F. Barone

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2009

Number

235

Co-Authors

Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data (2009)

Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides overlapping the run...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1 (2009)

Collaboration, LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the fifth LIGO science...

Evaluation of Mosix-Linux Farm performances in GRID environment (2009)

F. Barone, M. Derosa, R. Derosa, A. Eleuteri, R. Esposito, P. Mastroserio

The MOSIX extensions to the Linux Operating System allow the creation of highperformance Linux Farms and an excellent integration of the several CPUs of the Farm, whose computational power can be...

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., ...

A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should...

A GRID APPROACH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES SIGNAL ANALYSIS WITH A MULTI-STANDARD FARM PROTOTYPE. (2008)

F. Acernese, F. Barone, R. De Rosa, A. Eleuteri, R. Esposito, L. Giordano, ...

The standard procedures for the extraction of gravitational wave signals coming from coalescing binaries provided by the output signal of an interferometric antenna may require computing powers...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e. g. from...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e.g. from γ-ray...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

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....

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

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....

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

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....

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, Allen, Gabrielle, ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e. g. from...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allen, G, ...

"In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e.g. from g-ray...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

The variable finesse locking technique (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a power recycled Michelson interferometer, with 3 km long Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms. The locking of the interferometer has been obtained with an original lock acquisition technique....

Virgo upgrade investigations (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

While the current interferometric gravitational wave detectors are approching their nominal sensitivity, the new generation of detectors is in an advanced design phase. The Virgo collaboration is...

Environmental noise studies in Virgo (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The study of the external influences from environmental disturbances is a fundamental issue in interferometric detection of gravitational wave, both in locking and in normal operation. Virgo is...

A parallel in-time analysis system for Virgo (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is currently completing its commissioning phase and it is close to start scientific observations. Among the signals to be searched for, those...

The variable finesse locking technique (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a power recycled Michelson interferometer, with 3 km long Fabry–Perot cavities in the arms. The locking of the interferometer has been obtained with an original lock acquisition technique....

Testing Virgo burst detection tools on commissioning run data (2006)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The C5 Virgo commissioning run, completed in December 2004, provided data suitable both in quantity and quality for extended analysis. We report here on-going work by the Virgo collaboration on data...

The status of coalescing binaries search code in Virgo, and the analysis of C5 data (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We present the status of the Virgo analysis pipeline dedicated to the search for coalescing binary signals, focusing on methods based on prior knowledge of the signal waveform. The pipeline includes...

The Virgo automatic alignment system (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The automatic alignment system of the Virgo interferometer differs substantially from those used in similar experiments, since it uses a variant of the Anderson technique. This implies a completely...

The status of VIRGO (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

VIRGO interferometer commissioning started in September 2003. The complete lock of the interferometer was achieved in October 2004 via several steps. The main commissioning activity deals with...

Automatic Mirror Alignment for VIRGO: First experimental demonstration of the Anderson technique on a large-scale interferometer (2005)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson laser interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in...

Status of VIRGO (2005)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in the...

The Virgo detector (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The Virgo Experiment is a gravitational wave interferometric detector. It consists in a Michelson interferometer with two 3 km long Fabry-Perot cavities as orthogonal arms. The installation of the...

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Testing the detection pipelines for inspirals with Virgo commissioning run C4 data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We report on an investigation of Virgo Commissioning run 4 data, dedicated to searching signals of the kind supposed to be emitted by inspiral neutron star binary systems. Given the still relatively...

NAP: a tool for noise data analysis. Application to Virgo engineering runs (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We present the noise analysis package library (NAP), a new tool to perform noise studies and data conditioning on the data produced by gravitational wave detectors. We describe its design and report...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

Measurement of the seismic attenuation performance of the VIRGO Superattenuator (2005)

Braccini, S., Barsotti, L., Bradaschia, C., Cella, G., Di Virgilio, A., Ferrante, I., ...

The gravitational wave detector VIRGO aims at extending the detection band down to a few Hertz by isolating the mirrors of the interferometer from seismic noise. This result is achieved by hanging...

Virgo and the worldwide search for gravitational waves (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Large interferometric detectors of gravitational waves are approaching their design sensitivities and the plans for second generation detectors, expected to start the gravitational wave astronomy,...

Status of VIRGO (2005)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

The Virgo detector (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The Virgo Experiment is a gravitational wave interferometric detector. It consists in a Michelson interferometer with two 3 km long Fabry-Perot cavities as orthogonal arms. The installation of the...

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Testing the detection pipelines for inspirals with Virgo commissioning run C4 data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We report on an investigation of Virgo Commissioning run 4 data, dedicated to searching signals of the kind supposed to be emitted by inspiral neutron star binary systems. Given the still relatively...

NAP: a tool for noise data analysis. Application to Virgo engineering runs (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We present the noise analysis package library (NAP), a new tool to perform noise studies and data conditioning on the data produced by gravitational wave detectors. We describe its design and report...

Measurement of the seismic attenuation performance of the VIRGO Superattenuator (2005)

Braccini, S., Barsotti, L., Bradaschia, C., Cella, G., Di Virgilio, A., Ferrante, I., ...

The gravitational wave detector VIRGO aims at extending the detection band down to a few Hertz by isolating the mirrors of the interferometer from seismic noise. This result is achieved by hanging...

