Instrumental development for Cryogenic sub-Hz cROss torsion bar detector with quantum NOn-demolition Speed meter (CHRONOS)

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Main Authors: Tanabe, Daiki, Huang, Hsiang-Yu, Inoue, Yuki, Onglao III, Mario Juvenal S., Yu, Ta-Chun
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author Tanabe, Daiki
Huang, Hsiang-Yu
Inoue, Yuki
Onglao III, Mario Juvenal S.
Yu, Ta-Chun
author_facet Tanabe, Daiki
Huang, Hsiang-Yu
Inoue, Yuki
Onglao III, Mario Juvenal S.
Yu, Ta-Chun
contents Gravitational waves from intermediate-mass black-hole (IMBH) binaries is a probe of strong-field gravity and black-hole evolution. Detection of IMBH is challenging because of their typically low frequency where the seismic noise, radiation pressure noise, and thermal noise dominate. The Cryogenic sub-Hz cROss torsion bar detector with quantum NOn-demolition Speed meter (CHRONOS) has been proposed to reach a strain sensitivity of $10^{-18} {\rm Hz}^{-1/2}$ at 2 Hz. It aims to detect GW from IMBH mergers with the mass of $\mathcal{O}(10^4)$ M$_{\odot}$ and to explore stochastic gravitational background of $Ω_{\rm GW} \sim 2\times 10^{-3}$ at 2 Hz. We present the overview of the CHRONOS hardware which is designed to integrate key techniques for improving low frequency sensitivity; torsion bar, speed meter, and cryogenic mirror. As a demonstration of the interferometer operation, we also report the commissioning status of a Michelson interferometer in National Central University in Taiwan which has been assembled as a partial component of CHRONOS.
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spellingShingle Instrumental development for Cryogenic sub-Hz cROss torsion bar detector with quantum NOn-demolition Speed meter (CHRONOS)
Tanabe, Daiki
Huang, Hsiang-Yu
Inoue, Yuki
Onglao III, Mario Juvenal S.
Yu, Ta-Chun
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Gravitational waves from intermediate-mass black-hole (IMBH) binaries is a probe of strong-field gravity and black-hole evolution. Detection of IMBH is challenging because of their typically low frequency where the seismic noise, radiation pressure noise, and thermal noise dominate. The Cryogenic sub-Hz cROss torsion bar detector with quantum NOn-demolition Speed meter (CHRONOS) has been proposed to reach a strain sensitivity of $10^{-18} {\rm Hz}^{-1/2}$ at 2 Hz. It aims to detect GW from IMBH mergers with the mass of $\mathcal{O}(10^4)$ M$_{\odot}$ and to explore stochastic gravitational background of $Ω_{\rm GW} \sim 2\times 10^{-3}$ at 2 Hz. We present the overview of the CHRONOS hardware which is designed to integrate key techniques for improving low frequency sensitivity; torsion bar, speed meter, and cryogenic mirror. As a demonstration of the interferometer operation, we also report the commissioning status of a Michelson interferometer in National Central University in Taiwan which has been assembled as a partial component of CHRONOS.
title Instrumental development for Cryogenic sub-Hz cROss torsion bar detector with quantum NOn-demolition Speed meter (CHRONOS)
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05801