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Step-by-Step Spectral Density Calculation

The document provides an equation for modeling test-mass acceleration due to Rayleigh noise. It then lists the steps to calculate the spectral density from the acceleration values: 1) take the absolute square of one horizontal acceleration component, 2) average over propagation directions giving a 1/2 power factor, 3) sum the noise terms for each test mass, 4) take the square root of the sum, and 5) divide the result by L*(2*pi*f)^2 to obtain the spectral density.

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Step-by-Step Spectral Density Calculation

The document provides an equation for modeling test-mass acceleration due to Rayleigh noise. It then lists the steps to calculate the spectral density from the acceleration values: 1) take the absolute square of one horizontal acceleration component, 2) average over propagation directions giving a 1/2 power factor, 3) sum the noise terms for each test mass, 4) take the square root of the sum, and 5) divide the result by L*(2*pi*f)^2 to obtain the spectral density.

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Q.

Variables dont really matter, but could you please write down step-by-step calculation for the
spectral density calculation written below the equation?

Equation used for Rayleigh NN model with respect to test-mass acceleration is:

! , = 2! ! !!!! !

!! !! !!!

cos
() sin
1

where
! = vertical ground displacement
h = height of the test mass above ground
! = Rayleigh wavenumber
= numerical factor that describes partial suppression of NN due to subsurface density changes
produced by Rayleigh field
= angle between direction of propagation of a Rayleigh wave and the direction of interferometer
arm

Test-mass acceleration is turned into a spectral density by
1) taking absolute square of one of the horizontal acceleration components
2) averaging over propagation directions f (which gives a factor in power spectral density)
a. This gives one noise term for each test mass.
b. 4 such terms need to be added using seismic spectra from ITMX, ETMX, ITMY, ETMY
3) taking square-root of this sum (2-b)
4) dividing this result (3) by L*(2*pi*f)2

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