Physical Sciences
ESFRI Projects
RIs in their Preparation Phase, selected for the excellence of their scientific case and for their maturity
ESFRI Landmarks
RIs that were implemented, or reached an advanced Implementation Phase
EST (Project)
European Solar Telescope
An advanced telescope for observing the Sun and its magnetic activity
KM3NeT 2.0 (Project)
KM3 Neutrino Telescope 2.0
A network of neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea for astroparticle and oscillations research
CTA (Landmark)
Cherenkov Telescope Array
Cherenkov Telescope Array for high-energy gamma-ray astronomy to probe a non-thermal Universe
ELI (Landmark)
Extreme Light Infrastructure
The world's fastest and most intense advanced lasers to unravel the fundamental secrets of the Universe and materials
EMFL (Landmark)
European Magnetic Field Laboratory
A unique effort to generate the highest possible magnetic fields for excellent research
ESRF EBS (Landmark)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Extremely Brilliant Source
Revolutionary storage ring and beamlines for X-ray synchrotron science and innovation
European Spallation Source ERIC (Landmark)
European Spallation Source
The world’s most powerful neutron source for interdisciplinary research in physical and life sciences
European XFEL (Landmark)
European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility
The first superconducting hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser for life and materials sciences
FAIR (Landmark)
Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research
An antiproton and ion beams accelerator facility to explore the nature of matter and the evolution of the Universe
HL-LHC (Landmark)
High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
An upgrade of the highest-energy particle collider in the world to explore new physics
ILL (Landmark)
Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin
The continuous upgrade of the world’s flagship centre for neutron science
SKA (Landmark)
Square Kilometre Array
The largest radio telescope on Earth to explore the Universe and the origins of lifε
SPIRAL2 (Landmark)
Système de Production d’Ions Radioactifs en Ligne de 2e génération
The installation to accelerate and deliver very high intensity light and heavy-ion beams of stable and exotic nuclei