Enabling Einstein Telescope to listen to the full universe
The Einstein Telescope will be Europe’s Gravitational Wave observatory guaranteeing unprecedent observing capacity for most of the the 21st century, being able to listen for instance to colliding black holes from the whole Universe. In this Nikhef project VU Amsterdam scientists Freise and Mow-Lowry will develop and qualify innovative technologies essential to enable the mindboggling sensitivity of the Einstein Telescope. A special focus will be set on the low-frequency end of the observation band, where improvement factors of up to a million are needed compared to the current LIGO/Virgo detector.
About Open Competition ENW-XL
21 research consortia have the chance to reach a breakthrough thanks to funding from the ENW-XL Open Competition. From fundamental research on the effects of certain materials on the methane cycle to the study of maize in order to have more food security; a total of 64 million euros has been awarded. One to three million euros will be awarded to each project.