A viable technique for the preparation of highly thermal conductive joints between sapphire components in gravitational wave detectors is presented. The mechanical loss of such a joint was determined to be as low as 2 × 10−3 at 20 K and 2 × 10−2 at 300 K. The thermal noise performance of a typical joint is compared to the requirements of the Japanese gravitational wave detector, KAGRA. It is shown that using such an indium joint in the suspension system allows it to operate with low thermal noise. Additionally, results on the maximum amount of heat which can be extracted via indium joints are presented. It is found that sapphire parts, joined by means of indium, are able to remove the residual heat load in the mirrors of KAGRA.
Indium joints for cryogenic gravitational wave detectors / Hofmann, G.; Chen, D.; Bergmann, G.; Hammond, G. D.; Hanke, M.; Haughian, K.; Heinert, D.; Hough, J.; Khalaidovski, A.; Komma, J.; Lück, H.; Majorana, Ettore; Reid, M. Masso; Murray, P. G.; Naticchioni, Luca; Nawrodt, R.; Reid, S.; Rowan, S.; Schmidl, F.; Schwarz, C.; Seidel, P.; Suzuki, T.; Tomaru, T.; Vine, D.; Yamamoto, K.. - In: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY. - ISSN 0264-9381. - STAMPA. - 32:24(2015), p. 245013. [10.1088/0264-9381/32/24/245013]
Indium joints for cryogenic gravitational wave detectors
MAJORANA, ETTORE;NATICCHIONI, LUCA;
2015
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A viable technique for the preparation of highly thermal conductive joints between sapphire components in gravitational wave detectors is presented. The mechanical loss of such a joint was determined to be as low as 2 × 10−3 at 20 K and 2 × 10−2 at 300 K. The thermal noise performance of a typical joint is compared to the requirements of the Japanese gravitational wave detector, KAGRA. It is shown that using such an indium joint in the suspension system allows it to operate with low thermal noise. Additionally, results on the maximum amount of heat which can be extracted via indium joints are presented. It is found that sapphire parts, joined by means of indium, are able to remove the residual heat load in the mirrors of KAGRA.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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