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Quantum-Mechanical Radiation-Pressure Fluctuations in an Interferometer

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Physical Review Letters, 45 (2): 75--79 (Jul 14, 1980)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.45.75

Abstract

The interferometers now being developed to detect gravitational vaves work by measuring small changes in the positions of free masses. There has been a controversy whether quantum-mechanical radiation-pressure fluctuations disturb this measurement. This Letter resolves the controversy: They do.

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