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Visser, P.M. (author), Eijt, S.W.H. (author), de Nijs, J.V. (author)Context. Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a promising alternative to dark matter. To further test the theory, there is a need for fluid- and particle-dynamics simulations. The force in MOND is not a direct particle-particle interaction, but derives from a potential for which a nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) needs to be...journal article 2024
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Koks, Jort (author)This research investigates the impact of gravitational scatterings caused by close encounters between particles in an <i>N</i>-body Kepler system, addressing three main questions: (1) the influence of scatterings on system evolution, (2) the correspondence between simulated and expected average times between scatterings, and (3) the effect of...bachelor thesis 2023
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Hoogenberg, Friso (author)Gravitational waves predicted by Einstein have been measured in a few observatories worldwide. These detectors are complex interferometers with sizes of kilometers. Misalignments and aberrations in their optical set-up can create higher-order modes in the laser beam. These higher-order mode effects should be compensated to improve the...master thesis 2023
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van der Graaf, H. (author), Bertolini, Alessandro (author), van Heijningen, Joris (author), Bouwens, Bram (author), de Gaay Fortman, Nelson (author), van der Reep, Tom (author), Otemann, Lennart (author)The Rasnik system is a 3-point optical displacement monitor with sub-nanometer precision. The CCD-Rasnik alignment system was developed in 1993 for monitoring the alignment of the muon chambers of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer at CERN. Since then, the development has continued as new CMOS imaging pixel chips became available. In this work the...journal article 2023
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van Dael, Mathyn (author), Casanueva, Julia (author), Witvoet, Gert (author), Swinkels, Bas (author), Pinto, Manuel (author), Bersanetti, Diego (author), Mantovani, Maddalena (author), de Rossi, Camilla (author), Spinicelli, Piernicola (author), Oomen, T.A.E. (author)Dynamic error budgets are an essential tool in identifying opportunities for improvements in a control system for Gravitational Wave detectors, but their potential is often not fully utilized in the control design. This paper presents a model and dynamic error budget for a challenging nested control system in the Advanced Virgo detector in...journal article 2023
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Nunes, N. V. (author), Bartel, N. (author), Belonenko, A. (author), Manucharyan, G. D. (author), Rudenko, V. N. (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Cimò, G. (author), Molera Calvés, G. (author), Zakhvatkin, M. V. (author)The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) is a cornerstone of general relativity and predicts the existence of gravitational redshift. We report on new results of measuring this shift with RadioAstron (RA), a space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) spacecraft launched into an evolving high eccentricity orbit around Earth with geocentric...journal article 2023
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Visser, P.M. (author)Context. In a Keplerian system, a large number of bodies orbit a central mass. Accretion disks, protoplanetary disks, asteroid belts, and planetary rings are examples. Simulations of these systems require algorithms that are computationally efficient. The inclusion of collisions in the simulations is challenging but important. Aims. We intend...journal article 2023
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Vilaboa Pérez, Jesús (author), Georges, Marc (author), Hastanin, Juriy (author), Loicq, J.J.D. (author)We present the experimental results of the proof of concept of a metrology instrument developed to characterize the cryogenic mirror of the Einstein Telescope (ET) prototype. ET is a proposed gravitational-wave observatory. The metrology instrument uses the principle of low-coherence interferometry to measure the local change in topology and...conference paper 2023
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Aliberti, Dylan (author)The aim of this thesis was to test the efficiency in practice of an analytical propagator with collision detection for <i>N</i>-body Keplerian systems. This can be used to simulate the evolution of a protoplanetary disk, which gives insight into how planetary systems form. The analytic propagator calculates collisions one by one, while a...bachelor thesis 2022
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Cesare, Stefano (author), Dionisio, Sabrina (author), Saponara, Massimiliano (author), Bravo-Berguño, David (author), Massotti, Luca (author), De Teixeira Da Encarnação, J. (author), Christophe, Bruno (author)The Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM), currently in a feasibility study phase as a candidate Mission of Opportunity for ESA-NASA cooperation in the frame of the Mass Change and Geo-Sciences International Constellation (MAGIC), is designed to monitor mass transport in the Earth system by its variable gravity signature with increased...journal article 2022
