Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
University of Salerno · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli · +44 more institutions
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, alongside the two Advanced LIGO detectors in the US and GEO HF in Germany, with the goal of contributing to the early detection of gravitational waves and to opening a new window of observation on the universe. In this paper we describe the main features of the Advanced Virgo detector and outline the status of the construction.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 85.76
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- 100%
- References
- 70
Authors
234- FAF. Acernese
University of Salerno, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
- MAM. Agathos
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
- KAK. Agatsuma
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
- DAD. Aisa
University of Perugia, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
- NAN. Allemandou
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
Topics & keywords
- Physics
- LIGO
- Detector
- Gravitational wave
- Interferometry
- Gravitational-wave observatory
- Upgrade
- Galaxy
- Sustainable cities and communities