{"496461":{"#nid":"496461","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Searching for Gravitational Waves: An Update","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA century after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundation (NSF) gathers scientists for an update on efforts to detect these elusive ripples in the cosmos.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E invite the Georgia Tech community to join a live viewing of the news conference from Washington, D.C.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the news conference, scientists from California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration will discuss efforts to observe and measure gravitational waves.\u0026nbsp;Laura Cadonati, an associate professor of physics, is among the scientists gathering in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the 100th anniversary of Einstein\u2019s prediction, interest on gravitational waves has risen to fever pitch, and rumors have been swirling about whether the LIGO team and its partner, an international team based in Italy, have detected these waves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter the update, Deirdre Shoemaker, an associate professor in the School of Physics and the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cra.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E, will describe the role of Georgia Tech researchers in this effort and answer questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELIGO is a system of two identical detectors carefully constructed to detect incredibly tiny vibrations from passing gravitational waves. It was conceived and built by MIT and Caltech researchers and funded by NSF, with significant contributions from other U.S. and international partners. The twin detectors are located 1,865 miles apart, one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other in Hanford, Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA century after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundation (NSF) gathers scientists on Feb. 11 for an update on efforts to detect these elusive ripples in the cosmos.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Sciences invite the Georgia Tech community to join a live viewing of the news conference from Washington, D.C."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2016-02-08 13:00:17","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:44","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-02-11T09:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-02-11T10:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-02-11T10:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-02-11 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-02-11 15:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-02-11 15:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"496961":{"id":"496961","type":"image","title":"Gravitational waves","body":null,"created":"1455120000","gmt_created":"2016-02-10 16:00:00","changed":"1475895256","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:16","alt":"Gravitational waves","file":{"fid":"204612","name":"gw_bw.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gw_bw_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gw_bw_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":409222,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gw_bw_0.png?itok=rb0X6h7R"}}},"media_ids":["496961"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMaureen Rouhi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}