STREGA
M2:Advanced materials and techniques
for resonant detectors (5 MIN)
High-performance materials can increase the sensitivity and bandwidth of resonant detectors to achieve the
intended 10-fold increase in the detection capabilities. This task aims to develop knowledge of the material
properties and innovative technology for the production of test masses and transducers made of these new
materials. The selected materials are Molybdenum, Silicon-Carbide (SiC), Beryllium, Copper Aluminium
(CuAl), Niobium. Tungsten
Objectives:
- Measurement of the thermal expansion, thermal conduction and mechanical losses by varying the temperature
from 300K down to 0.1K.
- Investigation of the fabrication processes of silicate bonding for SiC, and electron beam welding, explosion
welding and cold welding for metals.
- Investigation of the various metal production processes as well as low temperature calorimetric studies to
choose metals with the smallest Hydrogen contamination.
Participants:
INFN*
IFN
MiniGRAIL
U-Glasgow
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie-CNR-Sezione di Trento
Leiden University – LION Institute of Physics
University of Glasgow
Involved labs:
Ferrara, Firenze, Genova, Frascati, Legnaro, Napoli, Padova, Perugia, Pisa, Roma 1, Roma 2, Trento, Urbino
STREGA
M2:Advanced materials and techniques
for resonant detectors (5 MIN)
Measurements of mechanical Q
with spherical samples
STREGA
M2:Advanced materials and techniques
for resonant detectors (5 MIN)
Beryllium
STREGA
M2:Advanced materials and techniques
for resonant detectors (5 MIN)
CuAl6%
STREGA
M2:Advanced materials and techniques
for resonant detectors (5 MIN)
Specific heat measurements