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Title: Terrestrial gravitational noise on a gravitational wave antenna

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

A random gravitational force can be generated by seismic noise, by atmospheric acoustic noise, and by moving massive bodies. An estimate of the gravitational power spectrum at a point on the Earth is given. Such a force is an important source of noise in an interferometric gravitational wave antenna below f = 10 Hz.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
6542819
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 30:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
ANTENNAS
ACCELERATION
COSMOLOGY
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
INTERFEROMETERS
SEISMIC NOISE
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUATIONS
EQUIPMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NOISE
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
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