Lock acquisition of the Virgo gravitational wave detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-38

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^f LMA   (France)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^h Università di Napoli Federico II Complesso Universitario di Monte S Angelo   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^l PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^r SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^s INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^t SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^u NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS   (Netherlands)

^v VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^z MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Control systems; Gravitational wave detectors; Interferometry; Lock acquisition

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FABRY-PEROT CAVITIES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTION; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTOR; LOCK ACQUISITION; OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; SCIENTIFIC DATA; VIRGO DETECTOR; VIRGO INTERFEROMETER; WORKING POINT;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 49649111585     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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