Published April 7, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

The present status of the VIRGO Central Interferometer

Description

The VIRGO Central Interferometer (CITF) is a short suspended interferometer operated with the central area elements of the VIRGO detector. The main motivation behind the CITF is to allow the integration and debugging of a large part of the subsystems of VIRGO while the construction of the long arms of the antenna is being completed. This will permit a faster commissioning of the full-size antenna. In fact, almost all the main components of the CITF, with the exception of the large mirrors and a few other details, are the same as those to be used for the full-size detector. In this paper the present status of the VIRGO CITF is reported

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1421/q20725.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1421-1428
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34031440
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTENNAS; COMMISSIONING; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS