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First Tests of a Newtonian Calibrator on an Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

The ongoing improvements of the advanced gravitational wave (GW) detectors are setting challenging requirements on instrument calibration. We report tests of a calibration technique, based on the well-known gravitation force, which has been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-21 D. Estevez , B. Lieunard , F. Marion , B. Mours , L. Rolland , D. Verkindt

Prospects for improving the sensitivity of KAGRA gravitational wave detector

KAGRA is a new gravitational wave detector which aims to begin joint observation with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo from late 2019. Here, we present KAGRA's possible upgrade plans to improve the sensitivity in the decade ahead. Unlike…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-22 Yuta Michimura , Masaki Ando , Eleonora Capocasa , Yutaro Enomoto , Raffaele Flaminio , Sadakazu Haino , Kazuhiro Hayama , Eiichi Hirose , Yousuke Itoh , Tomoya Kinugawa , Kentro Komori , Matteo Leonardi , Norikatsu Mio , Koji Nagano , Hiroyuki Nakano , Atsushi Nishizawa , Norichika Sago , Masaru Shibata , Hisaaki Shinkai , Kentaro Somiya , Hiroki Takeda , Takahiro Tanaka , Satoshi Tanioka , Li-Wei Wei , Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Angular control noise in Advanced Virgo and implications for the Einstein Telescope

With significantly improved sensitivity, the Einstein Telescope (ET), along with other upcoming gravitational wave detectors, will mark the beginning of precision gravitational wave astronomy. However, the pursuit of surpassing current…

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Automatic Mirror Alignment for VIRGO: First experimental demonstration of the Anderson technique on a large-scale interferometer

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson laser interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in the arms and a power-recycling mirror. The…

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The GstLAL Search Analysis Methods for Compact Binary Mergers in Advanced LIGO's Second and Advanced Virgo's First Observing Runs

After their successful first observing run (September 12, 2015 - January 12, 2016), the Advanced LIGO detectors were upgraded to increase their sensitivity for the second observing run (November 30, 2016 - August 26, 2017). The Advanced…

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This document presents an overview of the design, implementation, and expected performance of the Advanced Virgo Plus (AdV+) upgrades in view of the O5 observing run. Following the experience gained during the O4 commissioning and…

