🎤 Public talk (in English) “Gravitational wave astronomy – quo vadis?” in Erlangen ✨

Michèle Heurs, professor at @unihannover, will give the Lise Meitner Lecture 2026 at the spring meeting of the @DPGPhysik in Erlangen. Entrance to the public evening lecture in English is free.

🚩 March 18 at 19:00 CET | Audimax of @FAU

From the abstract: “Since the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015, we have opened an entirely new observation window into the Universe (complementary to the electromagnetic spectrum, neutrinos, and cosmic rays), heralding the era of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. A wealth of scientific insights has already been gained – but so much more is yet to be discovered!”

#GravitationalWaves #SciComm #Outreach #EinsteinTelescope

🎤 Public talk (in English) “Gravitational wave astronomy – quo vadis?” in Erlangen ✨

Michèle Heurs, professor at @unihannover, will give the Lise Meitner Lecture 2026 at the spring meeting of the @DPGPhysik in Erlangen. Entrance to the public evening lecture in English is free.

🚩 March 18 at 19:00 CET | Audimax of @FAU

From the abstract: “Since the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015, we have opened an entirely new observation window into the Universe (complementary to the electromagnetic spectrum, neutrinos, and cosmic rays), heralding the era of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. A wealth of scientific insights has already been gained – but so much more is yet to be discovered!”

#GravitationalWaves #SciComm #Outreach #EinsteinTelescope

🎤 Public talk (in English) “Gravitational wave astronomy – quo vadis?” in Erlangen ✨

Michèle Heurs, professor at @unihannover, will give the Lise Meitner Lecture 2026 at the spring meeting of the @DPGPhysik in Erlangen. Entrance to the public evening lecture in English is free.

🚩 March 18 at 19:00 CET | Audimax of @FAU

From the abstract: “Since the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015, we have opened an entirely new observation window into the Universe (complementary to the electromagnetic spectrum, neutrinos, and cosmic rays), heralding the era of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. A wealth of scientific insights has already been gained – but so much more is yet to be discovered!”

#GravitationalWaves #SciComm #Outreach #EinsteinTelescope

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Key technology for the Einstein Telescope reaches next milestone

High-precision laser from Hannover is used in new test environment

ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/1409434/hannoveraner-laserlicht-im-etpathfinder

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is Europe's future gravitational-wave observatory. The ETpathfinder research and development facility in Maastricht is testing key technologies for ET. One such technology is a novel laser source from Hannover.

The laser source was developed jointly by the @mpi_grav and @unihannover. Its light is now being used for the first time in the ETpathfinder's vacuum system.

These results will be instrumental in the development of future laser sources for gravitational-wave detectors, such as ET and the US Cosmic Explorer project.

Picture: S. Hild/ETpathfinder

#EinsteinTelescope #GravitationalWaves #Technology #Research #Laser

Postcard service.

The Einstein Telescope annual meeting last week came with a novel service: write a message on one of the provided postcards and they would send it for you. What a great idea! Now waiting to see how many will arrive...

#photography #einsteintelescope #science

Behind the scenes at the Einstein Telescope Annual Meeting in Opatija.

#photography #croatia #EinsteinTelescope

✨ New header image 🖼️

Fits in the palm of your hand and weighs about as much as a grapefruit: The newly developed inertial sensor (on the left in the circular hole in the metal frame) and the highly sensitive laser sensing system. (on the right) developed by researchers at @mpi_grav and @Fraunhofer_IOF.

The compact inertial sensor, with a mass in the gram range, has now been tested in a gravitational-wave detector prototype facility. Its performance is comparable to that of commercial kilogram-scale sensors.

Thanks to its small size, self-calibration, inherent vacuum compatibility, and “plug and play” functionality, the sensor is ideal for integration into a wide range of applications, including the complex seismic isolation systems of future gravitational-wave detectors such as the Einstein Telescope or Cosmic Explorer.

ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/1290501/glass-and-laser-sensor-innovation-for-future-gravitational-wave-detectors

#EinsteinTelescope #GravitationalWaves #Technology