Gas Damping Monte Carlo

Document #:

LIGO-T0900582-v7

Document type:

T - Technical notes

Abstract:

Gas damping noise, or force noise on the aLIGO test-masses due to residual gas in the vacuum chambers was recently explored analytically in T0900509. Here we present a numerical Monte Carlo simulation of the aLIGO geometry.

Files in Document:

• PDF (GasDampingMonteCarlo.pdf, 743.4 kB)

Other Files:

• DOC (GasDampingMonteCarlo.doc, 798.0 kB)
• Simulation code (GasDamping.zip, 37.9 kB)

Topics:

• Detector
• Vacuum
• Suspensions
• Core Optics

Authors:

• Matthew Evans
• Peter Fritschel

Related Documents:

• LIGO-T0900509: Gas Damping of the Final Stage in the Advanced LIGO Suspensions

Referenced by:

• LIGO-T1000175-v2: Thinner Compensation Plates for reduced Squeeze film damping
• LIGO-T0900509-v1: Gas Damping of the Final Stage in the Advanced LIGO Suspensions