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New collaboration to strengthen candidacy for the observatory in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion more

On the occasion of the awarding of the Tomalla Prize, Alessandra Buonanno will give a colloquium about her work. The ceremony is open to the public.

Dezember 16, 2022, 5:30 pm
Auditoire A de l'Ecole de Physique
24, Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva more

Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is honored for his innovative research on merging black holes more

Tim Dietrich, Professor at the University of Potsdam and Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Gravitational Physics, receives a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth 1.5 million euros. more

The prize is awarded about every three years for extraordinary contributions to general relativity and gravity more

A new approach to analyze binary neutron star mergers provides a proving ground for model development and a means to identify systematics in future gravitational-wave observations. more

Constraining neutron-star matter with microscopic and macroscopic collisions more

Alessandra Buonanno talks about the observation of gravitational waves, the models needed to predict them, and the significance of the knowledge gained.

June 8, 2022, 6:30 pm
Leopoldina, Halle (Saale) more

The final black hole left behind after a binary black hole merger can attain recoil velocities up to 5000 km/s, large enough to be ejected from any galaxy. The authors find the first evidence for a large recoil velocity from a gravitational-wave signal, with a velocity of ~1500 km/s (90% uncertainty of ~900 km/s). more

Spin measurements from binary black hole mergers observed by gravitational-wave detectors carry valuable clues about how these binaries form in nature. Theorists have predicted that binaries could be attracted towards special configurations called spin-orbit resonances, where the spin and orbital angular momenta become locked into a resonant plane. The authors find first potential signs of these resonances in gravitational-wave data. more

Neural network analyzes gravitational waves in real time more

Gravitational-wave catalog update lists 35 new signals more

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) has published a detailed analysis of a candidate signal for the since-long sought gravitational wave background (GWB) due to in-spiraling supermassive black-hole binaries. more

November 3, 2021, 19:00 CET: Online talk by Vijay Varma about black holes and their collisions. more

Professor Buonanno is awarded in the field of "Gravitation: physical and astrophysical aspects". more

Professor Buonanno is honored for pioneering accurate and rapid computation of waveforms that are crucial in detecting gravitational waves more

based on an INFN/Nikhef press release more

First robust detection of these rare events more

New ESA Science Program is out more

Buonanno is honored for her scientific achievements in gravitational-wave physics more

Khalil is the first recipient of this new University of Maryland Physics Department student award more

Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive more

The election is a special honor and is regarded as one of the highest scientific accolades in the German-speaking world more

Cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and the University of Potsdam will be strengthened more

The junior professor at the University of Potsdam and adjunct researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics will receive the 20,000-euro prize from the German Research Foundation in recognition of his exceptional scientific achievements. The award ceremony will take place in a virtual format on May 4, 2021. more

Award from the INFN and Galileo Galilei Institute to director at Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam more

Two publications on the effective one-body approach among the collection of pioneering papers more