The European Picture
First European collaborations
• 1953 CERN
• 1956 EURATOM
• 1962 ESRO European Space Research
Organisation
• 1967 ILL (Laue-Langevin Institute)
• 1969 Airbus
Research in Europe
info @ http://cordis.europa.eu.int/home.html
• Created European Research Area (2000)
to counteract deficits in European
research
– insufficient funding,
– lack of an environment to stimulate research
and exploit results
– the fragmented nature of activities and the
dispersal of resources
Framework Programmes
• 1957: EURATOM treaty; Joint Research Centre set up
• 1983: ESPRIT programme
• 1984: First Framework Programme (1984-1987),
followed by 4 successive Framework Programmes (up to
2002)
• 1987: “European Single Act” - science becomes a
Community responsibility;
• Second Framework Programme (1987-1991)
• 1993: Treaty on European Union; role of RTD in the EU
enlarged
• 2001: Proposal for the Sixth Framework Programme
• 2002-2006: FP6
FP6 budget = 5% of Europes total public spending on civil research
More and more aiming at Research of ‚real economic and social value‘.
ILIAS
2004 - 2009
• Sixth Framework Programme
Structuring the European Research Area Specific
Programme
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES ACTION
• Info @ http://ilias.in2p3.fr/
What is ApPEC
http://appec.in2p3.fr/
• Committee for the coordination of Astro-particle-Physics in Europe
(Steeing Committee and Peer Review Committee)
• Founded by the big funding agencies for Astro-particle physics in
Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Great Britain, Italy,
Netherlands, Switzerland und Spain.
• More countries are about to join (have joined?) ApPEC: Finnland,
Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Chzech Republic
• CERN as an international Organisation
• Associated: ESA, MPG
ApPEC Roadmap Committee
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Frank Avignone
Jose Bernabeu
Thomas Berghoefer
Leonid Bezrukov
Pierre Binetruy
Hans Bluemer
Karsten Danzmann
Franz v. Feilitzsch
Enrique Fernandez
Werner Hofmann
John Iliopoulos
Uli Katz
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Paolo Lipari
Manel Martinez
Antonio Masiero
Benoit Mours
Francesco Ronga
Andre Rubbia
Subir Sarkar
Guenther Sigl
Gerard Smadja
Nigel Smith
Christian Spiering
Alan Watson
Recommendations in the ApPEC
Roadmap
Roadmap due autumn 2006
NETWORK
Current N5/GWA net: participants
LAPP Annecy, University of Barcelona, University of Birmingham, Cardiff University, EGO Cascina,
INFN Ferrara., INFN Firenze, INFN Frascati, MPI Garching, INFN Genova, University of Glasgow,
MPI Golm, MPI Hannover, LZH Hannover, Universitat Illes Balears, Universitat Jena, INFN Legnaro,
Leiden University, Imperial College London, IPN Lyon, INFN Napoli, OCA Nice, LAL Orsay, INFN
Padova, Universite Paris VI, ESPCI Paris, INFN Perugia, INFN Pisa, CNR Roma, INFN Roma1, INFN
Roma2, Universita di Trento, CNR-ITC Trento, Universität Tubingen, University of Warsaw
• 35 institutions, 7 countries (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain)
• All members of Virgo, GEO, AURIGA, NAUTILUS/EXPLORER, MiniGRAIL collaborations
• Groups involved in R&D for future detectors (including most of the LISA European groups)
• “Increase the level of European coordination in the field”
• “Help the enhancement of the performance of existing detectors”
• “Prepare the future of this discipline in Europe”
• “Open existing facilities to more people from more countries”
• “Help the structuring of a European GW research community”
NETWORK
Current N5/GWA net: objectives & contents
From Overall description and fundamental objectives of the I3 from ILIAS webpage
“Gravitational Wave Antenna” (N5/GWA)
The objective of this network is to increase the level of coordination in the field of
gravitational wave research. It aims at linking the theoreticians and the groups working
on the experimental detection using the two large European interferometers and the
three resonant cryogenic detectors.“
• Three working groups:
• WG1: Detectors commissioning and characterization
• WG2: Joint operation of detectors and network data analysis
• WG3: An European strategy for future detectors
• Beside working group activities:
- Have bi-annual meetings involving the responsibles of the main projects and research poles (3 so far)
Organize an annual general meeting open to all participants (Orsay in 2004, Palma de Mallorca in 2005)
Gravitational Wave Antenna (GWA) Expected outcome
ANNEX 1 – Description of Work for ILIAS - Contract number: RII3-CT-2004-506222
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Chairmen: Hartmut Grote, Giovanni Losurdo
The results of Working Group 1 are expected to allow establishing a coordinated
collaboration among the Anglo-German team working at the commissioning of GEO and
the French-Italian team working at the commissioning of the Virgo detector. This
collaboration will speed up the commissioning of the detectors and will allow testing similar
characterization algorithms on the two detectors. Apart from the annual reports, the two teams
will provide recommendations for short and long term improvements based on the detector
commissioning results.
