Automatic Alignment for the first science run of the Virgo interferometer

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Acernese, F ^g,i   Alshourbagy, M ^o,p   Antonucci, F ^r   Aoudia, S ^j   Arun, K G ^k   Astone, P ^r   Ballardin, G ^b   Barone, F ^g,i   Barsuglia, M ^y   Bauer, Th S ^t   Bigotta, S ^o,p   Birindelli, S ^j   Bizouard, M A ^k   Boccara, C ^l   Bondu, F ^j   Bonelli, L ^o,p   Bosi, L ^m   Braccini, S ^o   Bradaschia, C ^o   Brillet, A ^j   Brisson, V ^k   Bulten, H J ^t,u   Buskulic, D ^a   Cagnoli, G ^c   Calloni, E ^g,h   Campagna, E ^c,e   Canuel, B ^b   Carbognani, F ^b   Carbone, L ^m   Cavalier, F ^k   Cavalieri, R ^b   Cella, G ^o   Cesarini, E ^c,d   Chassande Mottin, E ^y   Chatterji, S ^r   Cleva, F ^j   Coccia, E ^r,v   Colas, J ^b   Colombini, M ^s   Corda, C ^o,p   Corsi, A ^r   Coulon, J P ^j   Cuoco, E ^b   D'Antonio, S ^r   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 ^r,x   Di Virgilio, A ^o   Fafone, V ^r,v   Ferrante, I ^o,p   Fidecaro, F ^o,p   Fiori, I ^b   Flaminio, R ^f   Fournier, J D ^j   Frasca, S ^r,s   Frasconi, F ^o   Gammaitoni, L ^m,n   Garufi, F ^g,h   Genin, E ^b   Gennai, A ^o   Giazotto, A ^o   Granata, M ^y   Granata, V ^a   Greverie, C ^j   Guidi, G ^c,e   Heitmann, H ^j   Hello, P ^k   Hild, S ^z   Huet, D ^b   La Penna, P ^b   Laval, M ^j   Leroy, N ^k   Letendre, N ^a   Lorenzini, M ^c   Loriette, V ^l   Losurdo, G ^c   Mackowski, J M ^f   Majorana, E ^r   Man, C N ^j   Mantovani, M ^b   Marchesoni, F ^m   Marion, F ^a   Marque, J ^b   Martelli, F ^c,e   Masserot, A ^a   Menzinger, F ^b   Michel, C ^f   Milano, L ^g,h   Minenkov, Y ^r   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 ^r,v   Palomba, C ^r   Paoletti, F ^b,o   Pardi, S ^g,h   Pasqualetti, A ^b   Passaquieti, R ^o,p   Passuello, D ^o   Persichetti, G ^g,h   Piergiovanni, F ^c,e   Pinard, L ^f   Poggiani, R ^o,p   Punturo, M ^m   Puppo, P ^r   Rabaste, O ^y   Rapagnani, P ^r,t   Regimbau, T ^j   Ricci, F ^r,s   Rocchi, A ^r   Rolland, L ^a   Romano, R ^g,i   Ruggi, P ^b   Sassolas, B ^f   Sentenac, D ^b   Swinkels, B L ^b   Terenzi, R ^r,w   Toncelli, A ^o,p   Tonelli, M ^o,p   Tournefier, E ^a   Travasso, F ^m,n   Trummer, J ^a   Vajente, G ^o,p   van den Brand, J F J ^t,u   van der Putten, S ^t   Verkindt, D ^a   Vetrano, F ^c,e   Vicere A ^c,e   Vinet, J Y ^j   Vocca, H ^m   Was, M ^k   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 INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^s SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS   (Netherlands)

^u VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^w INAF   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Angular; Control systems; Gravitational wave detectors; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; WAVEFRONTS;

ANGULAR; ANGULAR POSITIONS; AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETER MIRRORS; LARGE SCALE LASERS; MODULATION-DEMODULATION; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 77649337302     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.01.010     Document Type: Review

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