The Global Control of the Virgo experime
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Nicolas Arnaud; Christian Arnault; Matteo Barsuglia; Marie-Anne Bizouard; Violet
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In order to detect gravitational waves, the kilometric interferometer Virgo needs an active control of the positions of the suspended optical components, keeping the detector at its working point. The constraints are about 10 À10 m RMS for the longitudinal control (''Locking'') and 10 À9 rad RMS for