Thermal and back-action noises in dual-sphere gravitational-wave detectors

We study the sensitivity limits of a broadband gravitational-wave detector based on dual resonators such as nested spheres. We determine both the thermal and back-action noises when the resonators displacements are read out with an optomechanical sensor. We analyze the contributions of all mechanica...

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Autores: Briant, T., Cerdonio, M. (Massimo), Conti, L., Heidemann, A., Lobo Gutiérrez, José Alberto, 1953-, Pinard, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/12356
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12356
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Teoria quàntica
Ones gravitacionals
Detectors
Quantum theory
Gravitational waves
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Sumario:We study the sensitivity limits of a broadband gravitational-wave detector based on dual resonators such as nested spheres. We determine both the thermal and back-action noises when the resonators displacements are read out with an optomechanical sensor. We analyze the contributions of all mechanical modes, using a new method to deal with the force-displacement transfer functions in the intermediate frequency domain between the two gravitational-wave sensitive modes associated with each resonator. This method gives an accurate estimate of the mechanical response, together with an evaluation of the estimate error. We show that very high sensitivities can be reached on a wide frequency band for realistic parameters in the case of a dual-sphere detector.