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

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177 papers

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★ 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…

gr-qc2021

The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book

Vicky Kalogera, B. S. Sathyaprakash, Matthew Bailes +88

The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will observe coalescences of black holes and neutron stars throughout the cosmos, thousands of them with exceptiona…

gr-qc2021

An Exploration of Possible Governance Models for the Future Global Gravitational-Wave Observatory Network

Stavros Katsanevas, Gary Sanders, Beverly Berger +17

The construction of a global network of detectors is the cornerstone to scientific success for 3rd generation gravitational wave astronomy. If carried out with a vision to the futu…

gr-qc2021

Future Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatories: Synergies with Other Scientific Communities

Michele Punturo, David Reitze, Peter Couvares +10

Planning for the development of a 3rd generation global gravitational-wave detector array is a multifaceted and complex effort that will necessarily need a high level of community…

gr-qc2021

Gravitational Wave Data Analysis: Computing Challenges in the 3G Era

Peter Couvares, Ian Bird, Ed Porter +13

Cyber infrastructure will be a critical consideration in the development of next generation gravitational-wave detectors. The demand for data analysis computing in the 3G era will…

gr-qc2021

Expanding the Reach of Gravitational Wave Astronomy to the Edge of the Universe: The Gravitational-Wave International Committee Study Reports on Next Generation Ground-based Gravitational-Wave Observatories

David Reitze, Michele Punturo, Peter Couvares +10

The first direct detection of gravitational waves emitted from a pair of merging black holes in 2015 has been heralded as one of most significant scientific breakthroughs in physic…

physics.ins-det2021

Terrestrial Laser Interferometers

Katherine L Dooley, Hartmut Grote, Jo van den Brand

Terrestrial laser interferometers for gravitational-wave detection made the landmark first detection of gravitational waves in 2015. We provide an overview of the history of how th…

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★ 86 cited

Construction of KAGRA: an Underground Gravitational Wave Observatory

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, S. Araki +222

Major construction and initial-phase operation of a second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA has been completed. The entire 3-km detector is installed underground in a m…

hep-ex2014★ 36 cited

Measurement of the mass and of the relative rate of and production

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +696

The production of mesons in proton-proton collisions is studied using a data sample collected by the LHCb detector, at centre-of-mass energies of and TeV and…

hep-ex2014★ 36 cited

First observation of a baryonic decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699

A baryonic decay of the meson, , is observed for the first time, with a significance of standard deviations, in collision data coll…

hep-ex2014★ 115 cited

Measurements of violation in the three-body phase space of charmless decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +701

The charmless three-body decay modes , , and $B^{\pm} \r…

hep-ex2014★ 64 cited

Measurement of the forward boson cross-section in collisions at

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A measurement of the inclusive production cross-section using data from collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of is presented. The analy…

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…

hep-ex2014★ 14 cited

First observations of the rare decays and

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

First observations of the rare decays and are presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0\,{…

hep-ex2014★ 38 cited

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +700

The B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries, AP(B0) and AP(Bs), are measured by means of a time-dependent analysis of B0 -> J/ψK*0, B0 -> D- pi+ and Bs -> Ds- pi+ decays, usin…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Study of meson production in pp collisions at and 8TeV and observation of the decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A study of meson production at LHCb is performed on proton-proton collision data, corresponding to 3.0fb of integrated luminosity collected at centre-of-mass energie…

hep-ex2014★ 50 cited

Observation of the decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +702

The first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed decay is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an in…

hep-ex2014★ 130 cited

Dalitz plot analysis of decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +701

The resonant substructure of decays is studied with the Dalitz plot analysis technique. The study is based on a data sample corresponding to a…

hep-ex2014★ 27 cited

Measurement of CP asymmetry in decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

We report on measurements of the time-dependent CP violating observables in decays using a dataset corresponding to 1.0 fb of pp collisi…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Evidence for CP violation in decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

Three-body and decays are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 collected by…

hep-ex2014★ 19 cited

Measurement of CP violation in decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A measurement of the decay time dependent CP-violating asymmetry in decays is presented, along with measurements of the -odd triple-product asymmetries. In this d…