The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection

Year: 2008

Authors: Acernese F., Amico P., Alshourbagy M., Antonucci F., Aoudia S., Astone P., Avino S., Baggio L., Ballardin G., Barone F., Barsotti L., Barsuglia M., Bauer Th S., Bigotta S., Bizouard M. A., Boccara C., Bondu F., Bosi L., Bradaschia C., van den Brand J. F. J., Birindelli S., Braccini S., Brillet A., Brisson V., Buskulic D., Cagnoli G., Calloni E., Campagna E., Carbognani F., Cavalier F., Cavalieri R., Cella G., Cesarini E., Chassande-Mottin E., Clapson A-C, Cleva F., Coccia E., Corda C., Corsi A., Cottone F., Coulon J-P, Cuoco E., D’Antonio S., Dari A., Dattilo V., Davier M., del Prete M., De Rosa R., Di Fiore L., Di Lieto A., Di Virgilio A., Dujardin B., Evans M., Fafone V., Ferrante I., Fidecaro F., Fiori I., Flaminio R., Fournier J-D, Frasca S., Frasconi F., Gammaitoni L., Garufi F., Genin E., Gennai A., Giazotto A., Giordano L., Granata V., Greverie C., Grosjean D., Guidi G., Hamdani S., Hebri S., Heitmann H., Hello P., Huet D., Kreckelbergh S., La Penna P., Laval M., Leroy N., Letendre N., Lopez B., Lorenzini M., Loriette V., Losurdo G., Mackowski J-M, Majorana E., Man C. N., Mantovani M., Marchesoni F., Marion F., Marque J., Martelli F., Masserot A., Menzinger F., Milano L., Minenkov Y., Moins C., Moreau J., Morgado N., Mosca S., Mours B., Neri I., Nocera F., Pagliaroli G., Pallottino G. V., Palomba C., Paoletti F., Pardi S., Pasqualetti A., Passaquieti R., Passuello D., Piergiovanni F., Pinard L., Poggiani R., Punturo M., Puppo P., van der Putten S., Rapagnani P., Regimbau T., Reita V., Remillieux A., Ricci F., Ricciardi I., Rocchi A., Romano R., Ruggi P., Russo G., Solimeno S., Spallicci A., Tarallo M., Terenzi R., Tonelli M., Toncelli A., Tournefier E., Travasso F., Tremola C., Vajente G., Verkindt D., Vetrano F., Vicere A., Vinet J-Y, Vocca H., Yvert M.

Autors Affiliation: European Gravitat Observ, I-56021 Cascina, Pi, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy; Univ Naples Federico 2, Naples, Italy; Univ Salerno, Fisciano, Sa, Italy; Univ Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Univ Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy; Univ Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Observ Cote Azur, Dept Artemis, F-06304 Nice 4, France; Univ Savoie, CNRS, IN2P3, LAPP, Annecy Le Vieux, France; Univ Paris 11, CNRS, IN2P3, LAL, Orsay, France; Vrije Univ Amsterdam, NL-971 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; NIKHEF, NL-908 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands; ESPCI, F-75005 Paris, France; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze Urbino, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Florence, I-50121 Florence, Italy; Univ Urbino, I-61029 Urbino, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; LMA, Lyon, France

Abstract: Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled Michelson interferometer, with 3 km long suspended Fabry–Perot cavities. The first Virgo scientific data-taking started in mid-May 2007, in coincidence with the corresponding LIGO detectors. The optical scheme of the interferometer and the various optical techniques used in the experiment, such as the laser source, control, alignment, stabilization and detection strategies are outlined. The future upgrades that are planned for Virgo from the optical point of view, especially concerning the evolution of the Virgo laser, are presented. Finally, the next generation of the gravitational wave detector (advanced Virgo) is introduced from the point of view of the laser system.

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS

Volume: 10 (6)      Pages from: 064009-1  to: 064009-9

KeyWords: Gravitational waves; Laser interferometry;
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/6/064009

Citations: 71
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