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Sanjeev Dhurandhar Colloqm - Indian Institute of Astrophysics

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Technology pushed to the limits<br />

Vacuum better than 10 -6 torr<br />

1.22 m aperture x 4000 m arms<br />

~9.4 x 10 3 m 3 (each site)<br />

~10 9 Joule <strong>of</strong> stored energy<br />

10 kg test masses<br />

0.99999 @ λ =1.024 µm<br />

5m<br />

10 W @ λ =1.024 µm<br />

~10 20 γ /s to split fringe to 10 -10<br />

Seismic isolation <strong>of</strong><br />

δν/ν~10 -10<br />

ground motion by > 10 -6<br />

12 th February 2008 <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Astrophysics</strong> Colloquium

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