Non-equilibrium "thermal noise" of low loss oscillators

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 363; no. 1; pp. 12011 - 5
• Main Authors: Karapetyan, G, Agguiaro, D, Bonaldi, M, Castellani, L, Hajj, R, Lazzaro, C, Mazzaro, D, Pegoraro, M, Poli, C, Thakur, R, Conti, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Detectors; Equilibrium; Gravitational waves; Oscillators; Physics; Room temperature; Steady state; Temperature gradients; Thermal noise; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Thermodynamics

The RareNoise project aims at studying how ground-based gravitational wave detector are affected by the thermodynamic non-equilibrium states which are present in their experimental apparatus. We present the RareNoise experimental work which focuses on the study of the 'thermal noise' of lo...