Virgo: A laser interferometer to detect gravitational waves

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

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^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j University of Naples Napoli Federico II   (Italy)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^p INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^q SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^r INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^v CNRS   (France)

^w LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^x LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^y IN2P3/CNRS ^*  (France)

^z NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^aa VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ab UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^ac SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^ae Università di Trento ^*

^af UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^ag POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ai NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^aj Univ Bial Ystok   (Poland)

^ak SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^al UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^am RMKI   (Hungary)

^an INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^ap SUBATECH   (France)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^ar ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^as UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^at CERN   (Switzerland)

^au SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^av INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^aw Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^ax INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^ay INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^az ANDRONIKASHVILI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^ba LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^bb CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Antennas; Interferometry; Lasers; Suspensions

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

CIVIL ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; HIGH QUALITY; LASER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; SENSITIVITY CURVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 84859753109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/P03012     Document Type: Article

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