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Gravitational Waves

Contact:
Dr Alberto Vecchio
Birmingham Gravitation Group
School of Physics & Astronomy
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Email: informatics-crn-enquiries[at]cs.bham.ac.uk
Website: www.sr.bham.ac.uk/research/gravity

The Gravitational Waves group at the University of Birmingham is responding to the challenge that gravitation poses to the 21st century physicist. As a partner in leading global collaborations, the group is exploiting the data being generated by the new worldwide network of gravitational wave observatories. Gravity is the most studied yet least understood of the fundamental interactions. It is an inescapable consequence of Einstein’s theory of gravity that space can be stretched and squeezed. Researchers are searching for gravitational waves using ground-based and space-based laser interferometers.

The group is a member of LISA, a space-based gravitational wave observatory, through the LISA International Science Team (LIST). It is also active in developing new technologies for ground and space-based observatories.

The group is also a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC). More information about the LIGO and GEO detectors that are operated by the LSC can be found at www.ligo.caltech.edu and http://www.geo600.uni-hannover.de

In 1905 Albert Einstein changed physics and the way we understand our world. One hundred years on, Einstein Year is celebrating the excitement and diversity of physics today. A range of events and activities will bring the fascination of physics to audiences of all ages, throughout the UK and Ireland during 2005. Visit http://www.einsteinyear.org/ for more details.