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Bolliand , R. Bondarescu , F. Bondu , R. Bonnand , N. Borghi , V. Boschi , Y. Bothra , A. Boudon , A. Bozzi , C. Bradaschia , M. Branchesi , T. Briant , A. Brillet , M. L. Brozzetti , G. Bruno , F. Bucci , O. Bulashenko , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , R. Buscicchio , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. Cabrita , G. Cagnoli , E. Calloni , M. Canepa , G. Caneva Santoro , E. Capocasa , G. Capoccia , G. Capurri , G. Carapella , F. Carbognani , M. Carpinelli , G. Carullo , A. Casallas-Lagos , J. Casanueva Diaz , C. Casentini , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , S. Cepic , P. Cerdá-Durán , E. Cesarini , W. Chaibi , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chaty , P. Chessa , F. Chiadini , A. Chincarini , M. L. Chiofalo , A. Chiummo , N. Christensen , G. Ciani , M. Cieślar , P. Ciecielag , M. Cifaldi , S. Clesse , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , E. Codazzo , P. -F. Cohadon , S. Colace , A. Colombo , L. Conti , I. Cordero-Carrión , S. Corezzi , L. A. Corubolo , A. Cozzumbo , J. R. Cudell , E. Cuoco , M. Cusinato , B. D'Angelo , S. D'Antonio , L. D'Onofrio , D. D'Urso , G. Dálya , S. Dall'Osso , T. Dal Canton , S. Dal Pra , S. Danilishin , V. Dattilo , A. Daumas , M. Davier , P. Davis , J. Degallaix , C. J. Delgado Mendez , S. Della Torre , W. Del Pozzo , A. Demagny , G. Demasi , A. Depasse , J. De Bolle , M. De Laurentis , F. De Lillo , F. De Marco , F. De Matteis , R. De Pietri , R. De Rosa , C. De Rossi , R. De Simone , C. Diaz , D. Diksha , J. Ding , M. Di Cesare , L. Di Fiore , M. Di Giovanni , T. Di Girolamo , S. Di Pace , I. Di Palma , D. Di Piero , F. Di Renzo , A. Domiciano De Souza , T. Dooney , O. Dorosh , M. Drago , M. Dubois , U. Dupletsa , H. Duval , P. -A. Duverne , M. Ebersold , H. Einsle , L. Errico , M. Esposito , F. Fabrizi , V. Fafone , M. Fays , E. Fenyvesi , T. Fernandes , S. Ferraiuolo , F. Fidecaro , P. Figura , A. Fiori , I. Fiori , R. Fittipaldi , V. Fiumara , R. Flaminio , J. A. Font , K. Franceschetti , F. Frappez , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , A. Freise , O. Freitas , B. Gadre , S. Galaudage , B. Garaventa , J. García-Bellido , P. García Abia , J. Gargiulo , X. Garrido , F. Garufi , C. Gasbarra , F. Gautier , G. Gemme , A. Gennai , V. Gennari , Archisman Ghosh , S. Gkaitatzis , F. Glotin , S. Gomez Lopez , A. Goodwin-Jones , M. Gosselin , C. Gostiaux , R. Gouaty , A. Grado , M. Granata , V. Granata , G. Greco , A. C. Green , G. Grignani , C. Grimaud , D. Guerra , D. Guetta , G. M. Guidi , F. Gulminelli , Y. Guo , N. Gutierrez , M. Haney , S. Harikumar , T. Harmark , J. Harms , M. T. Hartman , B. Haskell , D. Hegde , H. Heitmann , G. Hemming , J. Heynen , S. Hild , D. Hofman , N. A. Holland , L. Honet , C. A. Hrishikesh , W. -F. Hsu , V. Hui , L. Iampieri , G. A. Iandolo , M. Ianni , G. Iannone , A. Ierardi , G. Iorio , P. Iosif , C. Jacquet , P. -E. Jacquet , T. Jacquot , J. Janquart , S. Jaraba , P. Jaranowski , G. Joubert , V. Juste , W. Kiendrebeogo , G. Koekoek , S. Koley , A. E. Koloniari , A. Koushik , A. Królak , E. Kraja , S. L. Kranzhoff , J. Kubisz , A. Lakhal , M. Lalleman , A. Lartaux-Vollard , L. Lavezzi , C. Lazarte , C. Lazzaro , P. Leaci , A. Lemaître , M. Lenti , M. Leonardi , M. Lequime , N. Leroy , N. Letendre , M. Lethuillier , S. Lexmond , M. Le Jean , T. G. F. Li , J. -P. Locquet , A. Longo , D. Lopez , M. Lopez Portilla , M. Lorenzini , V. Loriette , G. Losurdo , L. Lucchesi , D. Lumaca , L. Lunghini , A. Macquet , S. S. Madekar , S. Maenaut , R. Maggiore , M. Magnozzi , E. Majorana , N. Man , M. Mancarella , V. Mangano , M. Mantovani , M. Mapelli , S. Marchetti , C. Marinelli , F. Marion , S. Marsat , F. Martelli , M. Martinez , V. Martinez , A. Martini , L. Massaro , A. Masserot , S. Mastrogiovanni , G. Mastropasqua , T. Matcovich , L. Maurin , Q. Meijer , L. Mereni , G. Merino , M. Merzougui , B. Mestichelli , A. Miani , C. Michel , A. L. Miller , E. Milotti , V. Milotti , Y. Minenkov , Ll. M. Mir , L. Mirasola , C. -A. Miritescu , A. L. Mitchell , L. Mobilia , M. Montani , A. Moreso Serra , G. Morras , A. 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Steinlechner , S. Steinlechner , N. Stergioulas , P. Stevens , M. Suchenek , S. Sudhagar , J. Suresh , A. Svizzeretto , B. L. Swinkels , A. Syx , M. J. Szczepańczyk , P. Szewczyk , M. Tacca , M. Tagliazucchi , I. Takimoto Schmiegelow , N. Tamanini , E. N. Tapia San Martín , C. Taranto , A. Theodoropoulos , J. Tissino , P. Tiwari , E. Tofani , M. Toffano , A. Torres-Forné , I. Tosta e Melo , E. Tournefier , M. Trad Nery , A. Trapananti , R. Travaglini , F. Travasso , M. C. Tringali , G. Troian , A. Trovato , L. Trozzo , K. Turbang , M. Turconi , C. Turski , H. Ubach , M. Vacatello , M. Valentini , E. Vallejo-Pagès , S. Vallero , M. van Dael , E. Van den Bossche , J. F. J. van den Brand , C. Van Den Broeck , M. van der Kolk , M. van der Sluys , A. Van de Walle , J. van Dongen , H. van Haevermaet , J. V. van Heijningen , P. Van Hove , N. van Remortel , M. Vardaro , G. Vedovato , S. Venikoudis , P. Verdier , M. Vereecken , D. Verkindt , F. Vetrano , A. Veutro , A. Viceré , N. Villanueva Espinosa , J. -Y. Vinet , S. Viret , H. Vocca , M. Was , M. Wils , J. Woehler , I. C. F. Wong , T. Wouters , M. Wright , Z. Wu , N. Yadav , T. Zelenova , J. -P. Zendri , M. Zeoli , M. Zerrad , Y. Zhao , L. Zimmermann

Comparing advanced-era interferometric gravitational-wave detector network configurations: sky localization and source properties

The expansion and upgrade of the global network of ground-based gravitational wave detectors promises to improve our capacity to infer the sky-localization of transient sources, enabling more effective multi-messenger follow-ups. At the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Mattia Emma , Tiago Fernandes de Nobrega , Gregory Ashton

Simulations of light distribution on new instrumented baffles surrounding Virgo end mirrors

