COSMIC EXPLORER

Our group is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and is actively involved with the search for gravitational waves using data from the LIGO, GEO600, and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors. We also pursue research into gravitational-wave phenomenology and source modeling, in collaboration with our colleagues in numerical relativity... In 2016, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (Advanced LIGO) announced the first observation of gravitational-waves from colliding black boles. The following year, the observation of a binary neutron star merger with gravitational wave, optical and x-ray telescopes marked a significant breakthrough for multi-messenger astronomy. Syracuse University faculty played a leading role in the discovery and interpretation, which gathered world-wide media acclaim and defined a new field of astrophysics. Now, in 2023, Syracuse is once again at the forefront of this exciting field with the creation of the Center for Gravitational..