It will be necessary to invest in infrastructure for the Einstein Telescope, "not only those relating to the telescope in the strict sense, but also those that will serve to welcome people". And Sardinia, with the SOS Enattos site, would be "the ideal place". This was said by physicist Fernando Ferroni, member of the project's scientific committee, chaired by Nobel Prize winner Giorgio Parisi, at an event at the Accademia dei Lincei.
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“We will need an efficient transport system, with roads, railways, connections and we will also need adequate services, such as schools, hospitals and housing,” added Ferroni.
The Government has undertaken to support the financial commitment to host the Einstein Telescope in Italy, with a total financing of 950 million euros for the nine years foreseen for construction (from 2026 to 2035), as stated in the letter addressed to Antonio Zoccoli, president of the Infn, which is the coordinating body of the Italian candidacy for ET.
Ferroni recalled that the project as a whole has an estimated cost of 1 billion and 736 million euros, of which 932 million for the infrastructure and 804 million euros for the scientific instrumentation: «This is the estimate to date, without having made a particularly careful assessment,” he noted.
The linceo also highlighted the reasons why the Sos Enattos mine in Sardinia would constitute the ideal site: the region, in fact, is inert from a seismic point of view and is characterized by a very low anthropic density, therefore the telescope would be isolated from vibrations . "Furthermore, it would allow the development of an industrial fabric in the area - he concluded - and it would certainly be an incentive for local young people, who would see the world change before their eyes".
(Unioneonline/ss)