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SUBMITTER: van Veggel AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915646 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20180501 2120
At the commencement of a new era in astrophysics, with added information from direct detections of gravitational-wave (GW) signals, this paper is a testament to the quasi-monolithic suspensions of the test masses of the GW detectors that have enabled the opening of a new window on the universe. The quasi-monolithic suspensions are the final stages in the seismic isolation of the test masses in GW detectors, and are specifically designed to introduce as little thermal noise as possible. The histo ...[more]