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The virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection

  • 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
  • , C. Boccara
  • , F. Bondu
  • , L. Bonelli
  • , R. Bonnand
  • , V. Boschi
  • , L. Bosi
  • B. Bouhou, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, A. Brillet, V. Brisson, R. Budzyski, 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, 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, J. Moreau, 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. Rosiska, 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, M. Was, M. Yvert
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • University of Salerno
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • European Gravitational Observatory
  • Université Paris Diderot
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • Université Côte d'Azur
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • CNRS
  • Institut de Physique de Rennes
  • University of Pisa
  • IN2P3/CNRS
  • 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
  • Biaystok Univ.
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies
  • University of Trento
  • University of Zielona Gora

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The Virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection is described. During the commissioning phase that followed the first scientific data taking run an unprecedented sensitivity was obtained in the range 1060 Hz. Since then an upgrade program has begun, with the aim of increasing the sensitivity, mainly through the introduction of fused silica wires to suspend mirrors and by increasing the Finesse of the FabryPerot cavities. Plans until the shutdown for the construction of the Advanced Virgo detector are given as well as the status of the upgrade.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2075-2079
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics D
Volume20
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gravitational waves
  • Interferometer
  • Thermal noise

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