MPI GravPhys@mpi_grav

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is the largest research institute in the world specializing in general relativity and beyond.

 Potsdam and Hannover
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Joined November 2015
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Macht's gut und danke für den Fisch! Wir werden die Aktivität auf dieser Plattform einstellen. Trefft uns im Restaurant am Ende des Universums auf einen Pangalaktischen Donnergurgler oder an diesen Orten: aei.mpg.de/forschungsmeldung… aei.mpg.de/stellenangebote aei.mpg.de/404331/media-cont…
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So long, and thanks for all the fish! We will be suspending all activity on this platform. Stay in touch! Meet us at the restaurant at the end of the universe for a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster or bookmark: aei.mpg.de/researchnews aei.mpg.de/jobs aei.mpg.de/pressoffice#socia…

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INAF-OACT@InafOact
18 Dec 2023
#OACTseminars @mpi_grav @DfaUnict DON'T MISS! Today at 11.30 a.m., Dr. Gianluca Pagliaro (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, AEI Hannover) is going to tell us "the Gravitational-Wave breakthrough we can('t) wait for". oact.inaf.it/event/the-gravi…
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LIGO Hanford@LIGOWA
17 Dec 2023
With winter break (northern hemisphere) & summer break (southern hemisphere) approaching, NOW is the best time to apply for the @LIGO International Physics & Astronomy Educator Program for July 2024! Deadline is Jan 31, 2024 See you this summer! More Info: ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho…

International Physics & Astronomy Educator Program

Applications for the 2026 LIGO International Physics and Astronomy (IPA) program are now closed. Please check back when applications for the 2027 IPA program open in November 2026.

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MPI GravPhys@mpi_grav
7 Dec 2023
Balzan lecture by Alessandra Buonanno at Milan planetarium: “Gravitational-wave astronomy: Exploring the dark universe” ➡️ balzan.org/en/updates/annual… 📅 Dec 18, 2023; 06:30 PM Civico Planetario di Milano Corso Venezia 57, 20121 Milan #GravitationalWaves #PublicLecture
Colorful numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger generating gravitational waves Pic: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes project

ALT Colorful numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger generating gravitational waves Pic: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes project
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MPI GravPhys@mpi_grav
7 Dec 2023
Balzan-Vorlesung von Alessandra Buonanno am Planetarium in Mailand: “Gravitational-wave astronomy: Exploring the dark universe” ➡️ balzan.org/en/updates/annual… 📅 18.12.2023; 18:30 Civico Planetario di Milano Corso Venezia 57, 20121 Mailand #Gravitationswellen #Vortrag
Farbige numerische Simulation von zwei verschmelzenden Schwarzen Löchern, die Gravitationswellen abstrahlen Bild: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes project

ALT Farbige numerische Simulation von zwei verschmelzenden Schwarzen Löchern, die Gravitationswellen abstrahlen Bild: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes project
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Im Kalender vormerken! Am 7.2.2024 ist Sebastian Völkel (@mpi_grav) zum „Kosmischen Mittwoch“ im @PlanetariumPots. Er spricht über „Gravitationswellen und kompakte Objekte: Einsteins kosmisches Orchester“ ℹ️ urania-planetarium.de/verans… #Potsdam #WissKomm #Gravitationswellen
Simulation der Verschmelzung zweier Schwarzer Löcher. Die Gravitationswellen sind als vielfarbige Flächen mit Wellenstrukturen erkennbar. Bild: S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Projekt, D. Steinhauser (Airborne Hydro Mapping GmbH

ALT Simulation der Verschmelzung zweier Schwarzer Löcher. Die Gravitationswellen sind als vielfarbige Flächen mit Wellenstrukturen erkennbar. Bild: S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Projekt, D. Steinhauser (Airborne Hydro Mapping GmbH
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📢 Job opportunity 📢 Project Manager for the Interferometric Detection System (IDS) of LISA (@LISACommunity) at the @mpi_grav in Hannover ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1091963/project-m… #ProjectManagement #LISA #SpaceMission #LISAMission

