School
09 Nov, 2026 - 20 Nov, 2026
Application deadline: 02 Nov, 2026
This school aims to provide the next generation of physicists with a comprehensive foundation in gravitational wave science, seamlessly integrating theoretical modeling, data analysis, and advanced experimental techniques. On the theoretical side, students will explore gravitational radiation theory, compact binary source modeling, and the cosmological gravitational wave background. On the experimental side, the program covers the fundamental principles and cutting-edge technologies of laser interferometers, including thermal and Newtonian noise mitigation, quantum squeezing, and active control systems. By bridging fundamental theory, precision instrumentation, and signal analysis, the school will foster essential collaborations between theorists and experimentalists, collaborations that are crucial for analyzing current data and shaping the future directions of third-generation and space-borne observatories such as the Einstein Telescope and LISA.
I week:
Nils Andersson (University of Southampton)
Introduction to GW theory
Geppo Cagnoli (Padua University)
Introduction to experimental aspects of GW detection: basic principle of GW laser interferometers, noise budget and thermal noise (suspension and coating)
Giancarlo Cella (Pisa University)
Introduction to experimental aspects of GW detection: How an interferometer turns a GW into a calibrated strain signal
Neil J. Cornish (Montana State University)
Science Inference
II Week:
Lucia Trozzo (INFN - Napoli)
Low frequency suspension, Newtonian noise
Sibilla Di Pace (ENEA)
Quantum noise and squeezing
Mattia Boldrini (European Gravitational Observatory)
Control schemes: error signals, loop and modern control
Sebastiano Bernuzzi (Jena University)
Modelling of GW sources and compact binaries
Rossella Gamba (UC Berkeley and Scuola Normale Superiore)
Modelling of GW sources with specific applications to 3G detectors
Daniel Figueroa (Valencia University)
GWs and the cosmological background
Michele Punturo (INFN - Perugia)
ET and 3rd generation detectors
Bill Weber (University of Trento)
LISA and GW detection in space
Annalisa Allocca (University of Napoli)
Jerome Degallaix (LMA - CNRS)
Matteo Di Giovanni (Scuola Normale Superiore - Pisa)
Andrea Maselli (GSSI - L'Aquila)
Andrea Mitridate (Imperial College London)
Albino Perego (University of Trento)
Michele Redi (INFN - Firenze)
Michele Redi
| Date | Speaker | Title | Type | Useful Links |
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| 09 Nov, 2026 - 09:00-10:00 | Registration | Coffee Break |
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| 09 Nov, 2026 - 10:30-11:00 | Introduction | Introduction |
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| 09 Nov, 2026 - 11:00-11:30 | Nils Andersson (University of Southampton) | Introduction to GW theory - Lecture I | Lecture |
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| 09 Nov, 2026 - 14:00-15:00 | Geppo Cagnoli | Introduction to experimental aspects of GW detection: basic principle of GW laser interferometers, noise budget and thermal noise (suspension and coating) - Lecture I | Talk |
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| 09 Nov, 2026 - 16:00-17:00 | Sarah Speziali | Healthy Minds for Masterminds: FLASH | Talk |
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| 10 Nov, 2026 - 09:30-10:30 | Nils Andersson (University of Southampton) | Introduction to GW theory - Lecture II | Talk |
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| 10 Nov, 2026 - 11:30-12:30 | Geppo Cagnoli | Introduction to experimental aspects of GW detection: basic principle of GW laser interferometers, noise budget and thermal noise (suspension and coating) - Lecture II | Talk |
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| 10 Nov, 2026 - 14:30-16:00 | Neil Cornish | Science Inference - Lecture I | Lecture |
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| 10 Nov, 2026 - 16:30-17:30 | Student's project | Discussion |
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| 11 Nov, 2026 - 09:30-10:30 | Nils Andersson | Introduction to GW theory - Lecture III | Lecture |
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| 11 Nov, 2026 - 11:00-12:30 | Giancarlo Cella | Introduction to experimental aspects of GW detection: basic principle of GW laser interferometers, noise budget and thermal noise (suspension and coating) - Lecture III | Lecture |
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| 11 Nov, 2026 - 14:30-16:00 | Neil Cornish | Science Inference - Lecture II | Lecture |
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| 12 Nov, 2026 - 09:30-11:00 | Nils Andersson | Introduction to GW theory - Lecture IV | Lecture |
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| 12 Nov, 2026 - 11:30-13:00 | Neil Cornish | Science Inference - Lecture III | Lecture |
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| 12 Nov, 2026 - 14:30-16:00 | Giancarlo Cella | How an interferometer turns a gravitational wave into a calibrated strain signal: from the metric and gauge invariance to the optical readout and h(t). | Lecture |
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| 12 Nov, 2026 - 18:00-20:00 | Neil Cornish | Spritz of Science - From Galileo to Gravity Waves | Public Conference |
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| 13 Nov, 2026 - 09:30-11:00 | Nils Andersson | Introduction to GW theory - Lecture V | Lecture |
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| 13 Nov, 2026 - 11:00-12:30 | Neil Cornish | Science Inference - Lecture IV | Lecture |
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| 13 Nov, 2026 - 14:30-15:30 | Student's project | Lecture |
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