Conference
The IFAE GW group at the Almadi14 Conference
July 21, 2021
Gravitational Waves GroupThe GW group at IFAE is contributing talks and posters to Almadi 14 , the most important conference in the field.
- M. Martinez, Talk: “A new instrumented baffle for Advanced Virgo”
- A. Romero, Poster: “Implications for first-order cosmological phase transitions and the formation of primordial black holes from the third LIGO-Virgo observing run”
- A. Menendez, Poster: “Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events using Neural Networks in LIGO/Virgo data”
- Ch. Karathanasis, Poster: “Estimating cosmological parameters and testing general relativity using LIGO/Virgo data.”
Meeting
Spain’s Einstein Telescope community meets in Barcelona to prepare a common roadmap
November 6, 2026
IFAE and BSC-CNS brought together around 40 specialists in Barcelona to coordinate Spain’s participation in Einstein Telescope and lay the groundwork for a common roadmap for the future gravitational-wave observatory.
Milestone
Over 200 Experts Contribute to Einstein Telescope Geometry Comparison Report
October 14, 2026
The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the two possible geometrical configurations for the Einstein Telescope, Europe’s future gravitational-wave observatory, and will inform decisions on its design.
Project
IFAE participates in new European project supporting the Einstein Telescope’s transition to implementation
May 13, 2026
A new European project has been approved to support the transition of the Einstein Telescope (ET) towards its implementation phase, marking another important step in the development of Europe’s future third-generation gravitational-wave observatory.