Virgo will join O4 early 2024
Virgo will join O4 early 2024 The Virgo Collaboration updated the scientific community last week on the progress of the Virgo detector commissioning, in view of joining the fourth observing run (O4) already undertaken by the two US LIGO interferometers in...
Electro-mechanical Laboratory Technician
REF. COL-V&M-23-2
Deadline for application:
December 16, 2023
EGO welcomes new observer members from Belgium, Spain and Poland
EGO welcomes new observer members from Belgium, Spain and Poland We are proud to announce that several new institutions from Belgium, Spain and Poland are joining, as observer members, the EGO council, the governing body of the European Gravitational Observatory,...
20th anniversary of Virgo’s inauguration
20th anniversary of Virgo’s inauguration On July 23rd 2003, exactly 20 years ago the Virgo detector was inaugurated. The official start of its scientific and technological mission was celebrated in an important ceremony, attended by government representatives of...
AHEAD2020 Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 6
AHEAD2020 Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 6 The AHEAD2020 (Integrated Activities for High Energy Astrophysics*) calls for a program of transnational visits and remote access activities to be performed starting ~ October 2023. The main objectives are: 1) fostering...
Luca Della Santina new administrative director of EGO
Luca Della Santina new administrative director of EGO Luca Della Santina, an engineer and former top manager at the Region of Tuscany, is the new administrative director of the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) in Cascina, which hosts the Virgo gravitational...
EGO robotized seismic array project
Type of contract Traineeship contract for a period of 5 months in the Interferometer Technology Department, in the Noise&Control Group, funded by the EGO Consortium. Description The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) hosts and manages the Virgo gravitational...
Pulsar timing arrays open up a new window of GW astronomy
Pulsar timing arrays open up a new window of GW astronomy In a series of articles published today in “The Astrophysical Journal Letters” and “Astronomy and Astrophysics” researchers from EPTA, InPTA, PPTA, CPTA and NANOGrav have announced the detection of a...