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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…

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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…

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Enhancing online estimation of CBC parameters with the low-latency MBTA analysis

Florian Aubin, Inès Bentara, Damir Buskulic +9

In this paper, we describe the procedure implemented in the Multi-Band Template Analysis (MBTA) search pipeline to produce online posterior distributions of compact binary coalesce…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

From the Virgo interferometer calibration to the bias and uncertainty of the h(t) detector strain during the O4 run

Cervane Grimaud, Florian Aubin, Benoît Mours +6

Since the first gravitational wave detection in 2015, ground-based interferometer sensitivities have significantly improved, requiring highly precise calibration to ensure accurate…

gr-qc2025★ 22 cited

The MBTA Pipeline for Detecting Compact Binary Coalescences in the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

Christopher Alléné, Florian Aubin, Inès Bentara +10

In this paper, we describe the Multi-Band Template Analysis (MBTA) search pipeline dedicated to the detection of compact binary coalescence (CBC) gravitational wave signals from th…

gr-qc2024★ 1 cited

The Virgo Newtonian calibration system for the O4 observing run

Florian Aubin, Eddy Dangelser, Dimitri Estevez +5

After initial tests performed during previous observing runs, a Newtonian Calibrator (NCal) system was developed and installed on the Virgo gravitational wave detector for the O4 o…