From October 6 to 10, Orosei, in the province of Nuoro, will host the international workshop “From deep space to deep Earth: the experimental network in Sardinia”, funded by the NRRP project “Monitoring Earth’s evolution and tectonics” (MEET) and coordinated by the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The event will focus on the Einstein Telescope (ET), the future European infrastructure dedicated to gravitational wave detection, which Italy is proposing to host at the Sardinian site of Sos Enattos.
The conference will be opened by the mayors of Nuoro, Lula, and Orosei. This will be followed by a talk from Raffaele Marras (Advisory consultant to the Presidency of the Sardinia Region for the Einstein Telescope), who will outline Sardinia’s role in the candidacy to host ET. In the following days, contributions will come from experts from Italian and international universities and research institutions, including Annalisa Allocca (INFN Naples section), Alessandro Cardini (Director of the INFN Cagliari Section), Domenico D’Urso (Scientific Coordinator of ET Italy), Matteo Di Giovanni (Scuola Normale Superiore and INFN Pisa), Giovanni Diaferia (INGV), and Marica Branchesi (GSSI).
Thanks to its unique characteristics – seismic quietness and low human impact – Sardinia has in recent years established itself as a strategic location for scientific observation and experimentation, already hosting large-scale projects in geophysics, physics, and astronomy.
Speakers will explore the scientific prospects of the Archimedes experiment, the goals and challenges of the future gravitational wave observatory, as well as the geophysical and environmental requirements for selecting the Sos Enattos site. Studies characterizing environmental noise and seismic emissions related to wind farms in the area will also be presented.
The workshop will conclude with a visit to the Nuragic complex of Romanzesu, a unique archaeological site set in the unspoiled nature of the Barbagia region.
The program is available at this link.