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Cryogenic vacuum considerations for future gravitational wave detectors

L. Spallino1,*, M. Angelucci1, A. Pasqualetti2, K. Battes3, C. Day3, S. Grohmann3, E. Majorana4, F. Ricci4, and R. Cimino1,†

  • 1LNF-INFN, Via E.Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy
  • 2European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), 56021 Cascina (Pisa), Italy
  • 3Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
  • 4Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza,” Roma, Italy

  • *Luisa.Spallino@lnf.infn.it
  • †Roberto.Cimino@lnf.infn.it
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Phys. Rev. D 104, 062001 – Published 2 September, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.062001

Abstract

In recent years, gravitational wave observatories have conquered the world science scene due to their unprecedented capability to observe astrophysical signals. Those first observations opened up multimessenger astronomy and called for a tremendous R&D effort to improve the sensitivity of future detectors. One of the many issues to be solved, not to affect the desired sensitivity, is the noise induced by the use of room temperature mirrors, especially for the low-frequency detection range. The use of cryogenic mirrors to reduce such a noise source has been individuated as a viable solution to obtain the desired sensitivity at low frequency. Cryogenically cooled mirrors, routinely operating at 10 K, present a number of extraordinary challenges, one being the cryogenic vacuum system hosting the cold mirrors. Gases composing the residual vacuum will tend to cryosorb and build a contaminant ice layer (“frost”) on the mirror surface. Depending on such ice layer thickness, various unwanted detrimental effects may occur affecting mirror performances. This paper analyzes the consequences of hosting a cryogenically cooled mirror in a vacuum system and sets new limits for an acceptable operating pressure to avoid frost formation in a given period of continuous data taking. Since ice formation can be reduced but not avoided, we analyze potential mitigation methods to cure such a phenomenon. Thermal and nonthermal methods are analyzed and compared. Electron stimulated desorption is also considered as an alternative method to desorb the ice layer on mirrors. Finally, we briefly discuss further studies needed to validate the various methods with special care on their effects on the mirror perfection and optical properties.

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Phys. Rev. D 104, 062001– Published 2 September, 2021
  • Received 25 May 2021
  • Accepted 20 July 2021
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