Losses in pendular suspensions due to centrifugal coupling

Pitre, Sangita N. ; Dhurandhar, S. V. ; Blair, D. G. ; Li, Ju (1994) Losses in pendular suspensions due to centrifugal coupling Pramana- Journal of Physics, 42 (3). pp. 261-270. ISSN 0304-4289

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Abstract

We present an analysis of the centrifugal coupling of a simple pendulum to a dissipative support. We show that such a coupling leads to an amplitude dependent quality factor. For amplitudes which could be present in laser interferometer gravitational wave detector suspensions, this mechanism could limit the quality factor of the test mass suspension significantly to 1010 and should be considered in the design of advanced LIGO type detectors.

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Keywords:Gravitational Wave Detectors; Seismic Isolation; Q-factor
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