Investigations in Gravitational Radiation - Support of LIGO Observing Run 3
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This application relates to STFC ST/N005430/1.
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicts that dynamical systems in strong gravity fields will emit vast amounts of energy in the form of gravitational waves. These waves are ripples in the very fabric of spacetime, that spread out from their sources at the speed of light, and carry information about physical processes that created them. While powerful, the distortion of spacetime created by the waves is incredibly small, making them challenging to detect. For several decades STFC has been a partner in the LIGO project, which operates kilometer-scale detectors with cutting edge technology. On 14 Sept 2015, Einstein's theory was confirmed spectacularly when LIGO detected gravitational waves from the violent merger of a pair of black holes in a distant galaxy. Since then gravitational waves from a further nine black-hole mergers have been confirmed. In addition, on 17 August 2017 LIGO and its partner observatory Virgo detected gravitational waves from the merger of a pair of neutron stars -- burned out cores of dead stars. Comparison of gravitational signal to light emitted in the collision lead to several spectacular breakthroughs in astrophysics and cosmology. These included a direct measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe (the "Hubble constant"), and strong evidence that most of the heavy elements in the Universe such as gold and platinum are produced in these neutron star mergers.
The worldwide network of detectors includes the American advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the French-Italian-Dutch-Polish advanced Virgo, and the German-UK GEO600, plus the KAGRA detector under construction in Japan. LIGO and Virgo will start the third observing run in early-mid 2019, pooling their data in the hunt for further black holes, neutron stars, and other exotic phenomena. The research supported by this grant will help to extend the scientific benefit from the new data. Dedicated researchers will develop techniques for determining the location of merging black holes and neutron stars in the moments around or even before the final collision, enabling astronomers to study the light given off in the critical first minutes following the merger. They will also investigate how we can infer the as-yet-unknown interior structure of neutron stars from the gravitational-wave signal, thereby probing the properties of matter under some of the most extreme conditions found in the Universe.
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicts that dynamical systems in strong gravity fields will emit vast amounts of energy in the form of gravitational waves. These waves are ripples in the very fabric of spacetime, that spread out from their sources at the speed of light, and carry information about physical processes that created them. While powerful, the distortion of spacetime created by the waves is incredibly small, making them challenging to detect. For several decades STFC has been a partner in the LIGO project, which operates kilometer-scale detectors with cutting edge technology. On 14 Sept 2015, Einstein's theory was confirmed spectacularly when LIGO detected gravitational waves from the violent merger of a pair of black holes in a distant galaxy. Since then gravitational waves from a further nine black-hole mergers have been confirmed. In addition, on 17 August 2017 LIGO and its partner observatory Virgo detected gravitational waves from the merger of a pair of neutron stars -- burned out cores of dead stars. Comparison of gravitational signal to light emitted in the collision lead to several spectacular breakthroughs in astrophysics and cosmology. These included a direct measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe (the "Hubble constant"), and strong evidence that most of the heavy elements in the Universe such as gold and platinum are produced in these neutron star mergers.
The worldwide network of detectors includes the American advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the French-Italian-Dutch-Polish advanced Virgo, and the German-UK GEO600, plus the KAGRA detector under construction in Japan. LIGO and Virgo will start the third observing run in early-mid 2019, pooling their data in the hunt for further black holes, neutron stars, and other exotic phenomena. The research supported by this grant will help to extend the scientific benefit from the new data. Dedicated researchers will develop techniques for determining the location of merging black holes and neutron stars in the moments around or even before the final collision, enabling astronomers to study the light given off in the critical first minutes following the merger. They will also investigate how we can infer the as-yet-unknown interior structure of neutron stars from the gravitational-wave signal, thereby probing the properties of matter under some of the most extreme conditions found in the Universe.
Planned Impact
This application relates to STFC ST/N005430/1.
Organisations
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (Lead Research Organisation)
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (Collaboration)
- Tongji University (Collaboration)
- Hubei University of Education (Collaboration)
- Sun Yat-sen University (Collaboration)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Collaboration)
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Collaboration)
- IISER Pune (Collaboration)
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Collaboration)
- Shandong University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University China (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- Changchun University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- University of the Balearic Islands (Collaboration)
- Beijing Normal University (Collaboration)
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
Publications
Abbott B
(2019)
Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO Data
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2020)
Erratum: "Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO Data" (2019, ApJ, 879, 10)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2019)
Low-latency Gravitational-wave Alerts for Multimessenger Astronomy during the Second Advanced LIGO and Virgo Observing Run
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2020)
Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott B
(2019)
All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing run
in Physical Review D
Abbott B
(2020)
A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Abbott B
(2019)
Search for Eccentric Binary Black Hole Mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during Their First and Second Observing Runs
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2019)
Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO *
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2019)
Search for Gravitational Waves from a Long-lived Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abbott B
(2019)
Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network
in Physical Review D
| Description | This award has supported the developent and release of the largest catalog to date of gravitational-wave signals: almost 100 instances of black holes and/or neutron stars colliding. This has given scientists an unprecedented data set for studying Einstein's theory of gravity in the most violent and extreme events in nature. |
| Exploitation Route | The gravitational-wave signal and data release funded in part by this award is publicly available and is being used by astronomers and physicists in the wider scientific community to explore the astrophysics of compact objects and the properties of strong-field gravity. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education |
