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The direct detection of gravitational-waves (GWs) is a major scientific breakthrough of the past decade. One the one hand it is an extraordinary achievement in instrumentation science that we are able to detect these waves 1000 times smaller than the nucleus of an atom using laser interferometry. On the other hand the observations themselves push the current boundaries of fundamental physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. The Einstein Telescope (ET), a future GW detector, could be built in the Belgian-Dutch border region. This possibility has added to the excitement in GW science in our neighbourhood. Maastricht is now home to the ETpathfinder, a major R&D facility to serve as a testbed for the technology required for future detectors.
Research in Ghent University in connection to GW science and the ET now spans three departments across the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering. We are involved in observational science with data from the current LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network, R&D at the ETpathfinder, as well as in formulating a roadmap towards the Einstein Telescope. Our showcase event is designed to highlight this research, and takes place on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Hans Plets (ET project coordinator, FWO) to Ghent University.
Our scientific showcase in the afternoon will be followed by a public EPIC outreach event organized by the Faculty of Sciences.
Venue:
Campus Sterre, Building S2, faculteitsraadzaal.
Address: Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent; please use S2 entrance 2 (on the S3 side); the faculty board room is on the third floor.