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A cryogenic payload for the 3rd generation of gravitational wave interferometers |
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| Authors: | F BastiF Frasconi E MajoranaL Naticchioni M PerciballiP Puppo P Rapagnani F Ricci |
| Institution: | a Department of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy b I.N.F.N. Sezione di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy c I.N.F.N. Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy |
| Abstract: | Thermal noise is a limiting factor of interferometric gravitational wave detectors sensitivity in the low and intermediate frequency range. A concrete possibility for beating this limit, is represented by the development of a cryogenic last stage suspension to be integrated within a complex seismic isolation system. To this purpose a last stage payload prototype has been designed and built. It has been suspended within a dedicated cryostat with the same technique adopted for the VIRGO payload and making use of two thin wires in a cradle configuration to support a mirror made of silicon.The cooling strategy, the thermal behaviour and the system mechanical response have been deeply studied while a measurement characterization campaign has been performed both at room temperature and at cryogenic temperature. In this paper, the preliminary results obtained together with the first cooling down of the 300 kg overall mass payload at about 25 K, are reported. This study will play a driving role in the design of the third generation gravitational wave detector. |
| Keywords: | Cryogenics Gravitational wave detectors |
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