Virgo and the worldwide search for gravitational waves (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Large interferometric detectors of gravitational waves are approaching their design sensitivities and the plans for second generation detectors, expected to start the gravitational wave astronomy,...

Status of VIRGO (2005)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

IIR Adaptive Filters for Detection of Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Binaries (2004)

Acernese, F., Barone, F., De Rosa, R., Eleuteri, A., Giordano, L., Milano, L.

In this paper we propose a new strategy for gravitational waves detection from coalescing binaries, using IIR Adaptive Line Enhancer (ALE) filters. This strategy is a classical hierarchical strategy...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Automatic Mirror Alignment for VIRGO: First experimental demonstration of the Anderson technique on a large-scale interferometer (2004)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson laser interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Automatic Mirror Alignment for VIRGO: First experimental demonstration of the Anderson technique on a large-scale interferometer (2004)

Freise, A., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., ...

The French-Italian interferometric gravitational wave detector VIRGO is currently being commissioned. Its principal instrument is a Michelson laser interferometer with 3 km long optical cavities in...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate (2004)

Bombardieri, M., Barone, F., Pittoni, P., Alessandri, C., Conigliaro, P., Blades, M.C., ...

IL-18, an immunoregulatory and proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play an important pathogenic role in Th1-driven autoimmune disorders. In this study, we evaluated the circulating levels and...

Real-time Control System Prototype for Mechanical and Optical Systems based on Parallel Computing Techniques (2003)

Acernese, F., Barone, F., De Rosa, R., Esposito, R., Mastroserio, P., Milano, L., ...

Real-time control systems often require dedicated hardware and software, including real-time operating systems, while many systems are available for off-line computing, mainly based on standard...

A GRID solution for Gravitational Waves Signal Analysis from Coalescing Binaries: preliminary algorithms and tests (2003)

Acernese, F., Barone, F., De Rosa, R., Esposito, R., Mastroserio, P., Milano, L., ...

The analysis of data coming from interferometric antennas for gravitational waves detection may require a huge amount of computing power. The usual approach to the detection strategy is to set-up...

Influence of DNA torsional rigidity on excision of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine in the presence of opposing abasic sites by human OGG1 protein (2003)

Barone, F., Dogliotti, E., Cellai, L., Giordano, C., Bjørås, M., Mazzei, F.

The human protein OGG1 (hOGG1) targets the highly mutagenic base 7,8‐dihydro‐8‐oxo‐2′‐deoxyguanosine (8‐oxodG) and shows a high specificity for the opposite DNA base....

Spectral Analysis of Stellar Light Curves by Means of Neural Networks (1999)

Tagliaferri, R., Ciaramella, A., Milano, L., Barone, F., Longo, G.

Periodicity analysis of unevenly collected data is a relevant issue in several scientific fields. In astrophysics, for example, we have to find the fundamental period of light or radial velocity...

Neural Networks for Spectral Analysis of Unevenly Sampled Data (1999)

Tagliaferri, R., Ciaramella, A., Barone, F., Milano, L.

In this paper we present a neural network based estimator system which performs well the frequency extraction from unevenly sampled signals. It uses an unsupervised Hebbian nonlinear neural algorithm...

Hybrid Neural Networks for Frequency Estimation of Unevenly Sampled Data (1999)

Tagliaferri, R., Ciaramella, A., Milano, L., Barone, F.

In this paper we present a hybrid system composed by a neural network based estimator system and genetic algorithms. It uses an unsupervised Hebbian nonlinear neural algorithm to extract the...

A Neural Network-based ARX Model of Virgo Noise (1999)

Barone, F., De Rosa, R., Eleuteri, A., Garufi, F., Milano, L., Tagliaferri, R.

In this paper a Neural Network based approach is presented to identify the noise in the VIRGO context. VIRGO is an experiment to detect Gravitational Waves by means of a Laser Interferometer....

Cepheid Radii and the Cors Method Revisited (1996)

Ripepi, V., Barone, F., Milano, L., Russo, G.

We have refined the CORS method, introduced in 1980 for the computation of the cepheid radii, in order to extend its applicability to recent and extensive sets of observations. The refinement is...

Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate

Bombardieri, M., Barone, F., Pittoni, P., Alessandri, C., Conigliaro, P., Blades, M.C., ...

IL-18, an immunoregulatory and proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play an important pathogenic role in Th1-driven autoimmune disorders. In this study, we evaluated the circulating levels and...

Influence of DNA torsional rigidity on excision of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine in the presence of opposing abasic sites by human OGG1 protein

Barone, F., Dogliotti, E., Cellai, L., Giordano, C., Bjørås, M., Mazzei, F.

The human protein OGG1 (hOGG1) targets the highly mutagenic base 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and shows a high specificity for the opposite DNA base. Abasic sites can arise in DNA...

Influence of DNA torsional rigidity on excision of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine in the presence of opposing abasic sites by human OGG1 protein

Barone, F., Dogliotti, E., Cellai, L., Giordano, C., Bjørås, M., Mazzei, F.

The human protein OGG1 (hOGG1) targets the highly mutagenic base 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and shows a high specificity for the opposite DNA base. Abasic sites can arise in DNA...

Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate

Bombardieri, M., Barone, F., Pittoni, P., Alessandri, C., Conigliaro, P., Blades, M.C., ...

IL-18, an immunoregulatory and proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play an important pathogenic role in Th1-driven autoimmune disorders. In this study, we evaluated the circulating levels and...