What is it about?
GINGER is and array of laser gyroscopes attached to the Earth crust, to measure any tiny rotation of the Earth crust. After a decade spent in studying our laser gyroscope prototypes, we are ready to build the GINGER apparatus inside the Gran Sasso. It is expected to be ready in 2 years.
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Why is it important?
GINGER will allow us to study the Gran Sasso region, one of the most important seismic area in Europe, and the General Relativity effects on Earth with unprecedented sensitivity, it should be able to measure the local rotation with more than 9 digits. It is a rare apparatus which will provide suitable data for geophysics, geodesy and fundamental science.
Perspectives
This paper gave us the opportunity to summarise the many objectives of GINGER the many ideas behind the design of the apparatus.
Angela Dora Vittoria Di Virgilio
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
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This page is a summary of: Status of the GINGER project, AVS Quantum Science, October 2023, American Vacuum Society,
DOI: 10.1116/5.0167940.
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