GRAvitational-waves Science&technology Symposium (GRASS 2024)

A futuristic hill-contained vertically positioned gravity decelerator spanning 2,300 meters for detection of dark matter and gravitational waves

Not scheduled

20m

Aula Kessler

Contributed talk Other challenges for future GW detectors Other challenges for future GW detectors

Speakers

Mr Aayush Sinha (Indian Youth Nuclear Society, India)Dr Rahul Shankar (University of Ferrara, Italy)

Description

In this paper, we delineate the engineering hurdles and envisaged an infrastructure of a newly proposed hill-contained, vertically positioned Gravity Decelerator. This decelerator possesses several attributes, specifically: (a) a 2,300 meters-long vertical vacuum tube designed for decelerating a low-energy beam of heavy ions and protons, facilitated by gravity; (b) a 12 meter diameter, Dark Matter and Gravitational Waves detectors situated at the top end of the vacuum tube; and (c) a low-energy linear accelerator for accelerating heavy ions and protons, respectively, positioned at the bottom end of the vertical vacuum tube. This newly envisioned facility aims to achieve the following objectives: (i) detection of Dark Matter; (ii) identification of low-energy Gravitational Waves; and (iii) investigation of Ordinary Matter-Dark Matter interactions.