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Van Dael, Mathyn (author), Witvoet, Gert (author), Swinkels, Bas (author), Pinto, Manuel (author), Casanueva, Julia (author), Bersanetti, Diego (author), Mantovani, Maddalena (author), Vardaro, Marco (author), Oomen, T.A.E. (author)Gravitational Wave detectors require feedback control to control the length between the sensitive components of the detector. The degrees of freedom in the control system are inherently coupled and the level of interaction furthermore varies over time. A systematic control design approach for the feedback controllers is presented which...journal article 2022
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Touboul, Pierre (author), Métris, Gilles (author), Rodrigues, Manuel (author), Bergé, Joel (author), Robert, Alain (author), Baghi, Quentin (author), André, Yves (author), Bedouet, Judicael (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)The space mission MICROSCOPE dedicated to the test of the equivalence principle (EP) operated from April 25, 2016 until the deactivation of the satellite on October 16, 2018. In this analysis we compare the free-fall accelerations (a <sub>A</sub> and a <sub>B</sub>) of two test masses in terms of the Eötvös parameter η ( A,B ) = 2 a A − a B a...journal article 2022
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Terstappen, Robin (author)This thesis contributes to increasing the technology readiness level of hydrogen storage in gas reservoirs, which will be required when hydrogen has become a major energy carrier in the future Dutch energy system. It addresses the mixing processes with resident gases that occur during hydrogen storage operations in gas fields, and analyzes their...master thesis 2021
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Kleynen, Wouter (author)A black hole is an object in space where the pull of its gravity is so strong<br/>that no light can escape. This notion gives rise to the phenomenon called<br/>gravitational lensing which is the effect where light is being bent by a massive<br/>object, in our case a black hole. With these two concepts in mind we are<br/>able to formulate the...bachelor thesis 2021
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de Rooij, Martijn (author)Low latency Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) inference research is gaining more and more momentum for tasks such as speech and image classications. This is because CNNs have the ability to surpass human accuracy in classication of images. For improving the measurement setup of gravitational waves, low latency CNNs inference are researched. The...master thesis 2021
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Litvinov, D. A. (author), Nunes, N. V. (author), Filetkin, A. I. (author), Bartel, N. (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Calves, G. Molera (author), Rudenko, V. N. (author), Zakhvatkin, M. V. (author)We present an improved model for the antenna phase center motion effect for high-gain mechanically steerable ground-based and spacecraft-mounted antennas that takes into account non-perfect antenna pointing. Using tracking data of the RadioAstron spacecraft we show that our model can result in a correction of the computed value of the effect...journal article 2021
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van der Zwaard, Rens (author)Tests of General Relativity are often done in the Solar System by using tracking data from interplanetary space missions, to measure the perturbation on the orbits of the planets that is predicted by General Relativity. The next best opportunity for such a test is the BepiColombo spacecraft by the European Space Agency, which will arrive at...master thesis 2020
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Koorevaar, Loek (author)A model is designed for solving gravitational profiles of self-gravitating and rotating planets via the use of Poisson's equation for total gravity, i.e., the sum of the gravitational and rotational potential. Poisson's equation is a partial differential equation that is solved with the usage of Green's functions. This is a major advantage...bachelor thesis 2020
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Overkamp, Nick (author)This thesis focuses on modelling a gravitational launch of gravity based foundations (GBF's) for offshore wind turbines. This is an extension of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator project by BAM Infraconsult. To become more competitive in the offshore wind energy market, the construction of self-buoyant GBF's installed using the `float and submerge...master thesis 2019
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de Gaay Fortman, Nelson (author)Laser interferometric Gravitational Wave telescopes are limited in sensitivity by seismic noise in the low frequency region (below a 10 Hz). The aim of this research is to improve performance of an advanced displacement sensor and an ultra-low noise inertial sensor, that can help measuring and correcting for seismically induced motion of the GW...master thesis 2019