| Description | The findings from this award and the expertise and knowledge developed in executing the award have led to numerous public engagement opportunities, from schools, to undergraduate and graduate students, to the general public. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | Computing support for Cardiff University COVID-19 internal testing programme |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Provided computing/IT support for the development of Cardiff University's Parallel University Pipeline, an in-house PCR COVID-19 testing service for University staff and students. This service has provided thousands of tests over 2020-2021. |
| URL | https://covid-testing.cardiff.ac.uk/ |
| Description | ALUK |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | UK Advanced LIGO Project (ALUK) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UK Advanced LIGO Project (ALUK) involves transfer of the multiple stage / monolithic silica suspension technology developed for the GEO 600 detector to the LIGO detectors based in the U.S. Along with transfer of enhanced interferometric techniques this will create Advanced LIGO (aLIGO). We have provided all the main suspension systems for the three Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors. These complex mechanical systems suspend the core optical components, i.e. mirrors and beam-splitters, which form the interferometer at the heart of each detector. In particular we developed and then provided the ultra-low-dissipation, fused silica suspension technology that enables Advanced LIGO to have excellent sensitivity at low frequencies, plus all the associated production and characterisation equipment necessary to manufacture, install and maintain the suspensions. We provide continuing support for the assembly, characterisation, commissioning and operation of the suspensions and related detector technology. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the ALUK enabled the associated project to be completed. Intellectual input, and design, procurement and manufacturing effort was shared among the partners. A memorandum of understanding signed by LIGO provides for access to gravitational wave data from aLIGO. The aims of the ALUK collaboration are to design and build detector components, and to assist with their installation and commissioning, and with the operation of the resulting aLIGO detectors. Collaborators provided design input to many subsystems of the project, expertise in procurement and manufacturing of precision electronic and mechanical components, and also project management. |
| Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize RCUK Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship EC Framework 7 Infrastructures program International Joint Project Award scheme Travel grant RCUK Science Bridges RCUK Science Bridges Seedcorn grant Research Merit Award JISC Grant SUPA Studentship Science in Society Fellowship RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis Amplitude or arbitrary phase sideband optical cavity probes Technology Development Diffractively coupled high finesse optical cavities Silicon Carbide bonding Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal Fellow ISGRGI FRSE (1) FInstP (1) FRAS (1) FRSE (2) Max-Planck-Society FRAS (2) History and Development of Knowledge IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference Advanced Detector Workshop Kyoto LISA Symposium Stanford Optical Fibre Sensors Edinburgh Advanced Detector Workshop Florida Gravitational Wave Bursts meeting Mexico ILIAS Dresden IoP NPPD conference Glasgow 12th Marcel Grossman meeting Paris Lomonosov conference Moscow Advanced Detector Workshop Florida GR19 Meeting Mexico LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India IAU Rio de Janeiro Amaldi NY Fujihara Seminar Tokyo OECD Global Science Forum Cracow NEB X111 Thessaloniki New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal XX1X Spanish Relativity Meeting Mallorca Rencontres de Moriond Italy Texas Symposium Heidelberg Aspera Workshop Paris IoP HEPP and AP Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Amaldi NY Fujiwara Foundation Seminar Japan Advanced Detector Workshop Florida IoP Astroparticle meeting Oxford Cosmo 07 Sussex Aspera Workshop Paris Workshop on Charging Issues MIT IoP NPPD Annual conference Surrey RAS ordinary meeting London ILIAS Italy IAU General Assembly Prague NPPD Conference Glasgow Statistical Challenges Penn State Amaldi student talk Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Aspera/ApPEC Science Advisory Committee Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Chair LIGO Election & Membership GWIC Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics GEO Executive Committee FP7 ET Design Study Member STFC Science Committee PPAN GWIC Roadmap committee STFC Oversight Committee Zeplin III Aspera/ApPEC Peer Review Committee Governing Council FP6 ILIAS Aspera/ApPEC Roadmap Committee Advanced Detector committee LSC Publication Policy committee LSC LSC CW Group co-Chair reelected SUPA Astro theme leader LSC CW Group co-chair LSC Detection Committee LSC Data Analysis Council FRSE Aspen Center for Physics 2008 Aspen Center for Physics 2011 Advanced Detectors Workshop Kyoto Cosmic Co-Motion Queensland SAMSI North Carolina Center for Astrostatistics Penn State RAS NAM Llandudno Cosmology and Machine Learning UCL ILIAS Dresden PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad BL Staff BG Ugrad AP PhD PS staff VM staff LG Staff CC PhD SZ Ugrad NM PhD MJ staff AG PhD FGC PhD |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | University of the Balearic Islands |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | GEO600 |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector characterisation and data analysis; strategic plans, scientific motivation for improving detector sensitivity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the detector, detector characterisation and data analysis. |
| Impact | A working gravitational wave detector, development of advanced technology for advanced and third generation detectors. |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Beijing Normal University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Changchun University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Hubei University of Education |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Shandong University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Sun Yat-Sen University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Tongji University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | Tsinghua University China |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
| Impact | Collaboration just started |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
| Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Search algorithms and software, data analysis and astrophysical interpretation, scientific motivation for improvement in detector sensitivity |
| Collaborator Contribution | Building, maintaining, and operating the LIGO detectors |
| Impact | Publications, conference plenaries, conference contributions |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | IISER Pune |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
| Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Onassis Foundation Summer Series in Gravitational Waves |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gave two lectures on the physics of gravitational waves to approximately 75 advanced undergraduate and graduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.forth.gr/onassis/index.php?show=2022-07-25 |
| Description | Presentation at the Cardiff University Open Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Thirty prospective undergraduates viewing talk on research conducted by our group into gravitational waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |