Estimation of Newtonian noise from the KAGRA cooling system

Rishabh Bajpai, Takayuki Tomaru, Toshikazu Suzuki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Takafumi Ushiba, Tohru Honda

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Abstract

KAGRA is the first kilometer scale gravitational wave detector to be constructed underground and employ cryogenics to cool down its test masses. While the underground location provides a quiet site with low seismic noise, the cooling infrastructure is known to generate large mechanical vibrations due to cryocooler operation and structural resonances of the cryostat. As cooling system components are relatively heavy and in close proximity to the test masses, oscillation of gravity force induced by their vibration, so-called Newtonian noise, could contaminate the detector sensitivity. In this paper, we use the results from vibration analysis of the KAGRA cryostat to estimate cooling system Newtonian noise in the 1-100 Hz frequency band. Our calculations show that, while this noise does not limit the current detector sensitivity or inspiral range, it will be an issue in the future when KAGRA improves its sensitivity. We conclude that KAGRA may need to implement Wiener filters to subtract this noise in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042001
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume107
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023/02/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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