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Site-selection criteria for the Einstein Telescope
Amann, Florian; Bonsignorio, Fabio; Bulik, Tomasz et al.
2020In Review of Scientific Instruments, 91, p. 094504
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Keywords :
Einstein Telescope; underground gravitational-wave detector; in-depth site; site selection; environmental noise; site characterization
Abstract :
[en] The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed next-generation, underground gravitational-wave detector to be based in Europe. It will provide about an order of magnitude sensitivity increase with respect to the currently operating detectors and, also extend the observation band targeting frequencies as low as 3 Hz. One of the first decisions that needs to be made is about the future ET site following an in-depth site characterization. Site evaluation and selection is a complicated process, which takes into account science, financial, political, and socio economic criteria. In this paper, we provide an overview of the site-selection criteria for ET, provide a formalism to evaluate the direct impact of environmental noise on ET sensitivity, and outline the necessary elements of a site-characterization campaign.
Disciplines :
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Author, co-author :
Amann, Florian;  Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen - RWTH > Engineering Geology
Bonsignorio, Fabio;  Heron Robots Srl, Genova
Bulik, Tomasz;  Warsaw University > Astronomical Observatory
Bulten, Henk Jan;  Nikhef and VU Amsterdam
Cuccuru, Stefano;  Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania > INFN
Dassargues, Alain  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement
DeSalvo, Riccardo;  Riclab LLC, 1650 Casa Grande Street, Pasadena, California
Fenyvesi, Edit;  Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics > Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Fidecaro, Francesco;  Università di Pisa > INFN
Fiori, Irene;  European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), Cascina, Pisa
Giunchi, Carlo;  Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Pisa
Grado, Aniello;  INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli > INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Napoli
Harms, Jan;  INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi > Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila
Koley, Soumen;  Nikhef, Amsterdam
Kovacs, Lazlo;  RockStudy Ltd., Hungary
Losurdo, Giovanni;  INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa,
Mandic, Vuk;  University of Minnesota
Meyers, Patrick;  University of Melbourne, Australia > OzGrav
Naticchioni, Luca;  Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma
Nguyen, Frédéric ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géophysique appliquée
Oggiano, Giacomo;  INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania
Olivieri, Marco;  Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Bologna
Paoletti, Federico;  INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa
Paoli, Andrea;  European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), Cascina, Pisa
Plastino, Wolfgango;  Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Razzano, Massimiliano;  Università di Pisa > INFN, Sezione di Pisa
Ruggi, Paolo;  European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), Cascina, Pisa
Saccorotti, Gilberto;  Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Pisa
Sintes, Alicia M.;  Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca
Somlai, Lazlo;  Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest
Van, Peter;  Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest
Vasuth, Mathyas;  Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest
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Language :
English
Title :
Site-selection criteria for the Einstein Telescope
Publication date :
09 September 2020
Journal title :
Review of Scientific Instruments
ISSN :
0034-6748
eISSN :
1089-7623
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, United States - New York
Volume :
91
Pages :
094504
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) through Project No. CE170100004
Development and Innovation Office—Grant No. NKFIH124366(124508)
European Regional Development Fund and of Hungary in the frame of the Project No. GINOP-2.2.1-15-2016-00012
INFN, thanks to the “Protocollo di Intesa il Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, la Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, and l’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare e l’Università degli Studi di Sassari finalizzato a sostenere la candidatura italiana a ospitare l’infrastruttura Einstein Telescope in Sardegna e al potenziamento di VIRGO” (2018)
University of Sassari is funded by the FSC 2014-2020—Patto
Spanish contribution is funded by the State Research Agency, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Grant No. FPA2016-76821-P)
European Union FEDER funds, and Vicepresidència i Conselleria d’Innovació, Recerca i Turisme del Govern de les Illes Balears. T.B. was supported by Grant No. TEAM/2016-3/19 from FNP
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