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VIRGO: An Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves

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The VIRGO project refers to the construction of a 3 km-long arms interferometric gravitational wave detector, close to Pisa (Italy). The working principle of the detector is outlined in Sect. 1. Then the nature of the gravitational waves (Sect. 2) and the amplitude of the signals expected by astrophysical sources (Sect. 3) is discussed. The design and the techniques used to increase the sensitivity of VIRGO are illustrated in Sect. 4 while the status of construction can be found in Sect. 5.

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  1. Progetto VIRGO, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56010, S. Piero a Grado, Pisa, Italy

    A. Giazotto

  2. Progetto VIRGO, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Traversa H di Via Macerata, Santo Stefano a Macerata, 56021, Cascina (Pisa), Italy

    S. Braccini

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  1. Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici (DIMET), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy

    R. Cianci

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy

    R. Collina

  3. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    M. Francaviglia

  4. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Torino and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy

    P. Fré

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Giazotto, A., Braccini, S. (2002). VIRGO: An Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves. In: Cianci, R., Collina, R., Francaviglia, M., Fré, P. (eds) Recent Developments in General Relativity, Genoa 2000. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2101-3_8

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