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  • Acernese, F; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arun, Kg; Astone, P; Ballardin, G; Barone, F; Barsuglie, M; Bauer, Ts; Beker, Mg; Bigotta, S; Birindelli, S; Bitossi, M; Bizouard, Ma; Blom, M; Boccara, C; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brillet, A; Brisson, V; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bulten, Hj; Buskulic, D; Cagnoli, G; Calloni, E; Campagna, E; Canuel, B; Carbognani, F; Cavalier, F; Cavalieri, R; Celia, G; Cesarini, E; Chassande-Mottin, E; Chincarini, A; Cleva, F; Coccia, E; Colacine, Cn; Colas, J; Colla, A; Colombini, M; Corda, C; Corsi, A; Coulon, Jp; Cuoco, E; D'Antonio, S; Dari, A; Dattilo, V; Davier, M; Day, R; De Rosa, R; Del Prete, M; Di Fiore, L; Di Lieto, A; Emilio, Md; Di Virgilio, A; Dietz, A; Drago, M; Fafone, V; Ferrante, I; Fidecaro, F; Fiori, I; Flaminio, R; Fournier, Jd; Franc, J; Frasca, S; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Gammaitoni, L; Garufi, F; Gemme, G; Genin, E; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Granata, M; Greverie, C; Guidi, G; Heitmann, H; Hello, P; Hild, S; Hue, Measurements of Superattenuator seismic isolation by Virgo interferometer, «ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS», 2010, 33, pp. 182 - 189 [Scientific article]

  • Accadia T; Acernese F; Antonucci F; Aoudia S; Arun KG; Astone P; Ballardin G; Barone F; Barsuglia M; Bauer TS; Beker MG; Belletoile A; Bigotta S; Birindelli S; Bitossi M; Bizouard MA; Blom M; Boccara C; Bondu F; Bonelli L; Bonnand R; Bosi L; Braccini S; Bradaschia C; Brillet A; Brisson V; Budzynski R; Bulik T; Bulten HJ; Buskulic D; Buy C; Cagnoli G; Calloni E; Campagna E; Canuel B; Carbognani F; Cavalier F; Cavalieri R; Cella G; Cesarini E; Chassande-Mottin E; Chincarini A; Cleva F; Coccia E; Colacino CN; Colas J; Colla A; Colombini M; Corsi A; Coulon JP; Cuoco E; D'Antonio S; Dari A; Dattilo V; Davier M; Day R; De Rosa R; del Prete M; Di Fiore L; Di Lieto A; Emilio MDP; Di Virgilio A; Dietz A; Drago M; Fafone V; Ferrante I; Fidecaro F; Fiori I; Flaminio R; Fournier JD; Franc J; Frasca S; Frasconi F; Freise A; Galimberti M; Gammaitoni L; Garufi F; Gemme G; Genin E; Gennai A; Giazotto A; Gouaty R; Granata M; Greverie C; Guidi GM; Heitmann H; Hello P; Hild S; Huet D; Jaranowski P; Kowa, Virgo calibration and reconstruction of the gravitationnal wave strain during VSR1, «JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES», 2010, 228, pp. 012015 - 012023 [Scientific article]

  • Abadie, J; Abbott, Bp; Abbott, R; Abernathy, M; Accadia, T; Acernese, F; Adams, C; Adhikari, R; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Allen, G; Ceron, Ea; Amin, Rs; Anderson, Sb; Anderson, Wg; Antonucci, F; Arain, Ma; Araya, M; Aronsson, M; Arun, Kg; Aso, Y; Aston, S; Astone, P; Atkinson, De; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Baker, P; Ballardin, G; Ballinger, T; Ballmer, S; Barker, D; Barnum, S; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barriga, P; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Barton, Ma; Bartos, I; Bassiri, R; Bastarrika, M; Bauchrowitz, J; Bauer, Ts; Behnke, B; Beker, Mg; Belletoile, A; Benacquista, M; Bertolini, A; Betzwieser, J; Beveridge, N; Beyersdorf, Pt; Bigotta, S; Bilenko, Ia; Billingsley, G; Birch, J; Birindelli, S; Biswas, R; Bitossi, M; Bizouard, Ma; Black, E; Blackburn, Jk; Blackburn, L; Blair, D; Bland, B; Blom, M; Boccara, C; Bock, O; Bodiya, Tp; Bondarescu, R; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bonnand, R; Bork, R; Born, M; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Bouhou, B; Boyle, M; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brady, Pr; Braginsky, Vb; Brau,, Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1, «PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY», 2010, 82, pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]

