A novel interferometrically read out inertial sensor for future gravitational wave detectors
by
Joris V. van Heijningen(Nikhef, Amsterdam)
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Europe/Rome
Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G.Marconi)
Aula Conversi
Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G.Marconi
Description
We present a novel inertial sensor designed and developed at Nikhef that
features an interferometric readout for
a horizontal monolithic accelerometer. It will be able to measure 3 e-15
m/sqrt(Hz) displacement levels from 20 Hz onwards.
Current results show (self) noise levels of 8 e-15m/sqrt(Hz) from 30 Hz
onwards. Despite these unprecedented results, the
result is worse than the sum of modeled noise contributions. Several
possible unmodeled noise sources and possible solutions
have been identified.