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📣 Job alert 📣 Head of the LISA Performance and Operations Team at the @mpi_grav in Hannover. ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1082306/head-of-l… #LISA #LISAMission #GravitationalWaves #GravitationalWavePhysics #astrophysics #physics

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LIGO@LIGO
13 Dec 2023
The dance of black holes and neutron stars This Orrery created by @actualdrdoctor illustrates the masses of our O3b #GWTC3 candidates. More massive binaries slowly waltz, while lower mass ones energetically swing 📰: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.…

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LIGO@LIGO
12 Dec 2023
We are excited that our #GWTC3 paper has been published in @PhysRevX! doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.… This is the catalog of our #GravitationalWave discoveries up to the end of our third observing run in 2020
Screenshot of our publication in Physical Review X

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📢 Job alert 📢 Several PhD positions in “Gravity & Matter at the Extreme” at the @mpi_grav in Potsdam ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1084230/phd-posit… 📅 apply by 7 January 2024 #PhDposition #Job #Potsdam

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Unser Direktor Prof. Anton Zensus referiert morgen Abend in München über "Das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße". Ihr könnt auch online dabei sein:
Anton Zensus@antonzensus
12 Dec 2023
Mein Vortrag „Das Unsichtbare wird sichtbar: Das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße“ morgen 19h im Deutschen Museum in München. tinyurl.com/57d2abcs . Auch im Live-Stream tinyurl.com/mws7y2ma @MPIfR_Bonn @ehtelescope #radioastronomy
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📢 Ausbildungsplatz 2024 📢 Wir bieten einen Ausbildungsplatz Fachinformatiker*in Fachrichtung Systemintegration am @mpi_grav in Hannover ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1094872/ausbildun… #Ausbildungsplatz #Systemintegration #Informatik #Ausbildung2024

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📢 Job opportunity 📢 Project Manager for our Space Department at the @mpi_grav in Hannover ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1094887/project-m… #ProjectManagement #SpaceMission #Job

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@MPE_Garching@MPE_Garching
11 Dec 2023
Have you already opened the 10th door of the #MaxPlanck @maxplanckpress Advent Calendar 🎄🗓2023? It might be about #MPE research.. 😉 mpg.de/advent-calendar
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Recently on the arXiv: “Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists” ➡️ arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041 #astrophysics #astronomy #introduction #students #studyguide

Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists

This book was created as part of the SIRIUS B VERGE program to orient students to astrophysics as a broad field. The 2023-2024 VERGE program and the printing of this book is funded by the Women...

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Time for another check on the current fourth joint observing run of the gravitational-wave detector network. As of today: ⏱️ Run duration: 172 days 🔢 73 significant signal candidates 🚨 A new candidate every 2.4 days ➡️ gracedb.ligo.org/superevents… ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/26370/current-gra… 1/
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@LIGO observing will continue until January 16, 2024, followed by about 2 months of commissioning. @ego_virgo / KAGRA are expected to join in March / spring 2024. ℹ️ emfollow.docs.ligo.org/userg… #GravitationalWaves #O4IsHere
A screenshot of the webpage https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/public/O4/ that shows significant signal candidates from the 4th joint observing run of the gravitational-wave detectors.

ALT A screenshot of the webpage https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/public/O4/ that shows significant signal candidates from the 4th joint observing run of the gravitational-wave detectors.
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Ultrakurze Laserpulse & Quantenpunkte: Nobelpreistalk am Samstagvormittag - Spitzenforschung einfach erklärt! präsentiert von der jDPG RG Hannover 📅 Samstag, 9.12., 11 Uhr ➡️ E214 (Großer Physiksaal. barrierefrei) an der @UniHannover ℹ️ dpg-physik.de/veranstaltunge… #WissKomm
Poster zur Veranstaltung, mit den Daten aus dem Posts. Im Hintergrund ist ein helles Licht mit zwei grünen Strahlen zu erkennen.

ALT Poster zur Veranstaltung, mit den Daten aus dem Posts. Im Hintergrund ist ein helles Licht mit zwei grünen Strahlen zu erkennen.
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