  • Abbott, Bp; Abbott, R; Acernese, F; Adhikari, R; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Allen, G; Alshourbagy, M; Amin, Rs; Anderson, Sb; Anderson, Wg; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arain, Ma; Araya, M; Armandula, H; Armor, P; Arun, Kg; Aso, Y; Aston, S; Astone, P; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Baker, P; Ballardin, G; Ballmer, S; Barker, C; Barker, D; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barriga, P; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Barton, Ma; Bartos, I; Bassiri, R; Bastarrika, M; Bauer, Ts; Behnke, B; Beker, M; Benacquista, M; Betzwieser, J; Beyersdorf, Pt; Bigotta, S; Bilenko, Ia; Billingsley, G; Birindelli, S; Biswas, R; Bizouard, Ma; Black, E; Blackburn, Jk; Blackburn, L; Blair, D; Bland, B; Boccara, C; Bodiya, Tp; Bogue, L; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bork, R; Boschi, V; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brady, Pr; Braginsky, Vb; Brau, Je; Bridges, Do; Brillet, A; Brinkmann, M; Brisson, V; Brooks, Af; Brown, Da; Brummit, A; Brunet, G; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bullington, A; Bulten, Hj; Buonanno, A; Burmeister, O; Bus, SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BURSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS USING DATA FROM LIGO SCIENCE RUN 5 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUN 1, «THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2010, 715, pp. 1438 - 1452 [Scientific article]

  • Abadie, J; Abbott, Bp; Abbott, R; Accadia, T; Acernese, F; Adhikari, R; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Allen, G; Ceron, Ea; Amin, Rs; Anderson, Sb; Anderson, Wg; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arain, Ma; Araya, M; Arun, Kg; Aso, Y; Aston, S; Astone, P; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Baker, P; Ballardin, G; Ballmer, S; Barker, D; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barriga, P; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Barton, Ma; Bartos, I; Bassiri, R; Bastarrika, M; Bauer, Ts; Behnke, B; Beker, Mg; Belletoile, A; Benacquista, M; Betzwieser, J; Beyersdorf, Pt; Bigotta, S; Bilenko, Ia; Billingsley, G; Birindelli, S; Biswas, R; Bizouard, Ma; Black, E; Blackburn, Jk; Blackburn, L; Blair, D; Bland, B; Blom, M; Boccara, C; Bock, O; Bodiya, Tp; Bondarescu, R; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bonnand, R; Bork, R; Born, M; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brady, Pr; Braginsky, Vb; Brau, Je; Breyer, J; Bridges, Do; Brillet, A; Brinkmann, M; Brisson, V; Britzger, M; Brooks, Af; Brown, Da; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bullington, A; Bulten, Hj, SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INSPIRAL SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO'S FIFTH AND VIRGO'S FIRST SCIENCE RUN, «THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2010, 715, pp. 1453 - 1461 [Scientific article]

  • Punturo M; Abernathy M; Acernese F; Allen B; Andersson N; Arun K; Barone F; Barr B; Barsuglia M; Beker M; Beveridge N; Birindelli S; Bose S; Bosi L; Braccini S; Bradaschia C; Bulik T; Calloni E; Cella G; Mottin EC; Chelkowski S; Chincarini A; Clark J; Coccia E; Colacino C; Colas J; Cumming A; Cunningham L; Cuoco E; Danilishin S; Danzmann K; De Luca G; De Salvo R; Dent T; Derosa R; Di Fiore L; Di Virgilio A; Doets M; Fafone V; Falferi P; Flaminio R; Franc J; Frasconi F; Freise A; Fulda P; Gair J; Gemme G; Gennai A; Giazotto A; Glampedakis K; Granata M; Grote H; Guidi G; Hammond G; Hannam M; Harms J; Heinert D; Hendry M; Heng I; Hennes E; Hild S; Hough J; Husa S; Huttner S; Jones G; Khalili F; Kokeyama K; Kokkotas K; Krishnan B; Lorenzini M; Luck H; Majorana E; Mandel I; Mandic V; Martin I; Michel C; Minenkov Y; Morgado N; Mosca S; Mours B; Muller-Ebhardt H; Murray P; Nawrodt R; Nelson J; Oshaughnessy R; Ott CD; Palomba C; Paoli A; Parguez G; Pasqualetti A; Passaquieti R; Passuello D; P, The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 084007 - 084007 [Scientific article]

