Progress on the cryogenic system for the KAGRA cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave telescope

Yusuke Sakakibara*, Tomotada Akutsu, Dan Chen, Aleksandr Khalaidovski, Nobuhiro Kimura, Shigeaki Koike, Tatsuya Kume, Kazuaki Kuroda, Toshikazu Suzuki, Chihiro Tokoku, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

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Abstract

KAGRA is a project to construct a cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave detector in Japan. Its mirrors and the lower parts of the suspension systems will be cooled to 20 K in order to reduce thermal noise, one of the fundamental noise sources. One of the key features of KAGRAs cooling system is that it will keep the mirrors cooled without introducing vibration. This paper describes the current status of the design, manufacture and testing of the KAGRA cooling system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number224003
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume31
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014/11/21

Keywords

  • KAGRA
  • cryogenic
  • gravitational wave
  • vibration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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