Design and initial characterization of a compact, ultra high vacuum compatible, low frequency, tilt accelerometer
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
A compact tilt accelerometer with high sensitivity at low frequency was designed to provide low frequency corrections for the feedback signal of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory active seismic attenuation system. It has been developed using a Tungsten Carbide ceramic knife-edge hinge designed to avoid the mechanical 1/f noise believed to be intrinsic in polycrystalline metallic flexures. Design and construction details are presented; prototype data acquisition and control limitations are discussed. The instrument's characterization reported here shows that the hinge is compatible with being metal-hysteresis-free, and therefore also free of the 1/f noise generated by the dislocation Self-Organized Criticality in the metal. A tiltmeter of this kind will be effective to separate the ground tilt component from the signal of horizontal low frequency seismometers, and to correct the ill effects of microseismic tilt in advanced seismic attenuation systems. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
Publication Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Recommended Citation
O'Toole, A.,
Peña Arellano, F.,
Rodionov, A.,
Shaner, M.,
Sobacchi, E.,
Dergachev, V.,
Desalvo, R.,
Asadoor, M.,
Bhawal, A.,
Gong, P.,
Kim, C.,
Lottarini, A.,
Minenkov, Y.,
&
Murphy, C.
(2014).
Design and initial characterization of a compact, ultra high vacuum compatible, low frequency, tilt accelerometer.
Review of Scientific Instruments,
85(7).
http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890285
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