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The VIRGO project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection

Abstract

The status of advancement of the VIRGO Project is presented: the first-generation results from the Pisa seismic noise super attenuator give an upper limit to the noise transfer function of 2x10{sup -8} at 10 Hz. The upper limit to the absolute noise of the 400 kg test mass at 10 Hz has been measured to be 1.5x10{sup -13} m/{radical}Hz. The scheme and the related problems of the VIRGO interferometer, which is supposed to work down to 10 Hz, are also presented. At the 3rd Pisa Meeting in 1986 we presented the idea of what could be a very efficient seismic noise reduction system able to give a sensitivity h{proportional to}10{sup -25} at 10 Hz, in a 3 km interferometer for 1 year integration time. Now we have two new facts to present: the first is that the attenuator has been built, is working in Pisa, and shows remarkable characteristics. The second is the Italian-French interferometer VIRGO, a 3 km long antenna for low and high frequency (10-1000 Hz) gravitational wave (GW) detection. These two items will be presented in this article. (orig.).
Authors:
Bradaschia, C; Del Fabbro, R; Di Virgilio, A; Giazotto, A; Kautzky, H; Montelatici, V; Passuello, D; [1]  Brillet, A; Cregut, O; Hello, P; Man, C N; Manh, P T; Marraud, A; Shoemaker, D; Vinet, J Y; [2]  Barone, F; Di Fiore, L; Milano, L; Russo, G; [3]  Aguirregabiria, J M; Bel, H; Duruisseau, J P; Le Denmat, G; Tourrenc, P; [4]  Capossi, M; Longo, M; Lops, M; Pinto, I; Rotoli, G; [5]  Damour, T; Bonazzola, S; Marck, J A; Gourghoulon, Y; [6]  Holloway, L E [7] 
  1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy) Pisa Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91 - Orsay (France). Lab. de Gravitation et de Cosmologie Relativiste
  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Naples (Italy) Naples Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Scienze Fisiche
  4. Paris-6 Univ., 75 (France)
  5. Salerno Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Elettronica Naples Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Elettronica
  6. Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 92 (France). Groupe d'Astrophysique Relativiste
  7. Illinois
Publication Date:
Apr 15, 1990
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CONF-8905194-
Reference Number:
AIX-21-072895; EDB-90-144272
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A; (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 289:3; Conference: 4. Pisa meeting on advanced detectors: frontier detectors from frontier physics, La Biodola (Italy), 21-26 May 1989
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; BACKGROUND NOISE; ATTENUATION; GROUND MOTION; HZ RANGE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIMITING VALUES; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; SENSITIVITY; FREQUENCY RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOTION; NOISE; RADIATION DETECTORS; 657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation; 440100 - Radiation Instrumentation
OSTI ID:
6648834
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; CODEN: NIMAE
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
Pages: 518-525
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Bradaschia, C, Del Fabbro, R, Di Virgilio, A, Giazotto, A, Kautzky, H, Montelatici, V, Passuello, D, Brillet, A, Cregut, O, Hello, P, Man, C N, Manh, P T, Marraud, A, Shoemaker, D, Vinet, J Y, Barone, F, Di Fiore, L, Milano, L, Russo, G, Aguirregabiria, J M, Bel, H, Duruisseau, J P, Le Denmat, G, Tourrenc, P, Capossi, M, Longo, M, Lops, M, Pinto, I, Rotoli, G, Damour, T, Bonazzola, S, Marck, J A, Gourghoulon, Y, and Holloway, L E. The VIRGO project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection. Netherlands: N. p., 1990. Web.
Bradaschia, C, Del Fabbro, R, Di Virgilio, A, Giazotto, A, Kautzky, H, Montelatici, V, Passuello, D, Brillet, A, Cregut, O, Hello, P, Man, C N, Manh, P T, Marraud, A, Shoemaker, D, Vinet, J Y, Barone, F, Di Fiore, L, Milano, L, Russo, G, Aguirregabiria, J M, Bel, H, Duruisseau, J P, Le Denmat, G, Tourrenc, P, Capossi, M, Longo, M, Lops, M, Pinto, I, Rotoli, G, Damour, T, Bonazzola, S, Marck, J A, Gourghoulon, Y, & Holloway, L E. The VIRGO project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection. Netherlands.
Bradaschia, C, Del Fabbro, R, Di Virgilio, A, Giazotto, A, Kautzky, H, Montelatici, V, Passuello, D, Brillet, A, Cregut, O, Hello, P, Man, C N, Manh, P T, Marraud, A, Shoemaker, D, Vinet, J Y, Barone, F, Di Fiore, L, Milano, L, Russo, G, Aguirregabiria, J M, Bel, H, Duruisseau, J P, Le Denmat, G, Tourrenc, P, Capossi, M, Longo, M, Lops, M, Pinto, I, Rotoli, G, Damour, T, Bonazzola, S, Marck, J A, Gourghoulon, Y, and Holloway, L E. 1990. "The VIRGO project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection." Netherlands.
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title = {The VIRGO project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection}
author = {Bradaschia, C, Del Fabbro, R, Di Virgilio, A, Giazotto, A, Kautzky, H, Montelatici, V, Passuello, D, Brillet, A, Cregut, O, Hello, P, Man, C N, Manh, P T, Marraud, A, Shoemaker, D, Vinet, J Y, Barone, F, Di Fiore, L, Milano, L, Russo, G, Aguirregabiria, J M, Bel, H, Duruisseau, J P, Le Denmat, G, Tourrenc, P, Capossi, M, Longo, M, Lops, M, Pinto, I, Rotoli, G, Damour, T, Bonazzola, S, Marck, J A, Gourghoulon, Y, and Holloway, L E}
abstractNote = {The status of advancement of the VIRGO Project is presented: the first-generation results from the Pisa seismic noise super attenuator give an upper limit to the noise transfer function of 2x10{sup -8} at 10 Hz. The upper limit to the absolute noise of the 400 kg test mass at 10 Hz has been measured to be 1.5x10{sup -13} m/{radical}Hz. The scheme and the related problems of the VIRGO interferometer, which is supposed to work down to 10 Hz, are also presented. At the 3rd Pisa Meeting in 1986 we presented the idea of what could be a very efficient seismic noise reduction system able to give a sensitivity h{proportional to}10{sup -25} at 10 Hz, in a 3 km interferometer for 1 year integration time. Now we have two new facts to present: the first is that the attenuator has been built, is working in Pisa, and shows remarkable characteristics. The second is the Italian-French interferometer VIRGO, a 3 km long antenna for low and high frequency (10-1000 Hz) gravitational wave (GW) detection. These two items will be presented in this article. (orig.).}
journal = []
volume = {289:3}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1990}
month = {Apr}
}