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

4.2k citations · 7.1k across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

gr-qc2022

Input optics systems of the KAGRA detector during O3GK

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +246

KAGRA, the underground and cryogenic gravitational-wave detector, was operated for its solo observation from February 25th to March 10th, 2020, and its first joint observation with…

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…

gr-qc2022★ 60 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality: results from the O3 run

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

The Advanced Virgo detector has contributed with its data to the rapid growth of the number of detected gravitational-wave (GW) signals in the past few years, alongside the two Adv…

gr-qc2022★ 7 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality during the O3 run

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

The Advanced Virgo detector has contributed with its data to the rapid growth of the number of detected gravitational-wave signals in the past few years, alongside the two LIGO ins…

gr-qc2022★ 22 cited

The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +486

Sources of geophysical noise (such as wind, sea waves and earthquakes) or of anthropogenic noise impact ground-based gravitational-wave interferometric detectors, causing transient…

astro-ph.IM2022

Multi Order Coverage data structure to plan multi-messenger observations

Giuseppe Greco, Michele Punturo, Mark Allen +9

We describe the use of Multi Order Coverage (MOC) maps as a practical way to manage complex regions of the sky for the planning of multi-messenger observations. MOC maps are a data…

gr-qc2021★ 1 cited

3G R&D: R&D for the Next Generation of Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

David McClelland, Harald Lueck, Rana Adhikari +43

To deliver on the promise of next generation gravitational-wave observatories, a sustained and coordinated detector research and development program is required. This report examin…

gr-qc2020★ 71 cited

All-sky search in early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1369

Rapidly spinning neutron stars are promising sources of persistent, continuous gravitational waves. Detecting such a signal would allow probing of the physical properties of matter…

physics.ins-det2020★ 21 cited

Cryogenic suspension design for a kilometer-scale gravitational-wave detector

Takafumi Ushiba, Tomotada Akutsu, Yoichi Aso +43

We report the mirror suspension design for Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope, KAGRA, during bKAGRA Phase 1. Mirror thermal noise is one of the fundamental noises f…

gr-qc2020★ 9 cited

Overview of KAGRA : KAGRA science

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +240

KAGRA is a newly build gravitational-wave observatory, a laser interferometer with 3 km arm length, located in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. In this paper in the series of KAGRA-featured a…

physics.ins-det2019★ 16 cited

An arm length stabilization system for KAGRA and future gravitational-wave detectors

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +198

Modern ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors require a complex interferometer configuration with multiple coupled optical cavities. Since achieving the resonances of the a…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 13 cited

Application of the independent component analysis to the iKAGRA data

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +244

We apply the independent component analysis (ICA) to the real data from a gravitational wave detector for the first time. Specifically we use the iKAGRA data taken in April 2016, a…

gr-qc2019★ 98 cited

All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1186

We present the results of a search for short-duration gravitational-wave transients in the data from the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. We search for gra…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 149 cited

All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1130

We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves (CWs), which can be produced by fast-spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis,…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 59 cited

First cryogenic test operation of underground km-scale gravitational-wave observatory KAGRA

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +198

KAGRA is a second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detector with 3-km arms constructed at Kamioka, Gifu in Japan. It is now in its final installation phase, which we c…

physics.ins-det2019★ 14 cited

Vibration isolation system with a compact damping system for power recycling mirrors of KAGRA

Y. Akiyama, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +169

A vibration isolation system called Type-Bp system used for power recycling mirrors has been developed for KAGRA, the interferometric gravitational-wave observatory in Japan. A sus…

gr-qc2018★ 535 cited

KAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, K. Arai +188

The recent detections of gravitational waves (GWs) reported by LIGO/Virgo collaborations have made significant impact on physics and astronomy. A global network of GW detectors wil…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 239 cited

A standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant from GW170817 without the electromagnetic counterpart

M. Fishbach, R. Gray, I. Magaña Hernandez +316

We perform a statistical standard siren analysis of GW170817. Our analysis does not utilize knowledge of NGC 4993 as the unique host galaxy of the optical counterpart to GW170817.…

gr-qc2018★ 58 cited

Calibration of Advanced Virgo and Reconstruction of the Gravitational Wave Signal h(t) during the Observing Run O2

Virgo Collaboration, F. Acernese, T. Adams +281

In August 2017, Advanced Virgo joined Advanced LIGO for the end of the O2 run, leading to the first gravitational waves detections with the three-detector network. This paper descr…

gr-qc2017★ 53 cited

The status of KAGRA underground cryogenic gravitational wave telescope

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +146

KAGRA is a 3-km interferometric gravitational wave telescope located in the Kamioka mine in Japan. It is the first km-class gravitational wave telescope constructed underground to…

gr-qc2014★ 4.2k cited

Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma +231

Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detec…

gr-qc2014★ 11 cited

Reconstruction of the gravitational wave signal during the Virgo science runs and independent validation with a photon calibrator

Virgo collaboration, T. Accadia, F. Acernese +193

The Virgo detector is a kilometer-scale interferometer for gravitational wave detection located near Pisa (Italy). About 13 months of data were accumulated during four science runs…

gr-qc2011

Characterization of the Virgo Seismic Environment

The Virgo Collaboration, T. Accadia, F. Acernese +180

The Virgo gravitational wave detector is an interferometer (ITF) with 3km arms located in Pisa, Italy. From July to October 2010, Virgo performed its third science run (VSR3) in co…

gr-qc2010★ 99 cited

Calibration and sensitivity of the Virgo detector during its second science run

The Virgo Collaboration, T. Accadia, F. Acernese +175

The Virgo detector is a kilometer-length interferometer for gravitational wave detection located near Pisa (Italy). During its second science run (VSR2) in 2009, six months of data…