Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-12-23 v3 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detection rate) by three orders of magnitude. The project is now in an advanced construction phase and the assembly and integration will be completed by the end of 2015. Advanced Virgo will be part of a network with the two Advanced LIGO detectors in the US and GEO HF in Germany, with the goal of contributing to the early detections of gravitational waves and to opening a new observation window on the universe. In this paper we describe the main features of the Advanced Virgo detector and outline the status of the construction.
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@article{arxiv.1408.3978,
title = {Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector},
author = {F. Acernese and M. Agathos and K. Agatsuma and D. Aisa and N. Allemandou and A. Allocca and J. Amarni and P. Astone and G. Balestri and G. Ballardin and F. Barone and J. -P. Baronick and M. Barsuglia and A. Basti and F. Basti and Th. S. Bauer and V. Bavigadda and M. Bejger and M. G. Beker and C. Belczynski and D. Bersanetti and A. Bertolini and M. Bitossi and M. A. Bizouard and S. Bloemen and M. Blom and M. Boer and G. Bogaert and D. Bondi and F. Bondu and L. Bonelli and R. Bonnand and V. Boschi and L. Bosi and T. Bouedo and C. Bradaschia and M. Branchesi and T. Briant and A. Brillet and V. Brisson and T. Bulik and H. J. Bulten and D. Buskulic and C. Buy and G. Cagnoli and E. Calloni and C. Campeggi and B. Canuel and F. Carbognani and F. Cavalier and R. Cavalieri and G. Cella and E. Cesarini and E. Chassande-Mottin and A. Chincarini and A. Chiummo and S. Chua and F. Cleva and E. Coccia and P. -F. Cohadon and A. Colla and M. Colombini and A. Conte and J. -P. Coulon and E. Cuoco and A. Dalmaz and S. D'Antonio and V. Dattilo and M. Davier and R. Day and G. Debreczeni and J. Degallaix and S. Deléglise and W. Del Pozzo and H. Dereli and R. De Rosa and L. Di Fiore and A. Di Lieto and A. Di Virgilio and M. Doets and V. Dolique and M. Drago and M. Ducrot and G. Endrőczi and V. Fafone and S. Farinon and I. Ferrante and F. Ferrini and F. Fidecaro and I. Fiori and R. Flaminio and J. -D. Fournier and S. Franco and S. Frasca and F. Frasconi and L. Gammaitoni and F. Garufi and M. Gaspard and A. Gatto and G. Gemme and B. Gendre and E. Genin and A. Gennai and S. Ghosh and L. Giacobone and A. Giazotto and R. Gouaty and M. Granata and G. Greco and P. Groot and G. M. Guidi and J. Harms and A. Heidmann and H. Heitmann and P. Hello and G. Hemming and E. Hennes and D. Hofman and P. Jaranowski and R. J. G. Jonker and M. Kasprzack and F. Kéfélian and I. Kowalska and M. Kraan and A. Królak and A. Kutynia and C. Lazzaro and M. Leonardi and N. Leroy and N. Letendre and T. G. F. Li and B. Lieunard and M. Lorenzini and V. Loriette and G. Losurdo and C. Magazzù and E. Majorana and I. Maksimovic and V. Malvezzi and N. Man and V. Mangano and M. Mantovani and F. Marchesoni and F. Marion and J. Marque and F. Martelli and L. Martellini and A. Masserot and D. Meacher and J. Meidam and F. Mezzani and C. Michel and L. Milano and Y. Minenkov and A. Moggi and M. Mohan and M. Montani and N. Morgado and B. Mours and F. Mul and M. F. Nagy and I. Nardecchia and L. Naticchioni and G. Nelemans and I. Neri and M. Neri and F. Nocera and E. Pacaud and C. Palomba and F. Paoletti and A. Paoli and A. Pasqualetti and R. Passaquieti and D. Passuello and M. Perciballi and S. Petit and M. Pichot and F. Piergiovanni and G. Pillant and A Piluso and L. Pinard and R. Poggiani and M. Prijatelj and G. A. Prodi and M. Punturo and P. Puppo and D. S. Rabeling and I. Rácz and P. Rapagnani and M. Razzano and V. Re and T. Regimbau and F. Ricci and F. Robinet and A. Rocchi and L. Rolland and R. Romano and D. Rosińska and P. Ruggi and E. Saracco and B. Sassolas and F. Schimmel and D. Sentenac and V. Sequino and S. Shah and K. Siellez and N. Straniero and B. Swinkels and M. Tacca and M. Tonelli and F. Travasso and M. Turconi and G. Vajente and N. van Bakel and M. van Beuzekom and J. F. J. van den Brand and C. Van Den Broeck and M. V. van der Sluys and J. van Heijningen and M. Vasúth and G. Vedovato and J. Veitch and D. Verkindt and F. Vetrano and A. Viceré and J. -Y. Vinet and G. Visser and H. Vocca and R. Ward and M. Was and L. -W. Wei and M. Yvert and A. Zadrożny and J. -P. Zendri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.3978},
year = {2014}
}
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Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity. 55 pages, 29 figures