Search Results - "Piergiovanni, F."
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The Advanced Virgo monolithic fused silica suspension
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-07-2016)“…The detection of gravitational waves is one of the most challenging prospects faced by experimental physicists. Suspension thermal noise is an important noise…”
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Silica as a key material for advanced gravitational wave detectors
Published in Journal of non-crystalline solids (15-04-2011)“…The thermal noise coupling with the displacement of the mirrors of a gravitational wave interferometric detector is a limit to its sensitivity in a range of…”
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Increasing the Astrophysical Reach of the Advanced Virgo Detector via the Application of Squeezed Vacuum States of Light
Published in Physical review letters (06-12-2019)“…Current interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are limited by quantum noise over a wide range of their measurement bandwidth. One method to overcome the…”
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An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin
Published in Nature (London) (20-08-2009)“…A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of…”
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Mode-dependent mechanical losses in disc resonators
Published in Physics letters. A (25-08-2018)“…Mechanical spectroscopy gives information on the structure of solids and their relaxation mechanisms through the measurements of the elastic constants and the…”
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Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using LIGO S5 science data
Published in Physical review letters (29-12-2011)“…The gravitational-wave (GW) sky may include nearby pointlike sources as well as stochastic backgrounds. We perform two directional searches for persistent GWs…”
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The advanced Virgo longitudinal control system for the O2 observing run
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-03-2020)“…Following a successful period of data-taking between 2006 and 2011, the Virgo gravitational-wave detector was taken offline for a major upgrade. The changes…”
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Measurements of Superattenuator seismic isolation by Virgo interferometer
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-04-2010)“…Each mirror of the interferometric gravitational wave antenna Virgo is attached to a Superattenuator, a chain of mechanical filters designed to suppress…”
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Measurement of the seismic attenuation performance of the VIRGO Superattenuator
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-07-2005)“…The gravitational wave detector VIRGO aims at extending the detection band down to a few Hertz by isolating the mirrors of the interferometer from seismic…”
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Position Statement on the management of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII): The Italian Lazio experience
Published in Journal of diabetes (01-01-2016)“…This document has been developed by a group of Italian diabetologists with extensive experience in continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy to…”
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Performance of the Virgo interferometer longitudinal control system during the second science run
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-02-2011)“…The second science run of the Virgo gravitational wave interferometer took place between July 2009 and January 2010. This paper describes the performance of…”
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Automatic Alignment system during the second science run of the Virgo interferometer
Published in Astroparticle physics (2011)“…► Virgo gravitational wave detector: optical and mechanical configuration. ► Angular control system (Automatic Alignment) configuration for VSR2. ► Angular…”
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Automatic Alignment for the first science run of the Virgo interferometer
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-04-2010)“…During the past few years a network of large-scale laser interferometers, including the Virgo detector, has been developed with the aim of detecting…”
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Development of ion-beam sputtered silicon nitride thin films for low-noise mirror coatings of gravitational-wave detectors
Published 11-09-2024“…Brownian thermal noise of thin-film coatings is a fundamental limit for high-precision experiments based on optical resonators such as gravitational-wave…”
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Lock acquisition of the Virgo gravitational wave detector
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-08-2008)“…The Virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection has concluded four months of scientific data acquisition in its final optical configuration (a…”
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Characterization of ion-beam-sputtered AlF$_3$ thin films for gravitational-wave interferometers
Published 09-06-2022“…Thermal noise in amorphous coatings is a limitation for a wide range of precision experiments such as gravitational-wave detectors (GWDs). Mirrors for GWDs are…”
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Search for gravitational waves emitted from SN 2023ixf
Published 21-10-2024“…We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave transients associated with core-collapse supernova SN 2023ixf, which was observed in the galaxy…”
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A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154
Published 11-10-2024“…The magnetar SGR 1935+2154 is the only known Galactic source of fast radio bursts (FRBs). FRBs from SGR 1935+2154 were first detected by CHIME/FRB and STARE2…”
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Optical and mechanical properties of ion-beam-sputtered MgF$_2$ thin films for gravitational-wave interferometers
Published 02-11-2021“…Phys. Rev. Applied 17 (2022) 034058 Brownian thermal noise associated with highly reflective coatings is a fundamental limit for several precision experiments,…”
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Swift-BAT GUANO follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers in the third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
Published 13-07-2024“…We present results from a search for X-ray/gamma-ray counterparts of gravitational-wave (GW) candidates from the third observing run (O3) of the…”
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