The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment

F. Acernese; M. Agathos; A. Ain; S. Albanesi; A. Allocca; A. Amato; T. Andrade; N. Andres; M. Andres-Carcasona; T. Andric; S. Ansoldi; S. Antier; T. Apostolatos; E.Z. Appavuravther; M. Arene; N. Arnaud; M. Assiduo; S.A.D. Melo; P. Astone; F. Aubin; T. Avgitas; S. Babak; F. Badaracco; M.K.M. Bader; S. Bagnasco; J. Baird; T. Baka; G. Ballardin; G. Baltus; B. Banerjee; C. Barbieri; P. Barneo; F. Barone; M. Barsuglia; D. Barta; A. Basti; M. Bawaj; M. Bazzan; F. Beirnaert; M. Bejger; I. Belahcene; V. Benedetto; M. Berbel; S. Bernuzzi; D. Bersanetti; A. Bertolini; U. Bhardwaj; A. Bianchi; S. Bini; M. Bischi; S. Danilishin; S. Hild; G. Koekoek; A. Singha; V. Spagnuolo; J. Steinlechner; S. Steinlechner; A. Utina; J.F.J. van den Brand

doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ac776a

The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment

F. Acernese^*, M. Agathos, A. Ain, S. Albanesi, A. Allocca, A. Amato, T. Andrade, N. Andres, M. Andres-Carcasona, T. Andric, S. Ansoldi, S. Antier, T. Apostolatos, E.Z. Appavuravther, M. Arene, N. Arnaud, M. Assiduo, S.A.D. Melo, P. Astone, F. AubinT. Avgitas, S. Babak, F. Badaracco, M.K.M. Bader, S. Bagnasco, J. Baird, T. Baka, G. Ballardin, G. Baltus, B. Banerjee, C. Barbieri, P. Barneo, F. Barone, M. Barsuglia, D. Barta, A. Basti, M. Bawaj, M. Bazzan, F. Beirnaert, M. Bejger, I. Belahcene, V. Benedetto, M. Berbel, S. Bernuzzi, D. Bersanetti, A. Bertolini, U. Bhardwaj, A. Bianchi, S. Bini, M. Bischi, S. Danilishin, S. Hild, G. Koekoek, A. Singha, V. Spagnuolo, J. Steinlechner, S. Steinlechner, A. Utina, J.F.J. van den Brand

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Sources of geophysical noise (such as wind, sea waves and earthquakes) or of anthropogenic noise impact ground-based gravitational-wave interferometric detectors, causing transient sensitivity worsening and gaps in data taking. During the one year-long third observing run (O3: from April 01, 2019 to March 27, 2020), the Virgo Collaboration collected a statistically significant dataset, used in this article to study the response of the detector to a variety of environmental conditions. We correlated environmental parameters to global detector performance, such as observation range, duty cycle and control losses. Where possible, we identified weaknesses in the detector that will be used to elaborate strategies in order to improve Virgo robustness against external disturbances for the next data taking period, O4, currently planned to start at the end of 2022. The lessons learned could also provide useful insights for the design of the next generation of ground-based interferometers.

Original language	English
Article number	235009
Number of pages	40
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	39
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ac776a
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

Keywords

Advanced Virgo detector
gravitational waves
interferometer
observing run 3
environmental monitoring
environment impact
sensitivity and duty cycle
MONITORING-SYSTEM
ANTENNA

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Acernese, F., Agathos, M., Ain, A., Albanesi, S., Allocca, A., Amato, A., Andrade, T., Andres, N., Andres-Carcasona, M., Andric, T., Ansoldi, S., Antier, S., Apostolatos, T., Appavuravther, E. Z., Arene, M., Arnaud, N., Assiduo, M., Melo, S. A. D., Astone, P., ... van den Brand, J. F. J. (2022). The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 39(23), [235009]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ac776a

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