Gravitational waves to look out for in the future: A gravitational-wave background of many, many faint individually unrecognisable signals or from more speculative sources (inflation,…):
ℹ️ https://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-O3StochIso/index.php
#ThrowbackThursday to when we saw a signal like none before. What surprises will O4 bring?
#throwbackthursday #gravitationalwaves #waiting4o4 #o4
#ThrowbackThursday als wir ein Signal wie keines zuvor entdeckten. Welche Überraschungen wird es in O4 geben?
#throwbackthursday #gravitationalwaves #waiting4o4 #o4
Gravitational-wave detectors @LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA start next observing run to explore the secrets of the Universe. During the last years @mpi_grav and Leibniz University Hannover researchers have prepared for this observing run O4.
For our #ExpertsWednesday learn more about the work of the @maxplanckpress independent research group “Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity” @BinaryNr at @mpi_grav Hannover:
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/693972/numerical-visualisations
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/785562/news
#expertswednesday #waiting4o4 #o4
How does the laser light in @LIGO become the data stream in which the gravitational-wave signals are found? LIGO Magazine, issue 19, to the rescue, explaining the LIGO Controls and Data System (CDS):
ℹ️ https://www.ligo.org/magazine/LIGO-magazine-issue19.pdf#page=36 [pdf]
What will the future of astronomy with gravitational waves bring? One of the most exciting projects is LISA, a space-based low-frequency gravitational-wave observatory:
🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPkoZxyovo
#multimediamonday #waiting4o4 #o4
Was bietet die Zukunft der Astronomie mit Gravitationswellen? Eines der spannendsten Projekte ist LISA, ein weltraumgestütztes Observatorium für tieffrequente Gravitationswellen:
🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPkoZxyovo
#multimediamonday #waiting4o4 #o4
Zum Sonntagabend mal was Spannendes? Dann haben wir das Richtige für euch: „Gravitationswellen - ein neues Fenster ins Universum“ im Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Michele Heurs (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
#gravitationswellen #waiting4o4 #o4
What are continuous gravitational waves, where do they come from, and how do we search for them? The Einstein Online article by @benknispel offers an overview:
📰 https://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlight/continuousGW/
#saturdayreading #waiting4o4 #o4
Was sind kontinuierliche Gravitationswellen, woher kommen sie und wie suchen wir nach Ihnen? Einen ersten Überblick bietet der Einstein-Online-Artikel von @benknispel:
📰 https://www.einstein-online.info/spotlight/kontinuierlicheGW/
#saturdayreading #waiting4o4 #o4
Gravitational waves on your smartphone! Keep track of the latest gravitational-wave discovery candidates by @LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA with the app “Chirp”. It's available for Android and iOS.
How can you learn in real-time about new gravitational-wave candidate signals discovered by @LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA during the fourth observing run O4? One possibility: the “Public Alerts” on the GraceDB webpage:
Gravitationswellen auf euren Smartphones! Verfolgt die neuesten Kandidaten für Gravitationswellen-Entdeckungen von @LIGO, Virgo und KAGRA mit der App „Chirp“. Die App gibt es für Android und iOS.
Wie könnt ihr euch in Echtzeit über neue Gravitationswellen-Kandidaten informieren, die @LIGO, Virgo und KAGRA während des 4. Beobachtungslaufs O4 entdecken? Mit „Public Alerts“ auf der GraceDB-Webseite:
Gespannt auf den nächsten Gravitationswellen-Beobachtungslauf O4? #ThrowbackThursday in den November 2021 als @LIGO, Virgo und KAGRA die kombinierten Ergebnisse aller drei vorangegangenen Beobachtungsläufe enthüllten:
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/816696/ligo-virgo-and-kagra-raise-their-signal-score-to-90
#throwbackthursday #waiting4o4 #o4 #gravitationalwaves
Excited about the next gravitational-wave observing run, O4? #ThrowbackThursday to when @LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA back in November 2021 revealed the combined results from all three previous observing runs:
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/816408/ligo-virgo-and-kagra-raise-their-signal-score-to-90
#throwbackthursday #waiting4o4 #o4 #gravitationalwaves
For our #ExpertsWednesday learn more about the research in the “Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy” department at @mpi_grav Hannover:
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/33180/interferometry-on-earth
➡️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/interferometry-in-space
#expertswednesday #waiting4o4 #o4
Our reading tip for ☕️ this Saturday helps prepare for @LIGO's, Virgo's and KAGRA's fourth observing run O4 with a review of O3:
➡️ https://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlight/o3/ by Denise Müller-Dum at Einstein-Online
#waiting4o4 #o4 #saturdayreading #gravitationalwaves #o3