The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

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

^a INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^g EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

ⁱ NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^j PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^l LMA   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^q SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^r VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gravitational waves; Interferometer; Laser; Michelson

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GRAVITY WAVES; LASER PULSES;

FABRY-PEROT CAVITIES;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 44449120921     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/6/064009     Document Type: Article

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