As part of the second phase of Advanced Virgo upgrade program, instrumented baffles are being constructed to be installed around the end mirrors in the main arms, in continuation of what has been implemented for the input mode cleaner end…

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Calibrating gravitational-wave detectors with GW170817

The waveform of a compact binary coalescence is predicted by general relativity. It is therefore possible to directly constrain the response of a gravitational-wave (GW) detector by analyzing a signal's observed amplitude and phase…

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Characterization of the Virgo Seismic Environment

The Virgo gravitational wave detector is an interferometer (ITF) with 3km arms located in Pisa, Italy. From July to October 2010, Virgo performed its third science run (VSR3) in coincidence with the LIGO detectors. Despite several…

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Demonstration of a next-generation wavefront actuator for gravitational-wave detection

In the last decade, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European Virgo observatory have opened a new observational window on the universe. These cavity-enhanced laser interferometers sense spacetime…

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The Advanced LIGO Input Optics

The Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors are nearing their design sensitivity and should begin taking meaningful astrophysical data in the fall of 2015. These resonant optical interferometers will have unprecedented sensitivity to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-17 Chris Mueller , Muzammil Arain , Giacomo Ciani , Ryan DeRosa , Anamaria Effler , David Feldbaum , Valery Frolov , Paul Fulda , Joseph Gleason , Matthew Heintze , Eleanor King , Keiko Kokeyama , William Korth , Rodica Martin , Adam Mullavey , Jan Poeld , Volker Quetschke , David Reitze , David Tanner , Luke Williams , Guido Mueller

Constraining the orbital eccentricity of inspiralling compact binary systems with Advanced LIGO

The detection of ~50 coalescing compact binaries with the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors has allowed us to test general relativity, constrain merger rates, and look for evidence of tidal effects, compact object spins, higher waveform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-15 Marc Favata , Chunglee Kim , K. G. Arun , JeongCho Kim , Hyung Won Lee

Using the etalon effect for in-situ balancing of the Advanced Virgo arm cavities

Several large-scale interferometric gravitational-wave detectors use resonant arm cavities to enhance the light power in the interferometer arms. These cavities are based on different optical designs: One design uses wedged input mirrors to…

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Characterization of systematic error in Advanced LIGO calibration

The raw outputs of the detectors within the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory need to be calibrated in order to produce the estimate of the dimensionless strain used for astrophysical analyses. The two detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-03 Ling Sun , Evan Goetz , Jeffrey S. Kissel , Joseph Betzwieser , Sudarshan Karki , Aaron Viets , Madeline Wade , Dripta Bhattacharjee , Vladimir Bossilkov , Pep B. Covas , Laurence E. H. Datrier , Rachel Gray , Shivaraj Kandhasamy , Yannick K. Lecoeuche , Gregory Mendell , Timesh Mistry , Ethan Payne , Richard L. Savage , Alan J. Weinstein , Stuart Aston , Aaron Buikema , Craig Cahillane , Jenne C. Driggers , Sheila E. Dwyer , Rahul Kumar , Alexander Urban

Status of the Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detector

On September 2015, a century after Einstein's predictions of their existence, the first gravitational waves (GWs) direct detection was performed by LIGO. On August 17, 2017, the two Advanced LIGO and the Advanced Virgo interferometers…

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Search for the birefringence of gravitational waves with the third observing run of Advanced LIGO-Virgo

Gravitational waves would attain birefringence during their propagation from distant sources to the Earth, when the CPT symmetry is broken. If it was sizeable enough, such birefringence could be measured by the Advanced LIGO, Virgo and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-14 Zhi-Chao Zhao , Zhoujian Cao , Sai Wang

Prospects for improving the sensitivity of the cryogenic gravitational wave detector KAGRA

Upgrades to improve the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors enable more frequent detections and more precise source parameter estimation. Unlike other advanced interferometric detectors such as Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-28 Yuta Michimura , Kentaro Komori , Yutaro Enomoto , Koji Nagano , Atsushi Nishizawa , Eiichi Hirose , Matteo Leonardi , Eleonora Capocasa , Naoki Aritomi , Yuhang Zhao , Raffaele Flaminio , Takafumi Ushiba , Tomohiro Yamada , Li-Wei Wei , Hiroki Takeda , Satoshi Tanioka , Masaki Ando , Kazuhiro Yamamoto , Kazuhiro Hayama , Sadakazu Haino , Kentaro Somiya

Toward Low-Latency, High-Fidelity Calibration of the LIGO Detectors with Enhanced Monitoring Tools

Accurate and reliable calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors has enabled a plethora of gravitational-wave discoveries in the detectors' first decade of operation, starting with the ground-breaking discovery, GW150914. In the first…

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External environmental noise influences on Virgo during O3

Sources of geophysical noise, such as wind, sea waves and earthquakes, can have an impact on gravitational wave interferometers causing sensitivity worsening and gaps in data taking. During the 1-year long O3 run (April 1st 2019 to March…

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