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Essential Technologies for the Einstein Telescope ET Ghent University

Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Department of Information technology, Department of Physics and astronomy, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Hasselt University, Imec, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The first detections of gravitational waves since 2015 and the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy era have demonstrated the enormous scientific potential of gravitational-wave observatories and provided a solid basis for the future of gravitational-wave (astro-)physics. The Einstein Telescope is envisioned as the pioneer of a new generation of gravitational wave detectors designed to realize this potential. An EU-funded Conceptual Design ...

Essential Technologies for the Einstein Telescope KU Leuven

Thomas Hertog
Theoretical Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Astronomy, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Soft Matter and Biophysics, Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT), Structural Mechanics, Electronic Circuits and Systems (ECS), IMEC-Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica, UC Limburg, Universiteit Antwerpen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Gent

The first detections of gravitational waves since 2015 and the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy era have demonstrated the enormous scientific potential of gravitational-wave observatories and provided a solid basis for the future of gravitational-wave (astro-)physics. The Einstein Telescope is envisioned as the pioneer of a new generation of gravitational wave detectors designed to realize this potential. An EU-funded Conceptual Design ...

Essential Technologies for the Einstein Telescope Hasselt University

Centre for Government and Law, Materials Physics
The first detections of gravitational waves since 2015 and the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy era have demonstrated the enormous scientific potential of gravitational-wave observatories and provided a solid basis for the future of gravitational-wave (astro-)physics. The Einstein Telescope is envisioned as the pioneer of a new generation of gravitational wave detectors designed to realize this potential. An EU-funded Conceptual Design ...

Essential Technologies for the Einstein Telescope. University of Antwerp

Nick Van Remortel
Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Hasselt University, IMEC, Ghent University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Particle Physics Group
The first detections of gravitational waves since 2015 and the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy era have demonstrated the enormous scientific potential of gravitational-wave observatories and provided a solid basis for the future of gravitational-wave (astro-)physics. The Einstein Telescope is envisioned as the pioneer of a new generation of gravitational wave detectors designed to realize this potential. An EU-funded Conceptual Design ...

Essential Technologies for the Einstein Telescope Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Alexandre Sevrin
Applied Physics and Photonics, Physics
The first detections of gravitational waves since 2015 and the dawn of the multi-messenger astronomy era have demonstrated the enormous scientific potential of gravitational-wave observatories and provided a solid basis for the future of gravitational-wave (astro-)physics. The Einstein Telescope is envisioned as the pioneer of a new generation of gravitational wave detectors designed to realize this potential. An EU-funded Conceptual Design ...

Binary evolution in the context of the Einstein Telescope KU Leuven

Hugues Sana
Astronomy

A new generation of gravitational waves (GWs) detectors, leaded by the future Einstein Telescope (ET), will mark the beginning of a new era in observing our Universe, opening outstanding possibilities to address modern question marks from astrophysics, early Universe cosmology and fundamental interactions. The goal of the PhD project is a thorough investigation of massive binaries evolution towards promising GWs sources, aiming ...

Search for a stochastic gravitational wave background using a global interferometer network. University of Antwerp

Nick Van Remortel
Côte d'Azur Observatory, National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), Particle Physics Group
This project aims to search for new sources of gravitational waves following the detection and first direct observation in 2015. The sensitivity of the current generation of gravitational wave interferometers will gradually be increased so every 10 to 20 days a binary black hole coalesce will be observed. It becomes interesting to search for weak signals originating from weak or distant sources, such as the coalescence of remote binary black ...

Higher-curvature corrections in black holes and the early universe through gravitational wave observations KU Leuven

Thomas Hertog
Theoretical Physics

General Relativity (GR) is broadly accepted as the correct description of the gravitational interaction when the curvature of spacetime is relatively low, but modifications of this theory are expected to arise at high energies. In an effective-field-theory approach, such modifications can be captured by introducing higher-curvature corrections in the Einstein's field equations. There has been a great interest in the literature in order to ...

Quantum Gravity in the Sky KU Leuven

Thomas Hertog, Bert Vercnocke
Theoretical Physics

Recent advances in quantum gravity challenge the classical viewpoint that black hole horizons shroud their inner structure. However, there is no consensus on the scale of possible quantum corrections to the classical horizon of General Relativity. This undermines the scientific potential to probe quantum gravity of current large observational programs. With this project, I will develop quantum gravity models of black holes and their ...