The Sos Enattos mines, in Lula, are ready to reveal the secrets of gravitational waves. The site in the heart of Barbagia is Italy's candidate to host the Einstein Telescope: a third generation hyper-technological infrastructure, for investments in the area of around 5 billion euros, which requires absolute silence to be able to intercept the sound of the universe and continue the studies of the German physicist (naturalized Swiss and American) who in 1926 published his Theory of General Relativity, with which he revolutionized the way of looking at gravity.
Is theory enough? For nothing. Because, as Alberto Masoni, director of the Cagliari section of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics, explains, «without the knowledge that comes from this theory the GPS would not work. Our air, land and sea navigation systems, including those of our cell phones, could not function."
A century later, gravitational waves were detected for the first time: the Einstein Telescope will serve to understand them better . And allow further new discoveries that could revolutionize the life of humanity.
The project and its prospects, with important implications for Sardinia - and not only - were discussed during the event "From Albert Einstein to Einstein Telescope" in the Giorgio Pisano Room of the editorial staff of L'Unione Sarda. The meeting was streamed on Unionesarda.it.
On the same occasion, at the Unione Sarda Planetarium, a room dedicated to the concept of spacetime was inaugurated and will remain open to visitors.
The following took part in the debate:
- Marica Branchesi - GSSI, INAF, INFN, Scientific Technical Committee of the Ministry of University and Research for the Italian candidacy for the Einstein Telescope
- Domenico D'Urso - University of Sassari, INFN Cagliari Section, National Einstein Telescope Project Manager
- Alessandro Cardini - Director of the INFN Section of Cagliari - member of the Team for the Italian candidacy for the Einstein Telescope
- Alberto Masoni - INFN Cagliari Section, INFN Cagliari Manager of the PNRR project for the Italian candidacy for the Einstein Telescope (ETIC)
- Manuel Floris - Scientific Director of the Planetarium of L'Unione Sarda
- Sergio Zuncheddu - Publisher of the L'Unione Sarda group
- Moderator: Stefano Birocchi - Videolina Journalist
(Unioneonline)