{"597318":{"#nid":"597318","#data":{"type":"event","title":"BREAKTHROUGHS IN GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE ASTRONOMY","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation is gathering scientists from the LIGO and Virgo collaborations to discuss the current status of gravitational-wave astronomy in revealing extreme events in the cosmos.\u0026nbsp;School of Physics Professor Laura Cadonati is among 15 scientists\u0026nbsp;who will discuss recent findings in two panels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe press conference will take place on October 16, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. The public can watch the conference in real time at YouTube.com\/user\/VideosatNSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first detection of gravitational waves, made on September 14, 2015, and announced on February 11, 2016, was a milestone in physics and astronomy; it confirmed a major prediction of Albert Einstein\u0026rsquo;s 1915 general theory of relativity and marked the beginning of the new field of gravitational-wave astronomy. Since then, there have been three more confirmed detections, one of which (and the most recently \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mit.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d81%3b595-%3eLCE9%3b4%3b8%3f%26SDG%3c90%3a.\u0026amp;RE=IN\u0026amp;RI=752814\u0026amp;Preview=False\u0026amp;DistributionActionID=42203\u0026amp;Action=Follow+Link\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E) was the first confirmed detection seen jointly by both the LIGO and Virgo detectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe published articles announcing LIGO\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mit.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d81%3b595-%3eLCE9%3b4%3b8%3f%26SDG%3c90%3a.\u0026amp;RE=IN\u0026amp;RI=752814\u0026amp;Preview=False\u0026amp;DistributionActionID=42202\u0026amp;Action=Follow+Link\u0022\u003Efirst\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mit.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d81%3b595-%3eLCE9%3b4%3b8%3f%26SDG%3c90%3a.\u0026amp;RE=IN\u0026amp;RI=752814\u0026amp;Preview=False\u0026amp;DistributionActionID=42201\u0026amp;Action=Follow+Link\u0022\u003Esecond\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mit.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d81%3b595-%3eLCE9%3b4%3b8%3f%26SDG%3c90%3a.\u0026amp;RE=IN\u0026amp;RI=752814\u0026amp;Preview=False\u0026amp;DistributionActionID=42200\u0026amp;Action=Follow+Link\u0022\u003Ethird\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Econfirmed detections have been cited more than 1,700 times (total), according to the Web of Science citation counts. A \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mit.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d81%3b595-%3eLCE9%3b4%3b8%3f%26SDG%3c90%3a.\u0026amp;RE=IN\u0026amp;RI=752814\u0026amp;Preview=False\u0026amp;DistributionActionID=42199\u0026amp;Action=Follow+Link\u0022\u003Efourth\u003C\/a\u003E paper on the three-detector observation was published on October 6; a manuscript was made publicly available on September 27.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following researchers will offer brief opening remarks over the course of two panels, with time for questions at the end of each panel:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E10:00 a.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EModerator: France C\u0026oacute;rdova, Director of the National Science Foundation\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDavid Reitze, Executive Director, LIGO Laboratory\/Caltech\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDavid Shoemaker, Spokesperson, LIGO Scientific Collaboration\/MIT\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJo van den Brand, Spokesperson, Virgo Collaboration\/Nikhef, VU University Amsterdam\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJulie McEnery, Fermi Project Scientist, NASA\u0026rsquo;s Goddard Space Flight Center\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMarica Branchesi, Virgo Collaboration\/Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EVicky Kalogera, Astrophysicist, LIGO Scientific Collaboration\/Northwestern University\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E11:15 a.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EModerator: Jim Ulvestad, NSF Assistant Director (Acting) for Mathematical and Physical Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELaura Cadonati, Deputy Spokesperson, LIGO Scientific Collaboration\/Georgia Tech\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAndy Howell, Staff Scientist at Las Cumbres Observatory\/UC-Santa Barbara\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERyan Foley, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California-Santa 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