Measurements of Superattenuator seismic isolation by Virgo interferometer

Year: 2010

Authors: Acernese F., Antonucci F., Aoudia S., Arun K.G., Astone P., Ballardin G., Barone F., Barsuglia M., Bauer Th S., Beker M.G., Bigotta S., Birindelli S., Bitossi M., Bizouard M.A., Blom M., Boccara C., Bondu F., Bonelli L., Bosi L., Braccini S., Bradaschia C., Brillet A., Brisson V., Budzynski R., Bulik T., Bulten H.J., Buskulic D., Cagnoli G., Calloni E., Campagna E., Canuel B., Carbognani F., Cavalier F., Cavalieri R., Cella G., Cesarini E., Chassande-Mottin E., Chincarini A., Cleva F., Coccia E., Colacino C.N., Colas J., Colla A., Colombini M., Corda C., Corsi A., Coulon J-P, Cuoco E., D’Antonio S., Dari A., Dattilo V., Davier M., Day R., De Rosa R., Del Prete M., Di Fiore L., Di Lieto A., Emilio M. Di Paolo, Di Virgilio A., Dietz A., Drago M., Fafone V., Ferrante I., Fidecaro F., Fiori I., Flaminio R., Fournier J-D, Franc J., Frasca S., Frasconi F., Freise A., Gammaitoni L., Garufi F., Gemme G., Genin E., Gennai A., Giazotto A., Granata V., Greverie C., Guidi G., Heitmann H., Hello P., Hild S., Huet D., Jaranowski P., Kowalska I., Krolak A., La Penna P., Leroy N., Letendre N., Li T.G.F., Lorenzini M., Loriette V., Losurdo G., Mackowski J.-M., Majorana E., Man C. N., Mantovani M., Marchesoni F., Marion F., Marque J., Martelli F., Masserot A., Mrnzinger F., Mitchel C., Milano L., Minenkov Y., Mohan M., Moreau J., Morgado N., Morgia A., Mosca S., Moscatelli V., Mours B., Neri I., Nocera F., Pagliaroli G., Palomba C., Paoletti F., Pardi S., Parisi M., Pasqualetti A., Passaquieti R., Passuello D., Persichetti G., Pichot M., Piergiovanni F., Pietka M., Pinard L., Poggiani R., Prato M., Prodi G.A., Punturo M., Puppo P., Rabaste O., Rabeling D.S., Rapagnani P., Re V., Regimbau T., Ricci F., Robinet F., Rocchi A., Rolland L., Romano R., Rosinska D., Ruggi P., Salemi F., Sassolas B., Sentenac D., Sturani R., Swinkeles B., Toncelli A., Tonelli M., Tournefier E., Travasso F., Trummer J., Vajente G., van den Brand J.F.J., van der Putten S., Vavoulidis M., Vedovato G., Verkindt D., Vetrano F., Vicere A., Vinet J-Y, Vocca H., Was M., Yvert M.

Autors Affiliation: Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Univ Denis Diderot Paris VII, CNRS UMR7164, IN2P3, Observ Paris,CEA DSM IRFU, Paris, France; EGO, I-56021 Pisa, Italy; ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Urbino Carlo Bo, I-61029 Urbino, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy; Univ Naples Federico 2, Complesso Univ Monte S Angelo, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Salerno, I-84084 Salerno, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Univ Perugia, I-6123 Perugia, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Univ Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Univ Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy; Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Univ Aquila, I-67100 Laquila, Italy; Univ Paris 11, LAL, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France; Univ Savoie, LAPP, IN2P3, CNRS, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France; CNRS, LMA, IN2P3, F-69622 Lyon, France; Natl Inst Subatom Phys, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands; Vrije Univ Amsterdam, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observ Cote Azur, F-06304 Nice, France; Univ Rennes 1, Inst Phys Rennes, CNRS, F-35042 Rennes, France; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Grp Collegato Trento, Trento, Italy; Univ Trent, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-38050 Trento, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, Padua, Italy; Univ Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy; IM PAN, PL-00956 Warsaw, Poland; Univ Warsaw, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland; Astro Obs Warsaw Univ, PL-00478 Warsaw, Poland; CAMK PAM, PL-00716 Warsaw, Poland; Bialystok Univ, PL-15424 Bialystok, Poland; IPJ, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland; Inst Astron, PL-65265 Zielona Gora, Poland; Cardiff Univ, Cardiff CF24 3AA, S Glam, Wales; Eotvos Lorand Univ, ELTE, H-1053 Budapest, Hungary

Abstract: Each mirror of the interferometric gravitational wave antenna Virgo is attached to a Superattenuator, a chain of mechanical filters designed to suppress seismic vibrations, starting from a few Hz The filter chain attenuation has been measured by exciting its suspension point with sinuisodal forces and using the interferometer as sensor. The attenuation, measured at different frequencies, is compliant with the requirements of the next generation antenna Advanced Virgo In the third generation detector Einstein Telescope, the attenuation is sufficient above 3 Hz, independently of the underground site choice. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

Volume: 33 (3)      Pages from: 182  to: 189

More Information: The authors acknowledge the support of the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. In addition, the authors acknowledge the support of the research by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Grant N N203 387237, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science and the European Associated Laboratory Astrophysics Poland-France. This work, part of the Einstein Telescope Design Study project supported by the European Community, has received funds from EU Seventh Framework Program FP7, under the grant agreement n.211743. The work has been carried on also thanks to the support coming from Italian Ministero dell\’Istruzione, dell\’Universita e della Ricerca through the Grant PRIN 2007 \”Sensibilita\’ a bassa frequenza in interferometri per onde gravitazionali sotterranei e criogenici\”
KeyWords: gravitational wave detectors; suspensions; seismic isolation; suspension system; advanced LIGO
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.01.006

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