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THE NRRP ETIC PROJECT AND THE ITALIAN CANDIDACY TO HOST EINSTEIN TELESCOPE
Interview with Monique Bossi, infrastructure manager of ETIC, INFN Perugia Division
Last June 6, during an event that took place in Rome at the headquarters of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni formalized Italy's candidacy to host the future detector of gravitational waves that will be built in Europe, the Einstein Telescope (ET), on the site of the former mine of Sos Enattos, in the Nuoro area, in Sardinia. The event was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, the Minister of Universities and Research Anna Maria Bernini, the Minister of Labor and Social Policies Elvira Calderone, the President of the Region of Sardinia Christian Solinas, the Nobel Prize in Physics, and President of the Scientific Technical Committee appointed by the MUR to support the Italian candidacy, Giorgio Parisi, the President of the INFN, who coordinates the scientific participation in ET, Antonio Zoccoli, and were also present, among others, the Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Alfredo Mantovano and the Italian Ambassador and Head of Delegation in the Board of Governmental Representatives of Einstein Telescope, Ettore Sequi ...
What are the goals of ETIC and what activities will be developed over the next three years of the project to enhance the Italian bid to host Einstein Telescope?
ET is likely to be the largest research infrastructure to be built in Europe in the coming decades, an extremely ambitious and complex project that, neither nationally nor internationally, can be done alone. Within the various initiatives activated by our country, ETIC has a central role precisely with respect to the candidacy. Let me explain further.NEWS
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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, at the presentation of Italy’s candidacy to host the Einstein Telescope, 6 th June 2023. © Presidenza del Consiglio, licenza CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 IT
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