EUregio MeuseRhin site update ET update 10 th

EUregio Meuse-Rhin site update ET update 10 th ET-symposium 11 -12 April 2019, Sardegna, Frank Linde, Nikhef/Uv. A

Activities ET funding nationally (NL) apologies: a bit Dutch dominated sub-surface borehole(s), seismic priority consortium geology hydrology … policy makers B – D – NL ET-NL ET siting impact study socio-economic (sequence) PR-office consortium nationally (NL) R&D fieldlab ‘ETpathfinder’ industry

Terziet drill hole Virgo 0 m EUregion -10 m specification Mátra -400 m Sardegna -185 m 0. 1 1 f [Hz] 10

Terziet drill hole November 2018 March 2019 261 m depth

Terziet drill hole 1 st attempt: February-March 2017 Failed due to broken & irretrievable drill @ 170 meters depth 2 nd attempt: November 2018 -March 2019 Lots of water from time to time (multiple 100 m 3 per day …) broken drill around 140 meters, retrieved successfully broken drill around 261 meters, retrieved successfully installed tube and cemented tube to surrounding rock removed water & checked that hole stays dry

Terziet drill hole 1 st attempt: February-March 2017 Failed due to broken & irretrievable drill @ 170 meters depth 2 nd attempt: November 2018 -March 2019 Lots of water from time to time (multiple 100 m 3 per day …) surface broken drill around 140 meters, retrieved successfully broken drill aroundsensor 261 meters, retrieved successfully installed tube and cemented tube to surrounding rock removed water & checked that hole stays dry 250 m deep To be done: sensor Install sensor(s) early May 2019 Analyse! First results June 2019?

Socio-economic impact study https: //www. einsteintelescope. nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/impact-assessment-of-the-einstein-telescope. pdf

Gravitational-waves: booming! Also hiring: Utrecht, Amsterdam, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven, LHCb CERN Jessica Steinlechner Gideon Koekoek Sebastian Steinlechner Stefan Danilishin Jacco de Vries

ETpathfinder R&D fieldlab Long-term full interferometry R&D Initial focus: cryogenic silicon optics See next talk by Stefan Hild

Funding opportunities: Interreg Consortium Vlaanderen-Nederland ETpathfinder 14, 5 M€ (capital only) Anyone welcome to join i. e. not limited to the EUregio Meuse-Rhin Partners (they must invest): Antwerpen, Eindhoven, Ghent, Hasselt, Leuven, Maastricht & Nikhef Satellite partners (they can invest): Aachen, Brussels, Fraunhofer, Liège, Louvain la Neuve & TNO Anyone else welcome to join! Weekly (video) meetings on Monday Bonus: several new Virgo members!

Consortium Funding opportunities: Interreg EUregio Meuse Rhin (EMR) E-TEST (proposal) 19 M€ (manpower + capital) Anyone welcome to join i. e. not limited to the EUregio Meuse-Rhin Partners (they must invest): Aachen, Bonn, Eindhoven, Fraunhofer, Hasselt, KNMI, Liège, Leuven, Louvain la Neuve, Maastricht, Nikhef, NMWP Gmb. H Satellite partners (they can invest): Antwerpen, Brussels, Ghent, TNO, ? Others interested?

Consortium Funding opportunities: Interreg y d o i g u t e s r U y E og n l i v r o l o e e r K ir g 0 1 i-m S EUregio Meuse Rhin (EMR) E-TEST (proposal) 19 M€ (manpower + capital) Anyone welcome to join i. e. not limited to the EUregio Meuse-Rhin Partners (they must invest): Aachen, Bonn, Eindhoven, Fraunhofer, Hasselt, KNMI, Liège, Leuven, Louvain la Neuve, Maastricht, Nikhef, NMWP Gmb. H Satellite partners (they can invest): Antwerpen, Brussels, Ghent, TNO, ? More welcome!

Consortium Funding opportunities: Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) Considered 10 M€ project Partners (they must invest): Aachen,

Einstein Telescope in the region Carnaval in Limburg

Einstein Telescope in Dutch politics In 2 M€ ETpathfinder https: //www. government. nl/documents/policy-notes/2019/01/28/curious-and-committed---the-value-of-science

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