Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
DOI: 10.1117/12.2312572
World Scientific Publishing, International Journal of Modern Physics A, 28n29(32), p. 1744003, 2017
DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x17440031
Advanced Virgo is the French–Italian second generation laser gravitational wave detector, successor of the Initial Virgo. This new interferometer keeps only the infrastructure of its predecessor and aims to be ten times more sensitive, with its first science run planned for 2017. This article gives an overview of the Advanced Virgo design and the technical choices behind it. Finally, the up-to-date progresses and the planned upgrade for the following years are detailed.