The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE
Abstract The Multi-mode Acoustic Gravitational wave Experiment (MAGE) is a high frequency gravitational wave detection experiment. In its first stage, the experiment features two near-identical quartz bulk acoustic wave resonators that act as strain antennas with spectral sensitivity as low as 6.6 ×...
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| description | Abstract The Multi-mode Acoustic Gravitational wave Experiment (MAGE) is a high frequency gravitational wave detection experiment. In its first stage, the experiment features two near-identical quartz bulk acoustic wave resonators that act as strain antennas with spectral sensitivity as low as 6.6 × 10−21 [strain]/ $$\sqrt{\text {Hz}}$$ Hz in multiple narrow bands across MHz frequencies. MAGE is the successor to the initial path-finding experiments; GEN 1 and GEN 2. These precursor runs demonstrated the successful use of the technology, employing a single quartz gravitational wave detector that found significantly strong and rare transient features. As the next step to this initial experiment, MAGE will employ further systematic rejection strategies by adding an additional quartz detector such that localised strains incident on just a single detector can be identified. The primary goals of MAGE will be to target signatures arising from objects and/or particles beyond that of the standard model, as well as identifying the source of the rare events seen in the predecessor experiment. The experimental set-up, current status and future directions for MAGE are discussed. Calibration procedures of the detector and signal amplification chain are presented. The sensitivity of MAGE to gravitational waves is estimated from knowledge of the quartz resonators. Finally, MAGE is assembled and tested in order to determine the thermal state of its new components. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d77d1b2d2c4dfa97c948d63cc8331f2024-03-05T19:13:51ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-06-0113111010.1038/s41598-023-35670-yThe multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGEWilliam M. Campbell0Maxim Goryachev1Michael E. Tobar2ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems and ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of Western AustraliaARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems and ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of Western AustraliaARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems and ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of Western AustraliaAbstract The Multi-mode Acoustic Gravitational wave Experiment (MAGE) is a high frequency gravitational wave detection experiment. In its first stage, the experiment features two near-identical quartz bulk acoustic wave resonators that act as strain antennas with spectral sensitivity as low as 6.6 × 10−21 [strain]/ $$\sqrt{\text {Hz}}$$ Hz in multiple narrow bands across MHz frequencies. MAGE is the successor to the initial path-finding experiments; GEN 1 and GEN 2. These precursor runs demonstrated the successful use of the technology, employing a single quartz gravitational wave detector that found significantly strong and rare transient features. As the next step to this initial experiment, MAGE will employ further systematic rejection strategies by adding an additional quartz detector such that localised strains incident on just a single detector can be identified. The primary goals of MAGE will be to target signatures arising from objects and/or particles beyond that of the standard model, as well as identifying the source of the rare events seen in the predecessor experiment. The experimental set-up, current status and future directions for MAGE are discussed. Calibration procedures of the detector and signal amplification chain are presented. The sensitivity of MAGE to gravitational waves is estimated from knowledge of the quartz resonators. Finally, MAGE is assembled and tested in order to determine the thermal state of its new components.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35670-y |
| spellingShingle | William M. Campbell Maxim Goryachev Michael E. Tobar The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE Scientific Reports |
| title | The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE |
| title_full | The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE |
| title_fullStr | The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE |
| title_full_unstemmed | The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE |
| title_short | The multi-mode acoustic gravitational wave experiment: MAGE |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35670-y |
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