AURIGA

AURIGA
Location(s)	Padua, Province of Padua, Veneto, Italy
Coordinates	45°21′09″N11°56′58″E / 45.352469°N 11.949306°E
Website	www.auriga.lnl.infn.it
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Last updated February 08, 2026

AURIGA (Antenna Ultracriogenica Risonante per l'Indagine Gravitazionale Astronomica) is an ultracryogenic resonant bar gravitational wave detector in Italy.^[1] It is at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, near Padua.^[2] It is being used for research into gravitational waves and quantum gravity.

When the oscillator is struck by a burst of gravitational waves, it is excited and continues to vibrate for a period longer than the duration of the wave burst. This sustained vibration allows the signal to be extracted from the detector.

References

↑ Francis, Matthew (2012-12-18). "Threatening (to discover) quantum gravity with a big metal bar". Ars Technica.
↑ "AURIGA EXPERIMENT, RESPONSIBLE: Massimo Cerdonio". INFN. Archived from the original on 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

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[1] Francis, Matthew (2012-12-18). "Threatening (to discover) quantum gravity with a big metal bar". Ars Technica.

[2] "AURIGA EXPERIMENT, RESPONSIBLE: Massimo Cerdonio". INFN. Archived from the original on 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

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