The Virgo detector

Acernese, F; Amico, P; Al-Shourbagy, M; Aoudia, S; Avino, S; Babusci, D; Ballardin, G; Barillé, R; Barone, F; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Beauville, F; Bizouard, Ma; Boccara, C; Bondu, F; Bosi, L; Bradaschia, C; Braccini, S; Brillet, A; Brisson, V; Brocco, L; Buskulic, D; Calloni, E; Campagna, E; Cavalier, F; Cavalieri, R; Cella, G; Chassande-Mottin, E; Corda, C; Clapson, Ac; Cleva, F; Coulon, Jp; Cuoco, E; Dattilo, V; Davier, M; De Rosa, R; Di Fiore, L; Di Virgilio, A; Dujardin, B; Eleuteri, A; Enard, D; Ferrante, I; Fidecaro, F; Fiori, I; Flaminio, R; Fournier, Jd; Frasca, S; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Gammaitoni, L; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Giordano, G; Giordano, L; Gouaty, R; Grosjean, D; Guidi, G; Hebri, S; Heitmann, H; Hello, P; Holloway, L; Kreckelbergh, S; La Penna, P; Loriette, V; Loupias, M; Losurdo, G; Mackowski, Jm; Majorana, E; Man, Cn; Mantovani, M; Marchesoni, F; Marion, F; Marque, J; Martelli, F; Masserot, A; Mazzoni, M; Milano, L; Moins, C; Moreau, J; Morgado, N; Mours, B; Pai, A; Palomba, C; Paoletti, F; Pardi, S; Pasqualetti, A; Passaquieti, R; Passuello, D; Perniola, B; Piergiovanni, F; Pinard, L; Poggiani, R; Punturo, M; Puppo, P; Qipiani, K; Rapagnani, P; Reita, V; Remillieux, A; Ricci, F; Ricciardi, I; Ruggi, P; Russo, G; Solimeno, S; Spallicci, A; Stanga, R; Taddei, R; Tombolato, D; Tonelli, M; Toncelli, A; Tournefier, E; Travasso, F; Vajente, G; Verkindt, D; Vetrano, F; Viceré, A; Vinet, Jy; Vocca, H; Yvert, M; Zhang, Z

The Virgo Experiment is a gravitational wave interferometric detector. It consists in a Michelson interferometer with two 3 km long Fabry-Perot cavities as orthogonal arms. The installation of the detector has been completed in September 2003 and presently the apparatus is under commissioning. In this article an overview of the detector status is presented.

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., et al. (2005). The Virgo detector. AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 794, 307-310.