First observations of ‘mixed’ black hole and neutron star pairs
The analysis of O3 data from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors has twice revealed a “mixed” merging between
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Virgo
AdvancedVirgo+: the future in the present
The installation of the equipment at the site for the first phase of the upgrade of the AdvancedVirgo+ detector has
Read moreMarc Eisenmann – Phd’s defense – nov. 10, 2020
Use of squeezed states of light for the reduction of quantum noise in Advanced Virgo
Read moreFlorian Aubin – Phd’s defense – oct. 2, 2020
Low latency search for gravitational waves from compact coalescing binaries during the thrid observing run of Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO
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New populations of black holes revealed by gravitational waves
GW190521 is the name of the signal recorded on 21 May 2019 by the LIGO and Virgo instruments. Its
Read moreDimitri Estevez – Phd’s defense – june 9, 2020
Upgrade of Advanced Virgo photon calibrators and first intercalibration of Virgo and LIGO detectors for the observing run O3
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See ten times more gravitational waves thanks to the quantum vacuum
An international collaboration involving Japanese and European physicists, including researchers from LAPP and the Astroparticles and Cosmology Laboratory in Paris
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Advanced Virgo: How to adapt to the spread of virus
ALMA in Chile, VERITAS in the United States, the Pierre-Auger Observatory in Argentina… Like so many others, these three
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LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Gravitational-Wave Detections
On Saturday 1st December 2018, scientists attending the Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop in College Park, Maryland, presented new
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A possible fusion between a neutron star and a black hole observed for the first time
On April 26, 2019, a gravitational wave characteristic of the fusion of a black hole with a neutron star
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