The Virgo gravitational wave detector is an interferometer with 3 km long arms in construction near Pisa to be commissioned in the year 2000. Virgo has been designed to achieve a strain sensitivity (SNR = 1) of a few times 10−23 Hz−1/2 at 200 Hz. A large effort has gone into the conception of the mirror suspension system, which is expected to reduce noise to the level of 10−21 Hz−1/2 at 10 Hz. The expected signals and main sources of noise are briefly discussed; the choices made are illustrated together with the present status of the experiment.
Caron B, Dominjon A, Drezen C, Flaminio R, Grave X, Marion F, et al. (1997). The Virgo interferometer. CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY, 14(6), 1461-1469.
The Virgo interferometer
Cuoco E;
1997
Abstract
The Virgo gravitational wave detector is an interferometer with 3 km long arms in construction near Pisa to be commissioned in the year 2000. Virgo has been designed to achieve a strain sensitivity (SNR = 1) of a few times 10−23 Hz−1/2 at 200 Hz. A large effort has gone into the conception of the mirror suspension system, which is expected to reduce noise to the level of 10−21 Hz−1/2 at 10 Hz. The expected signals and main sources of noise are briefly discussed; the choices made are illustrated together with the present status of the experiment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