Chairmen: Gianluca Guidi and Ik Siong Heng (advised by the former chairmen Giovanni
Prodi and Sathyaprakash)
The prospects of setting relevant astrophysical results (based on signal detection or upper
limits) rely on the achieved degree of coordination of the community, given that the operation of
many detectors as a network is required. Working Group 2 is expected to establish the
necessary coordination among the groups involved in the operating detectors in order to
perform joint observations and the related data analysis. Recommendations for the
planning of joint observations and the technical aspects involved in the data exchange and
analysis will be provided. In addition, the Working Group 2 will provide comparative studies on
the achieved results on the observation and on the relevance of the participating detectors.
Chairmen: Michele Punturo, Harald Lück
Working Group 3 is focused on producing a plan setting up priorities and objectives for
the existing and future detectors and defining a coherent global strategy around which the
European gravitational waves community could unite and on pulling together their efforts,
expertise and capabilities towards a common objective.
The development of a European research community for gravitational waves is also expected to
contribute to establishing more balanced and productive collaborations with non European
communities ( USA , Japan ).
Joint Research Activity 3
JRA3
•Table 8 – Working group distribution vs tasks and Task Supervisors of Joint Research Activity 3
Task
Working groups
Co-ordinator
Task Supervisor
IGR - MAT
Gianpietro Cagnoli
Lead: Vincent Loriette
Co-lead: Michele Punturo
INFN – AURIGA
Jean-Pierre Zendri
INFN – VIRGO MAT
Michele Punturo
CNRS - ESPCI
Vincent Loriette
IGR - MAT
Gianpietro Cagnoli
INFN – ROG MAT
Yuri Minenkov
INFN – AURIGA
Jean-Pierre Zendri
INFN – VIRGO MAT
Michele Punturo
IFN
Paolo Falferi
LEIDEN
Giorgio Frossati
M3
Superconducting
Materials
INFN – PACO
Renzo Parodi
Lead: Renzo Parodi
M4
Mirror Coatings
IGR – MAT
Sheila Rowan
Lead: Sheila Rowan
Co-lead: Michele Punturo
CNRS – SMA
Alban Remilleux
INFN – AURIGA
Jean-Pierre Zendri
INFN – VIRGO MAT
Michele Punturo
CNRS – ESPCI
Vincent Loriette
IGR – MAT
Sheila Rowan
INFN – ROG MAT
Yuri Minenkov
INFN – VIRGO MAT
Michele Punturo
INFN – ROG FRASCATI
Giovanni Mazzitelli
Lead:Giovanni Mazzitelli
INFN – VIRGO CRYO
Roberto Passaquieti
Lead: Fulvio Ricci
Co-lead: Giorgio Frossati
LEIDEN
Giorgio Frossati
INFN – ROG CRYO
Massimo Bassan
LEIDEN
Giorgio Frossati
INFN – ROG CRYO
Massimo Bassan
INFN – VIRGO CRYO
Roberto Passaquieti
IGR – INT
Mike Plissi
INFN – LENS
Francesco Marin
INFN – AURIGA
Jean-Pierre Zendri
CNRS – LKB
Antoine Heidmann
LEIDEN
Giorgio Frossati
INFN – VIRGO MAT
Michele Punturo
IGR – INT
Mike Plissi
M1
Substrates for Interferometers
M2
Test Masses for resonators
M5
Suspension Materials
M6
Cosmic Rays
Acoustic Effect
C1
Cryogenics for Last Stage Suspensions
C2
Cryogenics for Ad. Resonant Detectors
C3
Cryogenics for Upper Suspensions
T1
Thermoelastic noise
T2
Lead: Jean-Pierre Zendri
Co-lead: Giorgio Frossati
Lead: Michele Punturo
Co-lead: Sheila Rowan
Lead: Giorgio Frossati
Co-lead: Massimo Bassan
Lead: Roberto Passaquieti
Lead: Mike Plissi
Co-lead: Michele Punturo
Lead: Antoine Heidmann
FP7
FP6 budget = 5% of Europes total public spending on civil research
More and more aiming at Research of ‚real economic and social value‘.
FP7 (2007-2013)
• Call for proposals (planned for late 2006)
will be delayed by about one year
• Funding starting with top-down project;
hence funding of our proposals delayed
by another year starting 2009 earliest.
FP7 (2007-2013)
Proposed total budget: 72726 Meuros 48000???
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Themes (Using all funding schemes. Including international cooperation.)
