宽带限制从一对桌面顶端干扰仪的随机长度波动
Abhinav Patra1, Lorenzo Aiello1, Aldo Ejlli1
1Cardiff University, Gravity Exploration Institute, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
Physical review letters
|September 22, 2025
概括
量子增强时空 (QUEST) 实验为引力波设定了新的极限. 这台桌面干涉仪实现了前所未有的灵敏度,推进了对宇宙现象的搜索.
科学领域:
- 实验物理学的实验物理.
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 引力波天文学 引力波天文学
背景情况:
- 寻找随机引力波背景 (SGWB) 对于理解早期宇宙至关重要.
- 以前的实验在SGWB检测的灵敏度和频率范围内遇到了局限性.
研究的目的:
- 介绍量子增强时空 (QUEST) 实验的第一个结果.
- 建立对相关长度波动的新上限,限制SGWB在更高的频率.
- 为了展示一种新的桌面干扰测量系统的功能.
主要方法:
- 使用一对配色,电力回收的迈克尔森干扰仪.
- 实现宽带,射击噪声限制的位移灵敏度.
- 从巧合的观测运行中分析交叉相关性光谱.
主要成果:
- 对13到80 MHz的相关长度波动设置新的上限.
- 提供了第一个宽带约束,用于这个频率范围内的随机引力波背景.
- 在10^4秒的观测运行中,达到3×10^{-20} 1/sqrt[Hz]的应变灵敏度.
结论:
- QUEST实验成功地建立了对随机引力波背景的新约束.
- 迄今为止,QUEST显示出卓越的干扰测量系统的灵敏度,这是迄今为止的桌面干扰测量系统.
- 这些结果为未来对宇宙引力波信号的更敏感的搜索铺平了道路.
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