In September 2021 a new, very successfull sea operation at the ARCA site of the KM3NeT experiment near Sicily took place. During this sea campaign the positioning system has been maintained by installing two acoustic beacons and recovering an exhausted one, five interlink cables were installed on the sea bottom, three new detection units were […]
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On summer 2021, the Board of Governmental Representatives (BGR) approved the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory’s (CTAO’s) Cost Book and Scientific & Technical Description, fundamental documents towards the establishment of the final legal entity of CTAO as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). In particular, these documents include the configuration of the telescope arrays at the
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After three years of reflection and development, the “Astro-Colibri” application has just been launched. This digital interface, created by researchers at Irfu/DPhP, aims to make information on transient and multi-messenger phenomena easily accessible in real time. The need to react quickly to the most violent explosions in the universe and the large amount of information
The International Cosmic Day will take place this year on November 10, 2021. And there is a reason to celebrate: it is the 10th anniversary. The International Cosmic Day (ICD) focuses on the cosmic rays that surround us all the time, but are always unnoticed. So let’s explore them for one day and discover what
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Application: 01.10.2021 – 07.11.2021 About the school: The school aims at bringing highly qualified and motivated graduate students to the forefront of the field of Multimessenger astronomy through a world-class international training environment. PhD students will work with leading scientists in the field and benefit from their complementary expertise in theory and experiments involving the
An initiative of leading scientists led by Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger, research director of the European Space Agency (ESA), just received the news that their idea of the German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA) to be located in Lusatia was recommended to the BMBF for the first funding phase. The initiative, which is supported by scientists
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In the latest issue of Nuclear Physics News an editorial by the chairs of APPEC, ECFA and NuPECC, Andreas Haungs, Karl Jakobs and Marek Lewitowicz respectively, was published. They report about the Joint ECFA – NuPECC – APPEC Activities and they emphasise how important the cooperation of the three consortia/committee will remain in the future.
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The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has announced that the 3rd generation gravitational wave observatory “Einstein Telescope (ET)” will be part of 2021 upgrade of the ESFRI roadmap. This confirms ET´s relevance for future research in Europe and gravitational wave research at global level. The ET Research Infrastructure Consortium Coordinators, Antonio Zoccoli of
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Interview with Patricia Conde Muíño on the JENAA Diversity Working Group ECFA, NuPECC and APPEC recognise the importance of diversity as a motor to boost productivity and innovation, fight prejudice and discrimination and contribute to improving social and economic standards. As part of the Joint ECFA NuPECC APPEC Activities, JENAA, a Diversity Charter was developed
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In the recent paper appearing in Nature, the LHAASO observatory reported on its observation of 12 gamma-ray sources and its measurement of a gamma ray with an energy of 1.4 PeV, the highest ever detected. The LHAASO Observatory has been conceived as a dual task facility for cosmic-ray (CR) studies at energies above the TeV
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