Data acquisition system of the virgo gravitational waves interferometric detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 225-232

  Acernese, F ^a,b,c   Amico, P ^e   Alshourbagy, M ^d   Antonucci, F ^f   Aoudia, S ^g   Astone, P ^f   Avino, S ^a,b,c   Babusci, D ^h   Ballardin, G ⁱ   Barone, F ^a,b,c   Barsotti, L ^d   Barsuglia, M ^j   Bauer, Th S ^k,l   Beauville, F ^m   Bigotta, S ^d   Birindelli, S ^d   Bizouard, M A ^j   Boccara, C ⁿ   Bondu, F ^g   Bosi, L ^e   Bradaschia, C ^d   Braccini, S ^d   Van Den Brand, F J ^k,l   Brillet, A ^g   Brisson, V ^j   Buskulic, D ^m   Calloni, E ^a,b,c   Campagna, E ^o,p   Carbognani, F ⁱ   Cavalier, F ^j   Cavalieri, R ⁱ   Cella, G ^d   Cesarini, E ^o,p   Chassande Mottin, E ^g   Christensen, N ⁱ   Corda, C ^d   Corsi, A ^f   Cottone, F ^e   Clapson, A C ^j   Cleva, F ^g   Coulon, J P ^g   Cuoco, E ⁱ   Dari, A ^e   Dattilo, V ⁱ   Davier, M ^j   Del Prete, M ^d   De Rosa, R ^a,b,c   Di Fiore, L ^a,b,c   Di Virgilio, A ^d   Dujardin, B ^g   Eleuteri, A ^a,b,c   Evans, M ⁱ   Ferrante, I ^d   Fidecaro, F ^d   Fiori, I ⁱ   Flaminio, R ^i,m   Fournier, J D ^g   Frasca, S ^f   Frasconi, F ^d   Gammaitoni, L ^e   Garufi, F ^a,b,c   Genin, E ⁱ   Gennai, A ^d   Giazotto, A ^d   Giordano, G ^h   Giordano, L ^a,b,c   Gouaty, R ^m   Grosjean, D ^m   Guidi, G ^o,p   Hamdani, S ⁱ   Hebri, S ⁱ   Heitmann, H ^g   Hello, P ^j   Huet, D ⁱ   Karkar, S ^m   Kreckelbergh, S ^j   La Penna, P ⁱ   Laval, M ^g   Leroy, N ^j   Letendre, N ^m   Lopez, B ⁱ   Lorenzini, M ^o,p   Loriette, V ⁿ   Losurdo, G ^o,p   Mackowski, J M ^q   Majorana, E ^f   Man, C N ^g   Mantovani, M ^d   Marchesoni, F ^e   Marion, F ^m   Marque, J ⁱ   Martelli, F ^o,p   Masserot, A ^m   Mazzoni, M ^o,p   Milano, L ^a,b,c   Menzinger, F ⁱ   Moins, C ⁱ   Moreau, J ⁿ   Morgado, N ^q   Mours, B ^m   Nocera, F ⁱ   Palomba, C ^f   Paoletti, F ^d,i   Pardi, S ^a,b,c   Pasqualetti, A ⁱ   Passaquieti, R ^d   Passuello, D ^d   Piergiovanni, F ^o,p   Pinard, L ^q   Poggiani, R ^d   Punturo, M ^e   Puppo, P ^f   Van Der Putten, S ^k,l   Qipiani, K ^a,b,c   Rapagnani, P ^f   Reita, V ⁿ   Remillieux, A ^q   Ricci, F ^f   Ricciardi, I ^a,b,c   Ruggi, P ⁱ   Russo, G ^a,b,c   Solimeno, S ^a,b,c   Spallicci, A ^g   Tarallo, M ^d   Tonelli, M ^d   Toncelli, A ^d   Tournefier, E ^m   Travasso, F ^e   Tremola, C ^d   Vajente, G ^d   Verkindt, D ^m   Vetrano, F ^o,p   Vicere A ^o,p   Vinet, J Y ^g   Vocca, H ^e   Yvert, M ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^h INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

ⁱ EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^k NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^l VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

ⁿ PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^q LMA   (France)

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Author keywords

Data acquisition (DAQ); Data display; Gravitational waves; Interferometer; Online monitoring; Virgo

Indexed keywords

DATA DISPLAY; ONLINE MONITORING;

GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 39049122677     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.913937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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