Speaker
Nicolò Baldicchi
Description
Detecting gravitational waves generated Megaparsecs away from Earth means measuring distance variations comparable with a proton's radius. Measuring such small distances means interfacing with a plethora of disturbances such seismic, thermal and quantum noises. In this talk some basics of how seismic noise is attenuated in the Virgo experiment will be displayed, accompanying the talk with some insights into the research lines pursued by the Virgo Perugia group.