> Hi all,
> It's clear for "LIGO", "LISA" and so on. But, what does
> "VIRGO" stand for?
> Thank you!
http://www.virgo.infn.it/central.html
http://www.ego-gw.it/virgodescription/pag_4.html
http://docuserv.ligo.caltech.edu/~prince/docs/T970130-last.pdf
... VIRGO = VIRGO Experiment sponsored by CNRS (France) - INFN
(Italy)
http://baba.astro.cornell.edu/research/gravity.html
... VIRGO (that's not an acronym!)
Hope that helps.
David A. Smith