Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LIGO: The Oregon Experimental Relativity Group — NSF Award to University of Oregon Eugene (OR
The initial discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 by LIGO confirmed a crucial prediction of General Relativity made by Einstein a century earlier. The gravitational waves observed by LIGO in 2015 resulted from the collision of two black holes, each roughly thirty times more massive than our sun. Although this was an
| Award title | Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LIGO: The Oregon Experimental Relativity Group |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2513356 |
| Awardee | University of Oregon Eugene |
| City | EUGENE |
| State | OR |
| Amount obligated | $400,000 |
| Principal investigator | Raymond Frey |
| Program | Gravity Exp. & Data Analysis |
| Start date | 08/15/2025 |
| Abstract | The initial discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 by LIGO confirmed a crucial prediction of General Relativity made by Einstein a century earlier. The gravitational waves observed by LIGO in 2015 resulted from the collision of two black holes, each roughly thirty times more massive than our sun. Although this was an amazing natural event, it was only observable by gravitational waves -- the ripples in spacetime which propagate outward across the cosmos for millions of light-years and may even |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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