2 papers
physics.ins-det2020
Cryogenic suspension design for a kilometer-scale gravitational-wave detector
Takafumi Ushiba, Tomotada Akutsu, Yoichi Aso +43
We report the mirror suspension design for Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope, KAGRA, during bKAGRA Phase 1. Mirror thermal noise is one of the fundamental noises f…
gr-qc2018
Molecular adsorbed layer formation on cooled mirrors and its impacts on cryogenic gravitational wave telescopes
Kunihiko Hasegawa, Tomotada Akutsu, Nobuhiro Kimura +5
Cryogenic mirrors have been introduced to the KAGRA gravitational wave telescope in Japan, and are also planned to be used in next-generation gravitational wave telescopes to furth…