THE VIRGO INTERFEROMETER FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTION

Authors
CARON B DOMINJON A DREZEN C FLAMINIO R GRAVE X MARION F MASSONNET L MEHMEL C MORAND R MOURS B SANNIBALE V YVERT M BABUSCI D BELLUCCI S CANDUSSO S GIORDANO G MATONE G MACKOWSKI JM PINARD L BARONE F CALLONI E DIFIORE L FLAGIELLO M GARUTI F GRADO A LONGO M LOPS M MARANO S MILANO L SOLIMENO S BRISSON V CAVALIER F DAVIER M HELLO P HEUSSE P MANN P ACKER Y BARSUGLIA M BHAWAL B BONDU F BRILLET A HEITMANN H INNOCENT JM LATRACH L MAN CN PHAMTU M TOURNIER E TAUBMANN M VINET JY BOCCARA C GLEYZES P LORIETTE V ROGER JP CAGNOLI G GAMMAITONI L KOVALIK J MARCHESONI F PUNTURO M BECCARIA M BERNARDINI M BOUGLEUX E BRACCINI S BRADASCHIA C CELLA G CIAMPA A CUOCO E CURCI G DELFABBRO R DESALVO R DIVIRGILIO A ENARD D FERRANTE I FIDECARO F GIASSI A GIAZOTTO A HOLLOWAY L LAPENNA P LOSURDO G MANCINI S MAZZONI M PALLA F PAN HB PASSUELLO D PELFER P POGGIANI R STANGA R VICERE A ZHANG Z FERRARI V MAJORANA E PUPPO P RAPAGNANI P RICCI F
Citation
B. Caron et al., THE VIRGO INTERFEROMETER FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTION, Nuclear physics. B, 1997, pp. 167-175
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
54B
Pages
167 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997):<167:TVIFGD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The Virgo gravitational wave detector is an interferometer with 3 km l ong arms in construction near Pisa in Italy. The accessible sources at the design sensitivity and main noises are reviewed. Virgo has devote d a significant effort to extend sensitivity to low frequency reaching the strain level (h) over tilde = 10(-21) Hz(-1/2) at 10 Hz while at 200 Hz (h) over tilde = 3.10(-23) Hz(-1/2). Design choices and status of construction are presented.