EUROGRAV 1986–1989: the first attempts for a European Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory

IF 0.8 4区物理与天体物理 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

The European Physical Journal H Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI:10.1140/epjh/s13129-022-00036-x

Adele La Rana

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Abstract

At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, on the eve of the great leap in scale from the resonant bars to the long-baseline interferometers LIGO and Virgo, the four European groups then engaged in the field of interferometric gravitational wave detection in Germany, UK, France and Italy tried to set up a common strategy, with the aim of establishing a network of three long-based antennas in Europe. The paper analyzes the main causes of the failure of those early plans. An attempt is made to outline the parallels and differences with the current times, on the eve of the new leap of scale toward the third generation of gravitational wave interferometers, while the negotiations for the European-born project Einstein Telescope are taking place.

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1986-1989年:欧洲干涉引力波天文台的第一次尝试

在20世纪80年代和90年代之交，在从共振杆到长基线干涉仪LIGO和Virgo的大规模飞跃前夕，当时在德国、英国、法国和意大利从事干涉引力波探测领域的四个欧洲小组试图建立一个共同的战略，目的是在欧洲建立一个由三个长基线天线组成的网络。本文分析了这些早期计划失败的主要原因。在第三代引力波干涉仪的新规模飞跃前夕，试图勾勒出与当前时代的相似之处和不同之处，而欧洲诞生的爱因斯坦望远镜项目正在进行谈判。

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The European Physical Journal H HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

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1.60

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10.00%

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>12 weeks

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