Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem. Remarks on the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem. The Quality Factor, Q. Thermal Noise in a Gas-Damped Pendulum. Dissipation from Internal Friction in Materials. Special Features of the Pendulum. Thermal Noise of the Pendulum's Internal Modes
- 8. Seismic Noise and Vibration Isolation. Ambient Seismic Spectrum. Seismometers. Vibration Isolators. Myths About Vibration Isolation. Isolation in an Interferometer. Stacks and Multiple Pendulums. Q: High or Low? A Gravitational "Short Circuit" Around Vibration Isolators. Beyond Passive Isolation
- 9. Design Features of Large Interferometers. How Small Can We Make a Gravitational Wave Interferometer? Noise from Residual Gas. The Space-Borne Alternative
- 10. Null Instruments. Some virtues of nullity. The Advantages of Chopping. The Necessity to Operate a Gravitational Wave Interferometer as an Active Null Instrument
- 11. Feedback control systems. The Loop Transfer Function. The Closed Loop Transfer Function. Designing the Loop Transfer Function. Instability. The Compensation Filter. Active Damping: A Servo Design Example. Feedback to Reduce Seismic Noise over a Broad Band
- 12. An Interferometer as an Active Null Instrument. Fringe-Lock in a Non-Resonant Interferometer. Shot Noise in a Modulated Interferometer. Rejection of Laser Output Power Noise. Locking the Fringe. Fringe Lock for a Fabry-Perot Cavity. A Simple Interferometer with Fabry-Perot Arms. Beyond the Basic Interferometer
- 13. Resonant Mass Gravitational Wave Detectors. Does Form Follow Function? The Idea of Resonant Mass Detectors. A Bar's Impulse Response and Transfer Function. Resonant Transducers. Thermal Noise in a Bar. Bandwidth of Resonant Mass Detectors. A Real Bar. Quantum Mechanical Sensitivity "Limit" Beyond the Quantum "Limit"?
- 14. Detecting Gravitational Wave Signals. The Signal Detection Problem. Probability Distribution of Time Series. Coincidence Detection. Optimum Orientation. Local Coincidences. Searching for Periodic Gravitational Waves. Searching for a Stochastic Background
- 15. Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Gravitational Wave Source Positions. Interpretation of Gravitational Waveforms. Previous Gravitational Wave Searches
- 16. Prospects. A Prototype Interferometer. LIGO. Proposed Features of 4 km Interferometers.