Health
Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
NETWORK
Information and Communication Technologies
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials
COOPERATION
Capacities
and10%
new Production Technologies
Energy
RI 5.4%
LISA People 10%
Environment (including Climate
Change)
Cooperation
Transport (including Aeronautics)
61%
Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
Ideas LISA
DUAL
(Space 5.4%)
Security and Space
16%
Total COOPERATION
IDEAS
European Research Council
DUAL
PEOPLE
Marie Curie Actions
LISA
Research Infrastructures
NETWORK
Research for the benefit of SMEs
Regions of Knowledge
CAPACITIES
Research Potential
Science in Society
Activities of International Co-operation
TOTAL CAPACITIES
Non-nuclear actions of the Joint Research Centre
TOTAL EC
LISA
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The European LISA research groups (low frequency GW community) are
planning to prepare proposals for one or more of the following FP7
projects:
 A Research Training Network (for educating young researchers in low
frequency data analysis)
 A Virtual Research Institute to integrate the European researchers
interested in all aspects of low-frequency gravitational wave science,
including, but not limited to, relativity, astrophysics, cosmology and data
analysis.
 Possible participation in ILIAS NEXT with the intention of networking
research groups in Europe interested in low-frequency gravitational
waves.
LISA
The main objectives of the
LISA Proposal
(Ideas)
Realization of a prototype of
an advanced wide-band
acoustic detector: DUAL
Mo Dual 16.4 ton height 3.0m Ø 0.94m
SiC Dual 62.2 ton height 3.0m Ø 2.9m
DUAL
Letter Of Intent
for an FP7 Proposal
(Capacities / Research Infrastructures)
GWnet: A Network on
Gravitational Wave Research
NETWORK
Letter of Intent
for an FP7 Proposal
NETWORK
Current N5/GWA net: participants
LAPP Annecy, University of Barcelona, University of Birmingham, Cardiff University, EGO Cascina,
INFN Ferrara., INFN Firenze, INFN Frascati, MPI Garching, INFN Genova, University of Glasgow,
MPI Golm, MPI Hannover, LZH Hannover, Universitat Illes Balears, Universitat Jena, INFN Legnaro,
Leiden University, Imperial College London, IPN Lyon, INFN Napoli, OCA Nice, LAL Orsay, INFN
Padova, Universite Paris VI, ESPCI Paris, INFN Perugia, INFN Pisa, CNR Roma, INFN Roma1, INFN
Roma2, Universita di Trento, CNR-ITC Trento, Universität Tubingen, University of Warsaw
• 35 institutions, 7 countries (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain)
• All members of Virgo, GEO, AURIGA, NAUTILUS/EXPLORER, MiniGRAIL collaborations
• Groups involved in R&D for future detectors (including most of the LISA European groups)
• to continue the exchange of information on subjects of common
interests such as:
- operation and commissioning of existing detectors
- network data analysis
• to develop collaboration between the experimentalists and the
theorists involved in gravitational wave related research on
subjects such as:
- science case for future detectors
- properties of gravitational wave sources
• to develop the exchange of information with other fields of
astronomy (gamma-rays, high energy cosmic rays and neutrino
astronomy),
• to support the access of more people from more countries to the
existing infrastructures by means of a visitor program
NETWORK
Main objectives of the network
(Capacities / Research Infrastructures)
A Design Study of a
European Gravitational Wave Observatory
based on a
Third Generation Laser Interferometer
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Letter of Intent
for an FP7 Proposal
Detector Sensitivities
Courtesy: B. Mours
(Prototype)
Slide source K. Danzmann (modified)
Slide source M. Punturo (modified)
Marie Curie Actions
Human resources and mobility
• Recent suggestions to propose a participation in MCA
(Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN)) to
educate PhD students in GW research.
• How to apply?
(http://www.cordis.lu/mariecurie-actions/rtn/apply.htm)
• Proposals must be presented by a minimum of three
mutually-independent legal entities (organisations or
individuals) established in at least three Member States
or Associated States of which two must be Member or
Associated candidate countries. However, it is
anticipated that a network will normally consist of a
larger number of participants.
Marie Curie Actions
Human resources and mobility
Marie Curie Research Training
Networks (RTN)
• These Networks provide the means for research teams of
recognised international stature to link up, in the context of a welldefined collaborative research project, in order to formulate and
implement a structured training programme for researchers in a
particular field of research. Networks will provide a cohesive, but
flexible framework for the training and professional
development of researchers, especially in the early stages of
their research career. Networks also aim to achieve a critical mass
of qualified researchers, especially in areas that are highlyspecialised and/or fragmented; and to contribute to overcoming
institutional and disciplinary boundaries, notably through the
promotion of multidisciplinary research. They will also provide a
straightforward and effective means to involve the less-favoured
regions of the EU and Associated Candidate Countries in
internationally recognised European research co-operation.