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Gravitational Wave Sensors Based On Superconducting Transducers, Armen Gulian, Joe Foreman, Vahan Nikoghosyan, Louis Sica, Pablo Abramian-Barco, Jeff Tollaksen, Gurgen Melkonyan, Iris Mowgood, Chris Burdette, Rajendra Dulal, Serafim Teknowijoyo, Sara Chahid, Shmuel Nussinov
Gravitational Wave Sensors Based On Superconducting Transducers, Armen Gulian, Joe Foreman, Vahan Nikoghosyan, Louis Sica, Pablo Abramian-Barco, Jeff Tollaksen, Gurgen Melkonyan, Iris Mowgood, Chris Burdette, Rajendra Dulal, Serafim Teknowijoyo, Sara Chahid, Shmuel Nussinov
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Following the initial success of LIGO, new advances in gravitational wave (GW) detector systems are planned to reach fruition during the next decades. These systems are interferometric and large. Here we suggest different, more compact detectors of GW radiation with competitive sensitivity. These nonresonant detectors are not interferometric. They use superconducting Cooper pairs in a magnetic field to transform mechanical motion induced by GW into detectable magnetic flux. The detectors can be oriented relative to the source of GW, so as to maximize the signal output and help determine the direction of nontransient sources. In this design an incident GW …