Re:LIGO's vibration isolation system
by idanoeman on Friday February 12, 2016 @01:58PM
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Yes, which makes sense physically. If the earth's rotation slowed by a constant velocity, in order to damp that motion the mirrors would have to displace themselves in the opposite velocity. Of course, there's no room for them to do so, so damping such low frequencies is not possible.
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