Einstein@home Einstein@home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search
for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars)
using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors.
Einstein@home is a World Year of Physics 2005 project supported by the
American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations. After several months of testing, we are now 'throwing open the doors'
for general participation. If you would like to take part, please visit
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
and follow the instructions there. Note also that there is an 'MIT LIGO team'--
feel free to join
The Gravitation and Cosmology Research Group is part of the
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
within the
Physics Department at MIT.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a facility dedicated to the detection of cosmic gravitational waves
and the measurement of these waves for scientific research.
It consists of two widely separated installations within the United States,
operated in unison as a single observatory. This observatory is available
for use by the world scientific community, and is a vital member
in a developing global network of gravitational wave observatories.
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