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  Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., et al. (2009). Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state. New Journal of Physics, 11(7): 073032. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/073032.

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Abbott, B., Author
Abbott, R., Author
Adhikari, R., Author
Ajith, P., Author
Allen, Bruce1, Author           
Allen, G., Author
Amin, R., Author
Anderson, S. B., Author
Anderson, W. G., Author
Arain, M. A., Author
Araya, M., Author
Armandula, H., Author
Armor, P., Author
Aso, Y., Author
Aston, S., Author
Aufmuth, Peter2, Author           
Aulbert, Carsten1, Author           
Babak, Stanislav3, Author           
Ballmer, S., Author
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1Observational Relativity and Cosmology, AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_24011              
2Laser Interferometry & Gravitational Wave Astronomy, AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_24010              
3Astrophysical Relativity, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_24013              
4University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, ou_persistent22              
5Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_1933290              
6AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, Hannover, DE, ou_24009              
7AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society, Golm, DE, ou_24008              

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 Abstract: We introduce a novel cooling technique capable of approaching the quantum ground state of a kilogram-scale system-an interferometric gravitational wave detector. The detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) operate within a factor of 10 of the standard quantum limit (SQL), providing a displacement sensitivity of 10(-18) m in a 100 Hz band centered on 150 Hz. With a new feedback strategy, we dynamically shift the resonant frequency of a 2.7 kg pendulum mode to lie within this optimal band, where its effective temperature falls as low as 1.4 mu K, and its occupation number reaches about 200 quanta. This work shows how the exquisite sensitivity necessary to detect gravitational waves can be made available to probe the validity of quantum mechanics on an enormous mass scale.

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ISI: 000268324400001
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/073032
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