Status and perspectives of the Virgo gravitational wave detector

T Accadia¹², F Acernese¹², F Antonucci⁹, S Aoudia¹⁵, K G Arun¹¹, P Astone⁹, G Ballardin², F Barone⁶, M Barsuglia¹, Th S Bauer¹⁴, M G Beker¹⁴, A Belletoile¹², S Bigotta⁸, S Birindelli¹⁵, M A Bizouard¹¹, M Blom¹⁴, C Boccara³, F Bondu¹⁵, L Bonelli⁸, R Bonnand¹³, L Bosi⁷, S Braccini⁸, C Bradaschia⁸, A Brillet¹⁵, V Brisson¹¹, R Budzyński¹⁷, T Bulik¹⁷, H J Bulten¹⁴, D Buskulic¹², C Buy¹, G Cagnoli⁴, E Calloni⁶, E Campagna⁴, B Canuel², F Carbognani², F Cavalier¹¹, R Cavalieri², G Cella⁸, E Cesarini⁴, E Chassande-Mottin¹, A Chincarini⁵, F Cleva¹⁵, E Coccia¹⁰, C N Colacino⁸, J Colas², A Colla⁹, M Colombini⁹, A Corsi⁹, J-P Coulon¹⁵, E Cuoco², S D'Antonio¹⁰, A Dari⁷, V Dattilo², M Davier¹¹, R Day², R De Rosa⁶, M del Prete⁸, L Di Fiore⁶, A Di Lieto⁸, M Di Paolo Emilio¹⁰, A Di Virgilio⁸, A Dietz¹², M Drago¹⁶, V Fafone¹⁰, I Ferrante⁸, F Fidecaro⁸, I Fiori², R Flaminio¹³, J-D Fournier¹⁵, J Franc¹³, S Frasca⁹, F Frasconi⁸, A Freise¹⁸, M Galimberti¹³, L Gammaitoni⁷, F Garufi⁶, G Gemme⁵, E Genin², A Gennai⁸, A Giazotto⁸, R Gouaty¹², M Granata¹, C Greverie¹⁵, G Guidi⁴, H Heitmann¹⁵, P Hello¹¹, S Hild¹⁸, D Huet², P Jaranowski¹⁷, I Kowalska¹⁷, A Królak¹⁷, P La Penna², N Leroy¹¹, N Letendre¹², T G F Li¹⁴, M Lorenzini⁴, V Loriette³, G Losurdo⁴, J-M Mackowski¹³, E Majorana⁹, N Man¹⁵, M Mantovani⁸, F Marchesoni⁷, F Marion¹², J Marque², F Martelli⁴, A Masserot¹², F Menzinger², C Michel¹³, L Milano⁶, Y Minenkov¹⁰, M Mohan², J Moreau³, N Morgado¹³, A Morgia¹⁰, S Mosca⁶, V Moscatelli⁹, B Mours¹², I Neri⁷, F Nocera², G Pagliaroli¹⁰, C Palomba⁹, F Paoletti^2,8, S Pardi⁶, M Parisi⁶, A Pasqualetti², R Passaquieti⁸, D Passuello⁸, G Persichetti⁶, M Pichot¹⁵, F Piergiovanni⁴, M Pietka¹⁷, L Pinard¹³, R Poggiani⁸, M Prato⁵, G A Prodi¹⁶, M Punturo⁷, P Puppo⁹, O Rabaste¹, D S Rabeling¹⁴, P Rapagnani⁹, V Re¹⁶, T Regimbau¹⁵, F Ricci⁹, F Robinet¹¹, A Rocchi¹⁰, L Rolland¹², R Romano⁶, D Rosińska¹⁷, P Ruggi², B Sassolas¹³, D Sentenac², R Sturani⁴, B Swinkels², A Toncelli⁸, M Tonelli⁸, E Tournefier¹², F Travasso⁷, J Trummer¹², G Vajente⁸, J F J van den Brand¹⁴, S van der Putten¹⁴, M Vavoulidis¹¹, G Vedovato¹⁶, D Verkindt¹², F Vetrano⁴, A Viceré⁴, J-Y Vinet¹⁵, H Vocca⁷, M Was¹¹ and M Yvert¹²

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 203, Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2009) 1–5 July 2009, Rome, Italy Citation T Accadia et al 2010 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 203 012074 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012074