  • Punturo, M; Abernathy, M; Acernese, F; Allen, B; Andersson, N; Arun, K; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barsuglia, M; Beker, M; Beveridge, N; Birindelli, S; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Bulik, T; Calloni, E; Cella, G; Mottin, Ec; Chelkowski, S; Chincarini, A; Clark, J; Coccia, E; Colacino, C; Colas, J; Cumming, A; Cunningham, L; Cuoco, E; Danilishin, S; Danzmann, K; De Luca, G; De Salvo, R; Dent, T; De Rosa, R; Di Fiore, L; Di Virgilio, A; Doets, M; Fafone, V; Falferi, P; Flaminio, R; Franc, J; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Fulda, P; Gair, J; Gemme, G; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Glampedakis, K; Granata, M; Grote, H; Guidi, G; Hammond, G; Hannam, M; Harms, J; Heinert, D; Hendry, M; Heng, I; Hennes, E; Hild, S; Hough, J; Husa, S; Huttner, S; Jones, G; Khalili, F; Kokeyama, K; Kokkotas, K; Krishnan, B; Lorenzini, M; Luck, H; Majorana, E; Mandel, I; Mandic, V; Martin, I; Michel, C; Minenkov, Y; Morgado, N; Mosca, S; Mours, B; Muller-Ebhardt, H; Murray, P; Nawrodt, R; Nelson, J; Oshaughnessy, , The Einstein Telescope: a third-generation gravitational wave observatory, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]

  • Accadia T; Acernese F; Antonucci F; Aoudia S; Arun KG; Astone P; Ballardin G; Barone F; Barsuglia M; Bauer TS; Beker MG; Bigotta S; Birindelli S; Bizouard MA; Blom M; Boccara C; Bondu F; Bonelli L; Bosi L; Braccini S; Bradaschia C; Brillet A; Brisson V; Budzynski R; Bulik T; Bulten HJ; Buskulic D; Cagnoli G; Calloni E; Campagna E; Canuel B; Carbognani F; Cavalier F; Cavalieri R; Cella G; Cesarini E; Chassande-Mottin E; Chincarini A; Cleva F; Coccia E; Colacino CN; Colas J; Colla A; Colombini M; Corsi A; Coulon JP; Cuoco E; D'Antonio S; Dari A; Dattilo V; Davier M; Day R; De Rosa R; del Prete M; Di Fiore L; Di Lieto A; Emilio MD; Di Virgilio A; Dietz A; Drago M; Fafone V; Ferrante I; Fidecaro F; Fiori I; Flaminio R; Fournier JD; Franc J; Frasca S; Frasconi F; Freise A; Gammaitoni L; Garufi F; Gemme G; Genin E; Gennai A; Giazotto A; Gouaty R; Granata M; Greverie C; Guidi G; Heitmann H; Hello P; Hild S; Huet D; Jaranowski P; Kowalska I; Krolak A; La Penna P; Leroy N; Letendre N; Lia TGF;, Commissioning status of the Virgo interferometer, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 114046 - 114056 [Scientific article]

  • Acernese, F; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arun, Kg; Astone, P; Ballardin, G; Barone, F; Barsuglia, M; Bauer, Ts; Beker, Mg; Bigotta, S; Birindelli, S; Bizouard, Ma; Blom, M; Boccara, C; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brillet, A; Brisson, V; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bulten, Hj; Buskulic, D; Cagnoli, G; Calloni, E; Campagna, E; Canuel, B; Carbognani, F; Cavalier, F; Cavalieri, R; Cella, G; Cesarini, E; Chassande-Mottin, E; Chincarini, A; Cleva, F; Coccia, E; Colacino, Cn; Colas, J; Colla, A; Colombini, M; Corda, C; Corsi, A; Coulon, Jp; Cuoco, E; D'Antonio, S; Dari, A; Dattilo, V; Davier, M; Day, R; De Rosa, R; del Prete, M; Di Fiore, L; Di Lieto, A; Emilio, Md; Di Virgilio, A; Dietz, A; Drago, M; Fafone, V; Ferrante, I; Fidecaro, F; Fiori, I; Flaminio, R; Fournier, Jd; Franc, J; Frasca, S; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Gammaitoni, L; Garufi, F; Gemme, G; Genin, E; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Granata, M; Greverie, C; Guidi, G; Heitmann, H; Hello, P; Hild, S; Huet, D; Jarano, Performances of the Virgo interferometer longitudinal control system, «ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS», 2010, 33, pp. 75 - 80 [Scientific article]

