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EINSTEIN TELESCOPE probing the extreme through gravitational waves G Losurdo INFN Pisa on behalf of the ET Collaboration Slide credits: S Hild, F Linde, H Lck, M Punturo, B Sathyaprakash, M Vasuth, TWO GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERIES A


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EINSTEIN TELESCOPE probing the extreme through gravitational waves

G Losurdo – INFN Pisa

  • n behalf of the ET Collaboration

Slide credits: S Hild, F Linde, H Lück, M Punturo, B Sathyaprakash, M Vasuth, …

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TWO GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERIES A NEW ERA IN THE OBSERVATION OF THE UNIVERSE

GW150914 GW170817

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WHY 3G? WHY NOW?

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LIGO and Virgo both have facility-imposed limits on sensitivity

  • length, on surface site, obsolescence
  • At best a factor 3 in sensitivity can be gained wrt to the “advanced” LIGO/Virgo

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We are ready to realize an infrastructure compatible with the development of the interferometric detectors for decades

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3G detector:

  • extend by ~10x the distance of sight wrt to the “advanced detectors”
  • entend the bandwidth towards lower frequencies (1 Hz target)

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The first and second generations have required ~15 years between the concept and the operation

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EINSTEIN TELESCOPE: concept developed in a FP7 Design Study, involving France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, UK

  • today the ET community also involves Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Spain, …

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SCIENCE CASE

Extreme matter Extreme gravity Extreme universe

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EXTREME MATTER

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INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF NS (LARGELY UNKNOWN) ENCODED IN THE EQUATION OF STATE

DEMOREST+, 2010

Quark Nucleons + exotic matter Nucleons

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EXTREME MATTER

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Takami, Rezzolla, Baiotti (2014)

WE ARE ABLE TO COMPUTE THE WAVEFORMS FOR THE VARIOUS EOS

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EXTREME MATTER

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A 3G DETECTOR IS NEEDED TO MEASURE WHICH EOS IS THE RIGHT ONE

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EXTREME GRAVITY

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Precision tests of alternative theories

  • polarizations
  • graviton mass
  • Lorentz invariance

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Exotic compact objects

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BH QNM

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EXTREME UNIVERSE

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Hubble parameter

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Stochastic background

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Galileo, 1616 Galileo, 1610 HST, 400 yrs later

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WE HAVE THE RIGHT INSTRUMENT. NOW WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER…

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DETECTOR CONCEPT

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SENSITIVITY GOAL

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MASS ACCURACY HIGH MASS/HIGH Z NUMBER of SOURCES MERGER PHYSICS LOCALIZATION

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Advanced Virgo ET

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WIDEN THE BAND: UNDERGROUND

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Limitations to LF sensitivity

  • rejection of seismic noise
  • newtonian noise

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Both can be eased by going underground

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noise at 2 Hz reduced by ~2 orders of magnitude

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NEWTONIAN NOISE

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CREDIT: D Fiorucci

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WIDEN THE BAND: XYLOPHONE

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Improving al low and high frequency with a single detector is very challenging

  • HF requires more laser power
  • LF requires cold mirrors

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Idea: split the detection band over 3 “specialized” instruments

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STAND-ALONE OBSERVATORY

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Start with a single (xylophone) detector

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STAND-ALONE OBSERVATORY

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STAND-ALONE OBSERVATORY

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Start with a single (xylophone) detector

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ET INFRASTRUCTURE CONCEPT

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ET DESIGN STUDY, 2011

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ET AND THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK

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ET COLLABORATION

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Call for interested launched at the ET Symposium (May 19-20)

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Subscriptions by individual scientists (~450 so far)

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Steering Committee nominated to write the Collaboration statute and the governance rules

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ESFRI

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It is crucial to enter in the 2020 update of the ESFRI roadmap

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Update window: Jan-Aug 2019

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We need to define the political support and financial commitment:

  • Lead Country/Ent

Lead Country/Entity ity

  • Participating countries/entities
  • Inclusion in National research infrastructure roadmap (when applicable)
  • Cost estimates and repartition

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No need to choose the site in the proposal

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COST AND TIMELINE

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The realization of the ET observatory may cost 1-1.5 GEuros. Final cost TBD on the basis of

  • final choice of geometry and infrastructure features
  • Techincal Design Report

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TIMELINE:

  • 2021-22: site selection
  • 2023-24: TDR
  • 2025: infrastructure realization start
  • 2030-31: commissioning start
  • 2032+: operation

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TOWARDS A 3G NETWORK

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ET-3G idea is spreading in the world

  • A similar scale GW observatory concept (Cosmic Explorer) is currently under

consideration in the US

  • Or other designs that may emerge

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A global approach to coordinate the efforts toward a Global Research Infrastructure vision is underway

  • Bottom-Up approach: GWIC-3G
  • Through the “Gravitational Wave International Committee”, scientists have established

a coordination team named GWIC-3G (see next slide) that is investigating the future network of 3G observatory from several points of view: addressing its scientific potential, the technological development needed, the opening and growing of the scientific community, the relationship with the funding agencies and the governance model to be adopted.

