“Multi-Nested Pendula”: a new concept for vibration isolation and its application to gravitational wave detectors

Document #:

LIGO-P1100201-v4

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

Adequate vibration isolation is of great importance for the design of any sensitive experiment measuring mechanical motions. The so-called multistage or multipole mechanical low pass filter is a common artifact used for the construction of highly effective vibration isolation. However, the problem with it is the vertical clearance needed inside the vacuum chambers for the construction of numerous, long pendulum stages necessary for effective horizontal vibration isolation. The purpose of this work is to introduce a new concept, called the “multi-nested pendula” concept, which solves this problem. The attenuation performance of an ideal multistage nested pendula filter is better than that of an ideal multistage common equal pendula filter by a factor of N^N, where N is the number of stages used, making this idea of a multi-nested pendula a very interesting one. The initial results (of stability and system resonances) measured for a prototype reinforce the viability of the practical implementation of such idea. A detailed study for the realization of a cryogenic and fully operational version to be used in advanced LIGO (aLIGO) is going to be done in a future study.

Files in Document:

• a fourth version of the paper (Multi_Nested Pendula_v4.pdf, 10.5 MB)

Topics:

• Seismic Isolation
• Suspensions

Authors:

• Odylio Aguiar
• Marcio Constancio

Keywords:

multi-nested pendula vibration isolation mechanical filter

Notes and Changes:

We changed the name of the system in study.

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Publication Information:

RSI