  • Abadie, J; Abbott, Bp; Abbott, R; Abernathy, M; Accadia, T; Acerneseac, F; Adams, C; Adhikari, R; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Allen, G; Ceron, Ea; Amin, Rs; Anderson, Sb; Anderson, Wg; Antonuccia, F; Aoudiaa, S; Arain, Ma; Araya, M; Aronsson, M; Arun, Kg; Aso, Y; Aston, S; Astonea, P; Atkinson, De; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Baker, P; Ballardin, G; Ballmer, S; Barker, D; Barnum, S; Baroneac, F; Barr, B; Barriga, P; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Barton, Ma; Bartos, I; Bassiri, R; Bastarrika, M; Bauchrowitz, J; Bauera, Ts; Behnke, B; Beker, Mg; Benacquista, M; Bertolini, A; Betzwieser, J; Beveridge, N; Beyersdorf, Pt; Bigottaab, S; Bilenko, Ia; Billingsley, G; Birch, J; Birindellia, S; Biswas, R; Bitossi, M; Bizouard, Ma; Black, E; Blackburn, Jk; Blackburn, L; Blair, D; Bland, B; Bloma, M; Blomberg, A; Boccara, C; Bock, O; Bodiya, Tp; Bondarescu, R; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bork, R; Born, M; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Boyle, M; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brady, Pr; Braginsky, Vb; Brau, Je; Breyer, J; , Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 1 - 20 [Scientific article]

  • Accadia, T; Acernese, F; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arun, Kg; Astone, P; Ballardin, G; Barone, F; Barsuglia, M; Bauer, Ts; Beker, Mg; Bigotta, S; Birindelli, S; Bitossi, M; Bizouard, Ma; Blom, M; Boccara, C; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bosi, L; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brillet, A; Brisson, V; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bulten, Hj; Buskulic, D; Cagnoli, G; Calloni, E; Campagna, E; Canuel, B; Carbognani, F; Cavalier, F; Cavalieri, R; Cella, G; Cesarini, E; Chassande-Mottin, E; Chincarini, A; Cleva, F; Coccia, E; Colacino, Cn; Colas, J; Colla, A; Colombini, M; Corda, C; Corsi, A; Coulon, Jp; Cuoco, E; D'Antonio, S; Dari, A; Dattilo, V; Davier, M; Day, R; De Rosa, R; del Prete, M; Di Fiore, L; Di Lieto, A; Emilio, Md; Di Virgilio, A; Dietz, A; Drago, M; Fafone, V; Ferrante, I; Fidecaro, F; Fiori, I; Flaminio, R; Fournier, Jd; Franc, J; Frasca, S; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Gammaitoni, L; Garufi, F; Gemme, G; Genin, E; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Gouaty, R; Granata, M; Greverie, C; Guidi, Gm; Heitmann, H, In-vacuum Faraday isolation remote tuning, «APPLIED OPTICS», 2010, 49, pp. 4780 - 4790 [Scientific article]

