Open AccessEnvironmental noises in current and future gravitational-wave detectors
Author(s) -
F. Badaracco
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012077
Subject(s) - detector , gravitational wave , physics , noise (video) , seismic noise , einstein telescope , sensitivity (control systems) , frequency band , acoustics , optics , astronomy , computer science , telecommunications , seismology , electronic engineering , geology , engineering , bandwidth (computing) , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Gravitational–wave (GW) detectors are very sensitive instruments that suffer from a huge number of noises. If we aim to observe gravitational waves with earthbound detectors, we need to take care of every source that can prevent the observation. Seismic noise poses a huge challenge to the sensitivity in the the low-frequency band and it is tackled with suspensions and active controls. The low–frequency band can also be threatened by the so–called Newtonian noise, generated by the fluctuations of the gravity field. If this has not been a problem in the first generation gravitational-wave detectors, it will be so in the next runs and especially in the third–generation detectors, like the Einstein Telescope. We need then to be prepared to suppress as much as possible these noises, otherwise they might become the last wall for the sensitivity of our detectors. This manuscript will explore environmental noises with a particular detail on Newtonian and seismic noise and the techniques that we can employ to reduce their effects.