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F. Beauville

Researcher at Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique des particules

Publications -  10
Citations -  474

F. Beauville is an academic researcher from Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique des particules. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interferometry & Gravitational-wave observatory. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications receiving 457 citations.

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Status of VIRGO

Fausto Acernese, +128 more
TL;DR: The Virgo detector has now finished its first science run; a science mode duty cycle of more than 80% and a 4.5 Mpc horizon distance for binary neutron star inspiral sources were achieved.
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Measurement of the seismic attenuation performance of the VIRGO Superattenuator

S. Braccini, +123 more
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental upper limit of the mirror residual seismic noise at a few Hertz is provided, which is lower than the thermal noise floor, expected to limit the antenna sensitivity in the low frequency range.
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The VIRGO large mirrors: a challenge for low loss coatings

F. Beauville, +108 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a large ion beam sputtering deposition system was built to coat large optics up to 700 mm in diameter for the large-scale Michelson-type interferometer VIRGO.
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The commissioning of the central interferometer of the Virgo gravitational wave detector

Fausto Acernese, +107 more
TL;DR: Virgo as discussed by the authors is a laser Michelson interferometer with 3-km long Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms, aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources in the frequency band from 10 Hz to few kHz.
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A local control system for the test masses of the Virgo gravitational wave detector

Fausto Acernese, +108 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the mirrors of interferometric detectors of GW are suspended in order to isolate them from external disturbances, and a local control system able to keep them correctly aligned and to damp the angular modes of the suspension is necessary.