  • Accadia, T; Acernese, F; Antonucci, F; Astone, P; Ballardin, G; Barone, F; Barsuglia, M; Bauer, Ts; Beker, Mg; Belletoile, A; Birindelli, S; Bitossi, M; Bizouard, Ma; Blom, M; Bondu, F; Bonelli, L; Bonnand, R; Boschi, V; Bosi, L; Bouhou, B; Braccini, S; Bradaschia, C; Brillet, A; Brisson, V; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bulten, Hj; Buskulic, D; Buy, C; Cagnoli, G; Calloni, E; Campagna, E; Canuel, B; Carbognani, F; Cavalier, F; Cavalieri, R; Cella, G; Cesarini, E; Mottin, Ec; Chincarini, A; Cleva, F; Coccia, E; Colacino, Cn; Colas, J; Colla, A; Colombini, M; Corsi, A; Coulon, Jp; Cuoco, E; D'Antonio, S; Dattilo, V; Davier, M; Day, R; De Rosa, R; Debreczeni, G; del Prete, M; Di Fiorea, L; Di Lieto, A; Emilio, Mdp; Di Virgilio, A; Dietz, A; Drago, M; Fafone, V; Ferrante, I; Fidecaro, F; Fiori, I; Flaminio, R; Fournier, Jd; Fran, J; Frasca, S; Frasconi, F; Freise, A; Galimberti, M; Gammaitoni, L; Garufi, F; Gaspar, Me; Gemme, G; Genin, E; Gennai, A; Giazotto, A; Gouaty, R; Granata, M; Greverie, Noise from scattered light in Virgo's second science run data, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 1 - 9 [Scientific article]

  • Abbott, Bp; Abbott, R; Acernese, F; Adhikari, R; Ajith, P; Allen, B; Allen, G; Alshourbagy, M; Amin, Rs; Anderson, Sb; Anderson, Wg; Antonucci, F; Aoudia, S; Arain, Ma; Araya, M; Armandula, H; Armor, P; Arun, Kg; Aso, Y; Aston, S; Astonea, P; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Baker, P; Ballardin, G; Ballmer, S; Barker, C; Barker, D; Barone, F; Barr, B; Barriga, P; Barsotti, L; Barsuglia, M; Barton, Ma; Bartos, I; Bassiri, R; Bastarrika, M; Bauer, Ts; Behnke, B; Beker, M; Benacquista, M; Betzwieser, J; Beyersdorf, Pt; Bigotta, S; Bilenko, Ia; Billingsley, G; Birindelli, S; Biswas, R; Bizouard, Ma; Black, E; Blackburn, Jk; Blackburn, L; Blair, D; Bland, B; Boccara, C; Bodiya, Tp; Bogue, L; Bondub, F; Bonelli, L; Bork, R; Boschi, V; Bose, S; Bosi, L; Braccinia, S; Bradaschia, C; Brady, Pr; Braginsky, Vb; Brau, Je; Bridges, Do; Brillet, A; Brinkmann, M; Brisson, V; Van Den Broeck, C; Brooks, Af; Brown, Da; Brummit, A; Brunet, G; Budzynski, R; Bulik, T; Bullington, A; Bulten, Hj; Buonanno,, SEARCHES FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM KNOWN PULSARS WITH SCIENCE RUN 5 LIGO DATA, «THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2010, 713, pp. 671 - 685 [Scientific article]

  • Bondu, F.; Virgo, Collaboration; Cuoco, E., Beating fabry-perot cavity resonant eigen-frequencies to detect gravitational waves, «AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS», 2010, 1236, pp. 449 - 453 [Scientific article]

  • Sengupta, A. S.; the Ligo Scientific, Collaboration; the Virgo, Collaboration; Cuoco, E., LIGO-Virgo searches for gravitational waves from coalescing binaries: A status update, «JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES», 2010, 228, pp. 1 - 6 [Scientific article]

  • Lorenzini M., on behalf ofthe Virgo Collaboration; Cuoco, E., The monolithic suspension for the Virgo interferometer, «CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY», 2010, 27, pp. 1 - 8 [Scientific article]

  • Coughlin, M.; for the Ligo Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo, Collaboration; Cuoco, E., Noise line identification in LIGO S6 and Virgo VSR2, «JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES», 2010, 243, pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]

  • Cavalier F., for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration; Cuoco, E., Gravitational wave detectors: First astrophysical results and path to next generation, in: Proceedings, 35th International Conference on High energy physics (ICHEP 2010), 2010, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: ICHEP 2010, Paris, France, July 22-28, 2010) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

  • De La Jordana L. S., for the Ligo Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration; Cuoco, E., Hierarchical Hough all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data, «JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES», 2010, 228, pp. 012004 - 012011 [Scientific article]

  • Marque, J.; The Virgo, Collaboration; Cuoco, E., A gravitational wave detector: The virgo interferometer, in: 175th Course of International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', 2010, 175, pp. 105 - 122 (atti di: Proceedings, 175th Course of International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi': Radiation and Particle Detecors, Varenna, Italy, July 20-25, 2009) [Contribution to conference proceedings]