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The Virgo gravitational wave interferometer: status and perspectives

<!--HTML--><p>The first recording of a signal from a binary neutron star system by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers, and the observation of its remnants by telescopes in all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, marked the beginning of multimessenger astronomy with g...

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Autor principal: Fidecaro, Francesco
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2304587
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description <!--HTML--><p>The first recording of a signal from a binary neutron star system by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers, and the observation of its remnants by telescopes in all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, marked the beginning of multimessenger astronomy with gravitational waves. This followed the detection of gravitational wave signals by the LIGO interferometers in 2015, which started the detailed study of highly curved space time.</p> <p>These achievements come after decades of work spent understanding how to measure the tiny space time strain (h ~ 10-21) carried by gravitational waves. In the future, detectors will able to extract much more precise information from these events, or record signals from fainter sources, providing a new view of the Universe. After a presentation of the Virgo interferometer, the main results obtained from binary black hole and neutron star detection are reviewed. The focus will then shift on the perspective offered by a further reduction of noise in ground based interferometers and the associated experimental challenges.</p>
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spelling cern-23045872022-11-02T22:31:27Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2304587engFidecaro, FrancescoThe Virgo gravitational wave interferometer: status and perspectivesThe Virgo gravitational wave interferometer: status and perspectivesEP Seminar<!--HTML--><p>The first recording of a signal from a binary neutron star system by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers, and the observation of its remnants by telescopes in all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, marked the beginning of multimessenger astronomy with gravitational waves. This followed the detection of gravitational wave signals by the LIGO interferometers in 2015, which started the detailed study of highly curved space time.</p> <p>These achievements come after decades of work spent understanding how to measure the tiny space time strain (h ~ 10-21) carried by gravitational waves. In the future, detectors will able to extract much more precise information from these events, or record signals from fainter sources, providing a new view of the Universe. After a presentation of the Virgo interferometer, the main results obtained from binary black hole and neutron star detection are reviewed. The focus will then shift on the perspective offered by a further reduction of noise in ground based interferometers and the associated experimental challenges.</p>oai:cds.cern.ch:23045872018
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The Virgo gravitational wave interferometer: status and perspectives
title The Virgo gravitational wave interferometer: status and perspectives
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