Brownian force noise from molecular collisions and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories

Details Brownian force noise from molecular collisions and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories Brownian force noise from molecular collisions and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories

2011-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1108.3254v2

Physical Review D 84, 063007 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

13 pages with 9 figures (fixed typos found in proofs)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.063007

We present an analysis of Brownian force noise from residual gas damping of reference test masses as a fundamental sensitivity limit in small force experiments. The resulting acceleration noise increases significantly when the distance of the test mass to the surrounding experimental apparatus is smaller than the dimension of the test mass itself. For the Advanced LIGO interferometric gravitational wave observatory, where the relevant test mass is a suspended 340 mm diameter cylindrical end mirror, the force noise power is increased by roughly a factor 40 by the presence of a similarly shaped reaction mass at a nominal separation of 5 mm. The force noise, of order 20 fN\rthz\ for $2 \times 10^{-6}$ Pa of residual H$_2$ gas, rivals quantum optical fluctuations as the dominant noise source between 10 and 30 Hz. We present here a numerical and analytical analysis for the gas damping force noise for Advanced LIGO, backed up by experimental evidence from several recent measurements. Finally, we discuss the impact of residual gas damping on the gravitational wave sensitivity and possible mitigation strategies.

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