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Memorial Lecture on November 23, 2023 more

The 17th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture will be given by Alessandra Buonanno in Cambridge.

Location: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (UK)
Date: November 14, 2023
Time: 5pm GMT

The lecture will also be livestreamed on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t1tiPVDMYs more

Lecture by Alessandra Buonanno followed by a discussion between her, Annika Kahrs and Louis d'Heudières

Location: Salöön im Holzmarkt 25, Berlin
Date: November 7, 2023
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm more

Prestigious honor for key contributions to the interpretation of gravitational-wave signals more

After being already awarded a prize from the Amaldi Research Center at La Sapienza University in Rome, Elisa Maggio, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam receives two more awards for her outstanding thesis on tests of general relativity. more

The inauguration ceremony will be held on November 10, 2023, in Rome more

New energy-efficient high-performance compute cluster for the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam more

First evidence for ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves more

Dr. Elisa Maggio will discuss black holes and how we can we observe these exotic objects in the universe.

Location: Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Date: June 24, 2023
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm more

New study allows to probe the properties of accretion disks inaccessible so far more

Key experts gather for the workshop “Connecting the dots” at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, June 14th-16th, 2023. more

Jan Steinhoff talks about gravitational waves, which are recorded in sophisticated experiments on Earth and provide ever new insights into our universe.

Location: Bildungsforum Potsdam
Date: June 10, 2023
Time: 11:30am more

In his talk, Tim Dietrich will give an overview of how theoretical models can be developed and used to enable multi-messenger studies of merging neutron stars.

Location: GO:IN1
Date: June 20, 2023
Time: 12pm more

Today the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration begins a new observing run with upgraded instruments, new and even more accurate signal models, and more advanced data analysis methods. more

Five papers about state-of-the-art, computationally efficient inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms developed by AEI-Potsdam researchers more

The key focus of this workshop is to pave the way toward complete and accurate inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform templates in modified gravity theories.

Location: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Date: June 14 - 16, 2023 more

Self-checking algorithm interprets gravitational-wave data more

Accurate waveforms for the future gravitational-wave detector in space more

The honor, endowed with 3,000 euros, will be awarded to her on April 12, 2023, at the university in Rome. more

Michele Punturo (INFN) and Harald Lück (Leibniz University Hannover) to serve as coordinator and vice coordinator, respectively more

Astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich receives IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in General Relativity and Gravitation and a scholarship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation more