STATUS OF THE VIRGO EXPERIMENT

被引:17
作者
CARON, B
DOMINJON, A
MARION, F
MASSONNET, L
MORAND, R
MOURS, B
YVERT, M
BABUSCI, D
FANG, H
GIORDANO, G
MATONE, G
MATONE, L
SANNIBALE, V
MACKOWSKI, JM
NAPOLITANO, M
PINARD, L
BOCCARA, C
GLEIZES, P
LORIETTE, V
ROGER, JP
BARONE, F
CALLONI, E
DIFIORE, L
GRADO, A
LONGO, M
MILANO, L
RUSSO, G
SOLIMENO, S
BONDU, F
BRILLET, A
BRISSON, V
CLEVA, F
DAVIER, M
HEITMANN, H
HELLO, P
INNOCENT, JM
JACQUEMET, M
LATRACH, L
LEDIBERDER, F
MAN, CN
MARRAUD, A
NGUYEN, GM
PHAMTU, M
VINET, JY
CAGNOLI, G
GAMMAITONI, L
MARCHESONI, F
PUNTURO, M
BRACCINI, S
BRADASCHIA, C
机构
[1] LAB ANNECY LE VIEUX PHYS PARTICULES,F-74941 ANNECY LE VIEUX,FRANCE
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[3] UNIV LYON 1,PHYS NUCL LAB,IPN LYON,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[4] ECOLE SUPER PHYS & CHIM IND VILLE PARIS,F-75005 PARIS,FRANCE
[5] UNIV NAPLES,DIPARTIMENTO SCI FIS PAD,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-80125 NAPLES,ITALY
[6] UNIV PARIS 11,LAL,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
[7] UNIV PERUGIA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-56010 PISA,ITALY
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(94)01613-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The VIRGO experiment was approved in September 1993. The goal of the French-Italian collaboration is to detect gravitational waves using a 3 km arm-length Michelson interferometer. The construction of this detector, which will be installed in Pisa, is under way. The experiment is planned to take data, in a large bandwidth (10 Hz-10 kHz), at the beginning of the year 2000 with nominal sensitivity close to h = 3 X 10-(23)/root Hz. The motivations, detection principle, main sources of noise and status of the experiment are presented.
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页数:5
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