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| Title | Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope |
| Grant Agreement Number | 211743 |
| Funding Programmes | FP7 |
| Dates | 05/05/2008 - 04/07/2011 |
| Project URL | http://www.et-gw.eu |
| Scientific Domain |
Physical Sciences and Engineering |
| Action Line | Design Study |
| Type Of Project | CP |
| Abstract | This project concerns the study and the conceptual design for a new infrastructure that will bring Europe to the forefront of the most promising new development in our quest to understand the history and future of the Universe, the emergence of the field of Gravitational Wave Astronomy. We are proposing to study the conceptual design of a new European infrastructure, a GW observatory that could cover the complete frequency range from about 1Hz to 10kHz that is potentially observable from ground. We are aiming at the identification of the possible technologies and design characteristics that could lead to an amplitude sensitivity more than a hundred times that of the existing first generation devices. This will increase the observable volume of the universe and, correspondingly, the event rate by a factor of more than one million. This formidable task will be achieved by combining all presently known scientific breakthroughs of measurement science in a single observatory. |
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Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country) |
EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY, Italy |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country) |
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, United Kingdom VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG, Netherlands THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom |
