Development of Electromechanical Transducers for Gravita-   tional Radiation Detectors and Quantum Measurement          Investigations (Physics)
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The present generation of resonant mass gravitational                      radiation detectors are limited in sensitivity by the                           electromechanical transducers which convert the antenna                         vibration to an electrical signal which may be analyzed to                      search for candidate gravitational wave events.  Professor                      Bocko is developing a superconducting - radio frequency                         transducer in an effort to improve the sensitivity of existing                  gravitational radiation antennae.                                                    The same transducer scheme may be used to continuously                     monitor a very small, but macroscopic, mechanical resonator he                  is working to achieve a sensitivity level at which one may                      explore the quantum mechanical limits of weak force detection.                  The results of these experiments may have a profound influence                  on quantum measurement theory and will serve as a guide in the                  development of the practical applicator of quantum measurement                  theory to ultra-low noise measurements.
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