  • Top-Down approach: GWAC
  • Funding agencies supporting or interested in GW research activities have established

the “Gravitational Wave Agencies Correspondents”, an information exchange forum to develop higher-level coordination

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PLANS IN THE US

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40 km ON-SURFACE DETECTOR

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ET INFRASTRUCTURE FEASIBILITY STUDIES

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TUNNEL

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Golden rules:

  • a new (and expensive) infrastructure must not be born short in space
  • avoid as much as possible complex arrangements

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We tried to fit the ET xylophone configuration in a underground infrastructure making realistic assumptions

  • space required for working around the pipes (e.g. welding the modules)
  • avoid vertical arrangement of the ITF
  • include realistic tower footprint
  • WARNING: things might get even more complex (e.g. space required by

cryogenics)

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To further offload the tunnel we have moved the filter cavities into shorter (1 km), dedicated tunnels

  • this is a working hypothesis, to be discussed by the detector design teams

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The resulting tunnel diameter is ~2x larger wrt ET book

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TUNNEL - !in 10m

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CAVERNS AND ACCESS

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Big caverns are a challenge

  • structure stability
  • atmospheric NN

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65m diameter (ET concept) would be the largest cavern in the world

  • We have studied solutions to reduce the volume while maintaining the

infrastructure flexibility and development potential

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Big shafts are expensive and challenging for civil engineering

  • We have designed downhill accesses to the infrastructure and smaller diameter

shafts for safety accesses

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ET Triangle Underground Base Infrastructure

Heights are not to scale

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Cavern shape designed to be structurally feasible and reduce the overall excavated volume Main Cavern: H=36m; Vint=90000 m3 Satellite Cavern: H=32m; Vint=7200 m3

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CORNER CAVERN

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THE “L” GEOMETRY OPTION

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There are top-level arguments which may push towards changing the baseline topology

  • ET was conceived as a stand-alone observatory
  • The ideal perspective is to have a 3G network
  • We are working for a global governance of a 3G effort

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We have studied the scenario of a 15 km L-shaped ET

  • smaller tunnel diameter (5.5 instead of 10 m)
  • smaller caverns
  • less complexity

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Overall, in this scenario the cost of the infrastructure would be about

  • ne half of the full triangle

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ET L Topology – Main Infrastructure

Heights are not to scale

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CENTRAL AREA SPLIT IN 4 CAVERNS TO REDUCE VOLUMES (AND NN) Main Cavern: H=36m; Vint=55000 m3 Satellite Cavern 2: H=22m; Vint=5000 m3 Satellite Cavern 1: H=35m; Vint=28000 m3

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SITE OPTIONS

Limburg (NL) Matra (HU) Sos Enattos (I)

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EUREGIO MEUSE-RHINE

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A proposal to realize ET in the Limburg area

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A strong asset: a detector hosted by 3 countries (B-D-NL)

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APPEARING ON NATIONAL ROADMAPS

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STRONG SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS

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AEI+Nikhef ET collabora3on + Dutch Prime Minister

STRONG SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS

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AEI+Nikhef ET collabora3on + Dutch Prime Minister

STRONG SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS

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AEI+Nikhef ET collabora3on + Dutch Prime Minister

STRONG SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS

Limburg province boss KU Leuven boss

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AEI+Nikhef ET collabora3on + Dutch Prime Minister

STRONG SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS

Limburg province boss KU Leuven boss

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< 50/km2 50 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 > 300

Modest population density (200/km Modest population density (200/km2) ) Relatively ‘quiet’ in view of: Relatively ‘quiet’ in view of:

  • No heavy industry;

No heavy industry;

  • Windmills, highways, railr

indmills, highways, railroads

  • ads

at a distance; at a distance;

  • Tourism ear
  • urism earmarked as a priority

marked as a priority (complicates our drilling activity …) (complicates our drilling activity …) 21 - 250 250 - 500 500 - 1000 1000 - 2500

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SoC top layer on top of hard rock …

@ -10 m

→ f [Hz] 1 10

@ surface First step:

from on-top just into the hard-rock Only measurement so far …

specifica;on soC hard

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MATRA MOUNTAINS

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Small underground lab (-88m) realized and used for seismic measurements

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Two years of seismic data available

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Various andesite types from same geological era, limestone basis

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Local seismicity level

  • 3 earthquakes in the last 200 yrs
  • M = 3.5 (1879), 3.2 (1895), 3.1 (1980)

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Explosions nearby

  • 91 between 03.2016 – 12.2017

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SOS ENATTOS

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AREA ASSETS

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Ancient r Ancient rocks, Eur

