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HEP Software Foundation meeting @ JENAS

The High Energy Physics Software Foundation (https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org) is a community that intends to facilitate cooperation and common effort in software and computing internationally. In this context, a first discussion after the JENAS meeting is being organized to discuss common grounds on software challenges across the different communities of particle physics, astrophysics, neutrino physics and nuclear

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Mini-EUSO now in space

On August 27th Mini-EUSO has been launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and docked to ISS on August 27. Mini-EUSO is part of the JEM-EUSO program. JEM-EUSO is a new type of observatory to be attached at the International Space Station or orbiting as a free flyer, based on a UV very large telescope, which uses the

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Looking AHEAD in the high-energy Universe

AHEAD2020 is the H2020 infrastructure program for the High-Energy Astrophysics Domain recently approved by EU. Scientists and engineers from 38 research institutions and companies in 16 European countries will pool their talents to develop cutting-edge technologies and research infrastructure to learn more about the universe at high energies. AHEAD2020 builds on the previous program, AHEAD,

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ETpathfinder – the prototype for the Einstein Telescope

In preparation of the next generation of gravitational wave telescopes, a 20-meter prototype, called the ETpathfinder, will be built in Maastricht. Now the first researchers around Prof. Stefan Hild have moved into the hosting building. At the beginning of next year, construction of the prototype for the Einstein Telescope will begin. The location of the

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Cooperation between CERN and JINR and the Advanced Virgo detector

APPEC is glad to announce that the APPEC Technology Forum (ATF) 2018  triggered a new collaboration.  The PLI (precision laser inclinometer), newly developed  by CERN and JINR in Dubna, Russia (APPEC observer and member, respectively), is a new kind of seismometer that is relatively cheap and can be very sensitive, especially at low frequencies. A

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1st Padova International School of Physics of the Universe

This is the first Padova International School of Physics of the Universe organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA) of Padova will be held from 14 to 23 January 2020. This first edition focuses on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics. These past two years were marked by huge advancements in this field, with countless invaluable results such as

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The Science of 3rd Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

The meeting on Science of 3rd Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors will take place in Berlin from October 22nd to 23rd 2019. The meeting will address the following scientific topics: The landscape of third-generation (3G) detectors Extreme gravity and fundamental physics Cosmology and the early universe Multi-messenger astronomy Sources at the frontier of observations Compact-object binary

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