The Einstein Telescope

The Einstein Telescope is a next-generation gravitational wave observatory planned in Europe, which, in a wide frequency range, will achieve a sensitivity an order of magnitude better than the aLIGO design sensitivity and will significantly extend the observation range to lower frequencies. The baseline design envisages an equilateral triangle with an edge length of 10km in an underground infrastructure approximately 250m below ground. For the science case and more details on the instrument see references. The presentation will give an overview of the plans and the current status of the project.