Terrestrial gravitational noise on a gravitational wave antenna

Document #:

LIGO-P840003-v1

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

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.

Files in Document:

• scanned pdf (SaulsonNewtonian.pdf, 4.6 MB)

Topics:

• Detector
• Conceptual Design
• Basic R&D

Authors:

• Peter Saulson

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Publication data:

Phys. Rev., D30, 732 (1984)