Investigation of charge management using UV LED device with a torsion pendulum for TianQin,Classical and Quantum Gravity

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Investigation of charge management using UV LED device with a torsion pendulum for TianQin
Classical and Quantum Gravity ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-04 , DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab8489
Fangchao Yang ₁ , Yanzheng Bai ₁ , Wei Hong ₁ , Honggang Li ₁ , Li Liu ₁ , Timothy J Sumner ₂ , Quanfeng Yang ₁ , Yujie Zhao ₁ , Zebing Zhou ₁

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TianQin is a Chinese space-based observatory concept with three drag-free spacecraft orbiting the earth to observe gravitational-waves in the millihertz range. Electrical charge is inevitably accumulating on its isolated test masses which are used as the mirrors for interferometers to measure gravity variation. Charge management system based on ultraviolet (UV) light is developed to reduce the charge-induced noises acting on the test mass in space gravitational experiments such as GP-B, LISA, LISA Pathfinder and TianQin mission. The UV LED is a new UV light source with some advantages relative to mercury lamps, such as smaller size, lighter weight, lower power consumption and higher efficiency. For these reasons, ground-based tests for the combination of UV LED and inertial sensor are essential. This paper presents the development of a charge management system based on a UV LED, its application to a torsion pendulum system with a TianQin-like test mass, and assesses the charge-management performance of the system. The experimental results indicate that the isolated test mass can be charged positively or negatively through UV illumination. It demonstrates that the charging and discharging rates can both reach higher than 105 e s−1, as well as spectral measurement of the pendulum charge resulting in a white noise level equivalent to ∼5 × 105 e Hz− 1/2, satisfying the TianQin requirement.

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