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from the “Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy” department

Simulated gravitational wave events in a grid, colored in shades of blue and green, with logos at the bottom.

The latest catalog, GWTC-4, includes 128 new candidates from the fourth observing run, more than doubling the previous total. more

Three persons wearing blue cleanroom clothing and laser goggles stand behind a complicated experimental setup.

High-precision laser from Hannover is used in new test environment more

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An international team, with key contributions from AEI researchers, identified three gravitational-wave tones in GW250114 for the first time and conducted the most stringent tests of general relativity. more

Photo of a laser source in a golden-yellow housing.

The spin-off VM Photonics GmbH delivers ultra-stable and 10 times purer laser light for high-precision optical measurements. more

Graphical display of cumulative detections across all four observing runs.

Further exciting results anticipated from O4’s remaining parts more

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