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most citedAdvanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

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Advanced Virgo during the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA fourth observing run

Virgo Collaboration, F Acernese, A Agapito +546

From April 10, 2024 to November 18, 2025 Advanced Virgo participated in the fourth observing run of the network of gravitational-wave detectors, together with Advanced LIGO and KAG…

physics.ins-det2026

First results of a high sensitivity and transportable Ring Laser Gyroscope

A. Basti, G. Carelli, G. Di Somma +6

Within the GINGER project, aimed at installing an array of large frame ring laser gyroscopes for fundamental physics tests and as part of a geophysics observatory located in the un…

astro-ph.IM2026

Advanced Virgo Plus for O5 -- Design Report Overview

F. Acernese, A. Agapito, D. Agarwal +578

This document presents an overview of the design, implementation, and expected performance of the Advanced Virgo Plus (AdV+) upgrades in view of the O5 observing run. Following the…

gr-qc2023★ 402 cited

Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs

Marica Branchesi, Michele Maggiore, David Alonso +73

The Einstein Telescope (ET), the European project for a third-generation gravitational-wave detector, has a reference configuration based on a triangular shape consisting of three…

physics.ins-det2022★ 5 cited

An instrumented baffle for the Advanced Virgo Input Mode Cleaner End Mirror

M. Andres-Carcasona, O. Ballester, O. Blanch +21

A novel instrumented baffle surrounding the suspended end mirror in the input mode cleaner cavity of the Virgo interferometer was installed in spring 2021. Since then, the device h…

gr-qc2022★ 18 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality: tools

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +491

Detector characterization and data quality studies -- collectively referred to as {\em DetChar} activities in this article -- are paramount to the scientific exploitation of the jo…