  • cks, European
  • pean

continental landmass: continental landmass: seismically quiet seismically quiet

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One of the least One of the least populated ar populated areas in EU eas in EU

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LOCAL GEOLOGY

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Orthogneiss “Lodè type” UCS: 92.6/60.8 MPa Micaschist – Paragneiss - Quartzite UCS: 9.9/8.8 MPa Granodiorite “Bitti type” UCS: 72.1 MPa

Bitti Lula Buddusò Lodè 10 km

*UCS: Uniaxial Compressive Strength

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LOCATION - TRIANGLE

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LOCATION - L

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15 km Considering the geodetic azimuth, ET Considering the geodetic azimuth, ET L T L Topology is r

  • pology is rotated 41.9°
  • tated 41.9°

counter counterclockwise clockwise r respect to V espect to Vir irgo. go.

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LOCATION - L

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GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS - L

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ET@SosEnattos L ET@SosEnattos L Topology

  • pology could

could be lengthned untill ar be lengthned untill arms of ms of ~30 km with the 30 km with the pr present esent height height. . Lowering the interfer Lowering the interferometer further would allow length up to 40 km

  • meter further would allow length up to 40 km.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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10 km

The excavated rock could be employed in the recovery of the nearby quarry sites. The quarried surfaced in the Buddusò District (granite extraction) covers ~2 Mm2. The muck produced by the excavations could be used for landscape rehabilitation.

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ITALY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

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17 Meuros for AdV+, ET R&D and support of the Sos Enattos candidature

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SITE SELECTION

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LOGISTICS POLITICAL SUPPORT FUNDING AGENCIES PRIORITIES …

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CERN

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NOT THE BEST SITE FOR ET BUT….

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THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF CERN

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The GW community looks at CERN as a model to many extents

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We have a lot to learn from CERN:

  • Model of governance
  • Management of big projects
  • Technology: underground infrastructure, vacuum, cryogenics

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Conclusions

  • GW physics is awesome
  • Our sciences have much in common
  • More than ever, particle physics

needs exchange with other sciences

  • GW physics has much to offer to

particle physics and CERN

(tests of GR, search for ECOs, primordial BH as DM, early-universe phase transitions, cosmological stochastic bkgrd, search for light particles through superradiance, QCD in extreme conditions, …)

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GF Giudice, CERN 9/2017

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CONCLUSIVE REMARKS

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The science case for ET is compelling

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If not now…: a great window of opportunity has been opened by recent discoveries

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A world wide coordination effort on 3G detectors is being pursued

  • Europe is ahead

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CERN can play a crucial role

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SPARE SLIDES

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TECHNOLOGIES

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HF DETECTOR

  • “standard” superattenuators
  • large fused silica mirrors (for large beams)
  • high power, frequency dependent squeezing
  • standard laser (1064 nm)

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LF detector

  • “extreme” superattetuators (1 Hz goal)
  • newtonian noise subtraction
  • large silicon mirrors, silicon suspensions, cryogenics (test mass @10 K)
  • new wavelength (1550 nm)
  • low power, frequency dependent squeezing)

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Aggressive R&D program needed

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GWIC 3G COORDINATION

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With the recent first detections of gravitational waves by LIGO and Virgo, it is both timely and appropriate to begin seriously planning for a network of future gravitational-wave observatories, capable of extending the reach of detections well beyond that currently achievable with second generation instruments.

SUBCOMMITTEES:

  • SCIENCE CASE
  • R&D COORDINATION
  • GOVERNANCE
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FEASIBILITY MATRIX

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Conceptual Design (ET-0106C-10) Triangle ET Triangle “realis:c” L shape

Rock Mass Classes

Good rock Fair rock Weak rock SoF Soil Good rock Fair rock Weak rock SoF Soil Good rock Fair rock Weak rock SoF Soil

Uniaxial compression strengh [MPa]

100÷250 50÷100 25÷50 ≤ 25 100÷250 50÷100 25÷50 ≤ 25 100÷250 50÷100 25÷50 ≤ 25

RMR (Rock Mass Ra:ng )

61÷80 41÷60 21÷40 0÷20 61÷80 41÷60 21÷40 0÷20 61÷80 41÷60 21÷40 0÷20

Tunnels 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 Auxiliary Tunnel 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 Main Caverns 3 2 1 3 3 2 Auxiliary Caverns 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 Access 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 Safety Exits 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 ShaI 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 1

sum: 18 16 12 7 19 19 12 7 21 21 18 9

Grade Highlight Easy 3 Hard 2 Challenging 1 Extremely hard

The caverns are the critical issues: the location of these elements in rock mass characterized by high resistances makes possible to reduce the excavation problems (as previously illustrated). The flexibility of the tunnel excavation is greater, as there are available equipment that can excavate both in rock and soft soils.

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