The 15th Einstein Telescope Symposium will take place at the CNR in Bologna from 26 to 30 May.
On the occasion of this event, the ET group of the INFN Bologna Section, together with colleagues from the other organisations organising the Symposium (DIFA of UniBo, and Bologna Sections of INGV and INAF ), has organised a number of free initiatives aimed at citizens, as part of the ET-Italy project with the support of the European Gravitational Observatory.
1. Exibition “Einstein Telescope: A Look into the Deep Universe”
From 26 May to 13 June | Palazzo d’Accursio (Manica Lunga), Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The exhibition starts from Einstein’s general relativity to the revolutionary discovery of gravitational waves, and then focuses on the Einstein Telescope (ET), a cutting-edge research infrastructure included in the ESFRI Roadmap. The exhibition explores ET’s scientific prospects and the technological and industrial challenges of the project, with a focus on the Italian candidature of the Sos Enattos site in Sardinia, where preparatory activities are already underway.
2. Show “The Subterranean Universe – Einstein Telescope in Sardinia”
Thursday 29 May | 21:00 | Cinema Modernissimo, Piazza Re Enzo 3, Bologna
Free admission. Reservations: https://l.infn.it/et-modernissimo
A conference-show that interweaves science, art and territory to recount one of the most fascinating challenges of contemporary physics: the construction of the Einstein Telescope, the future European underground observatory for gravitational waves, whose ideal site could rise in the heart of Sardinia, at the former mine of Sos Enattos, in Lula. Under the ironic and passionate guidance of Patrizio Roversi, the audience will be taken on a journey between the depths of the Earth and those of space-time. With the contribution of scientist Marica Branchesi (GSSI), one of the best-known faces in the astrophysics of gravitational waves, and physicist Massimo Carpinelli (director of EGO), one of the promoters of the project in Sardinia, we will explore the meaning of a research that has the ambition of observing the universe beyond light, listening to its most remote vibrations.
But it will not only be science. To narrate the link between research and landscape, between knowledge and identity, there will also be the notes of the violin by Anna Tifu, an internationally renowned Sardinian musician, and the live illustrations by Angelo Adamo, an artist and scientist from INAF/IASF Palermo, who will give visual form to the imagery of a universe pulsating beneath our feet.
3. “Big Bang Machine” interactive van
Thursday 29 May from 12:00 to 21:00; Friday 30 May from 10:00 to 19:00 | Piazza Galvani, Bologna
The ‘Big Bang Machine’, a mobile laboratory in the heart of Bologna, offers an immersive experience that takes the public on a virtual journey through space and time to the origins of the universe. Aboard a spacecraft, visitors will explore extreme phenomena such as black holes, stellar mergers and the first moments of the cosmos. The experience aims to show the link between cosmic signals and the study of the Earth, making fundamental physics topics accessible in an engaging and interactive way.