Matching of a piezoelectric transducer to a gravitational wave antenna

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6463922

Pallottino, G V; Pizzella, G

The optimum design of a gravitational wave experiment requires a proper matching of the various subsystems in order to obtain the best sensitivity when the main characteristics of the antenna, such as its size, are predetermined by a priori technical constraints. Two algorithms of data analysis were considered, Gibbons-Hawking and Wiener, their implications are discussed on the matching at the level of the transducer. The solution of the matching problem provides the optimum arrangement of the ceramics and of the transistors in the preamplifier.

• Research Organization: Comitato Nazionale per le Scienze Fisiche, Frascati (Italy). Lab. di Ricerca e Tecnologia per lo Studio del Plasma nello Spazio
• OSTI ID: 6463922
• Report Number(s): N-78-26384
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640106* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ALGORITHMS
AMPLIFIERS
DATA ANALYSIS
DESIGN
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PIEZOELECTRICITY
PREAMPLIFIERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
TRANSDUCERS