Published April 21, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Commissioning status of the Virgo interferometer

  • 1. Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), IN2P3/CNRS, Universite de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux (France)
  • 2. European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina (Pi) (Italy)

Description

The Virgo interferometer is one of the big observatories aimed at detecting gravitational waves. This paper will describe the Virgo + upgrades and the commissioning work performed between the first Virgo science run (VSR1) and the second Virgo science run (VSR2). Some first results of VSR2 will be discussed, which was recently started with a good duty cycle and an inspiral range for the detection of binary neutron-star inspirals of 10 Mpc. To conclude, an outlook will be given on some future upgrades of the detector.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084002

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084002;
PII
S0264-9381(10)37724-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

Conference

Title
8. Edoardo Amaldi conference on gravitational waves
Acronym
Amaldi 8
Dates
22-26 Jun 2009
Place
New York, NY (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41097842
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMMISSIONING; DETECTION; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; NEUTRON STARS
Descriptors DEC
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; STARS

Optional Information

Collaborations
VIRGO Collaboration