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PV: Plenarvorträge

PV II

PV II: Plenary Talk

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 09:00–09:45, HBR 14: HS 1

Towards the German Center for Astrophysics in Lusatia — •Günther Hasinger — Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik, Bahnhofstr. 22, 02826 Görlitz

The German Center for Astrophysics (DZA) is a joint initiative of German astronomy and astroparticle physics. We build a large research center in Goerlitz with a pioneering scientific program, a center for digitalization that brings together the data streams from astronomical observatories around the globe, and a center for the latest technologies that works closely with industry and existing technology centers in Saxony and worldwide. The initial priority is on radio astronomy and the corresponding challenges in the area of **large data volumes and sensor technologies, especially the cooperation with the Square Kilometer Array in South Africa and Australia. We are also conducting research in a unique granite block in Lusatia in the "Sorbian Triangle" between Kamenz, Hoyerswerda and Bautzen, a seismologically very quiet place. An underground research laboratory, the Low Seismic Lab, is to be built there, which will, among other things, enable technology development for gravitational wave detectors, especially the Einstein Telescope. Applications in nuclear astrophysics and future technologies are planned as well.

Keywords: Black Holes; Cosmology; Experimental Tests; Neutron Stars; Galaxy Evolution