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Plans for the upgrade of the gravitational wave detector virgo: Advanced virgo

  • T. Accadia
  • , F. Acernese
  • , F. Antonucci
  • , P. Astone
  • , G. Ballardin
  • , F. Barone
  • , M. Barsuglia
  • , Th S. Bauer
  • , M. G. Beker
  • , A. Belletoile
  • , S. Birindelli
  • , M. Bitossi
  • , M. A. Bizouard
  • , M. Blom
  • , F. Bondu
  • , L. Bonelli
  • , R. Bonnand
  • , V. Boschi
  • , L. Bosi
  • , B. Bouhou
  • S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, A. Brillet, V. Brisson, R. Budzynski, T. Bulik, H. J. Bulten, D. Buskulic, C. Buy, G. Cagnoli, E. Calloni, E. Campagna, B. Canuel, F. Carbognani, F. Cavalier, R. Cavalieri, G. Cella, E. Cesarini, E. Chassande-Mottin, A. Chincarini, F. Cleva, E. Coccia, C. N. Colacino, J. Colas, A. Colla, M. Colombini, A. Corsi, J. P. Coulon, E. Cuoco, S. D'Antonio, V. Dattilo, M. Davier, R. Day, R. De Rosa, G. Debreczeni, M. Del Prete, L. Di Fiore, A. Di Lieto, M. Di Paolo Emilio, A. Di Virgilio, A. Dietz, M. Drago, V. Fafone, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, I. Fiori, R. Flaminio, J. D. Fournier, J. Franc, S. Frasca, F. Frasconi, A. Freise, M. Galimberti, L. Gammaitoni, F. Garufi, M. E. Gáspár, G. Gemme, E. Genin, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, R. Gouaty, M. Granata, C. Greverie, G. M. Guidi, J. F. Hayau, H. Heitmann, P. Hello, S. Hild, D. Huet, P. Jaranowski, I. Kowalska, A. Królak, N. Leroy, N. Letendre, T. G.F. Li, M. Lorenzini, V. Loriette, G. Losurdo, E. Majorana, I. Maksimovic, N. Man, M. Mantovani, F. Marchesoni, F. Marion, J. Marque, F. Martelli, A. Masserot, C. Michel, L. Milano, Y. Minenkov, M. Mohan, N. Morgado, A. Morgia, S. Mosca, V. Moscatelli, B. Mours, I. Neri, F. Nocera, G. Pagliaroli, L. Palladino, C. Palomba, F. Paoletti, S. Pardi, M. Parisi, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, G. Persichetti, M. Pichot, F. Piergiovanni, M. Pietka, L. Pinard, R. Poggiani, M. Prato, G. A. Prodi, M. Punturo, P. Puppo, D. S. Rabeling, I. Rácz, P. Rapagnani, V. Re, T. Regimbau, F. Ricci, F. Robinet, A. Rocchi, L. Rolland, R. Romano, D. Rosinska, P. Ruggi, B. Sassolas, D. Sentenac, L. Sperandio, R. Sturani, B. Swinkels, A. Toncelli, M. Tonelli, O. Torre, E. Tournefier, F. Travasso, G. Vajente, J. F.J. Van Den Brand, S. Van Der Putten, M. Vasuth, M. Vavoulidis, G. Vedovato, D. Verkindt, F. Vetrano, A. Viceré, J. Y. Vinet, H. Vocca, R. L. Ward, M. Was, M. Yvert
  • Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • University of Salerno
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • European Gravitational Observatory
  • IN2P3/CNRS
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • CNRS
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • Institut de Physique de Rennes
  • University of Pisa
  • University of Warsaw
  • Centrum Astronomiczne im. M. Kopernika PAN
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • University of Urbino
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Wigner Research Centre for Physics
  • University of Siena
  • University of L'Aquila
  • University of Padua
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Perugia
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Białystok
  • IM-PAN
  • Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies
  • University of Trento
  • Institute of Astronomy

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The Virgo gravitational wave detector has reached its design sensitivity and is going through a long data taking period. A plan has been set up in order to be able to improve its sensitivity by one order of magnitude. This major upgrade, called Advanced Virgo, is planned to be completed by 2014. The baseline design and the status of the project are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Dev. in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Proc. of the MG 2009 Meeting on General Relativity
PublisherWorld Scientific
Pages1738-1742
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9814374512, 9789814374514
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, MG 2009 - Paris, France
Duration: 12 Jul 200918 Jul 2009

Publication series

Name12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Dev. in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Proc. of the MG 2009 Meeting on General Relativity

Conference

Conference12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, MG 2009
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period12/07/0918/07/09

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