In
the next 5 years second generation gravitational-wave detectors
(Advanced Virgo, Advanced LIGO, KAGRA, GEO-HF) will almost surely make
the first direct detection of gravitational-waves and then they will
start the field of the gravitational-wave astronomy. While building
these instruments, the scientific community has already started to
prepare the next (3rd) earth-based generation detectors (as the
European project Einstein Telescope), with a planned sensititivy
increase of an order of magnitude. The scientific interests of the 3rd
generation detectors, the involved technologies and the plans to build
them will be discussed here. |
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