North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves
Our MissionThe NANOGrav Collaboration's goal is to observe gravitational waves from the near and distant universe and, with those observations, inaugurate the field of gravitational wave astronomy. Our focus is on gravitational waves ranging from nanohertz to microhertz frequencies, which we will detect using a galactic scale gravitational wave detector, constructed from a collection of millisecond pulsars timed with precision of tens to hundreds of nanoseconds. PIRE ProgramNANOGrav is proud to host a National Science Foundation Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) program. Our PIRE program helps fund our international research activities and provides international education opportunities for our students and postdocs. To find out more about our PIRE program visit our dedicated PIRE Web Site>> International PartnershipsPulsar timing for gravitational wave detection is an international enterprise. NANOGrav welcomes international partners. To learn more about our international engagement follow the jump>>
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NANOGrav FeaturesListen to NANOGrav Spokesperson Maura McLaughlin talk about gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection at TEDx:
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Gravitational Waves in the News
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HEAR ABOUT NANOGRAV
- June 10 - 14, 2012: Sarah Burke-Spolaor will speak on "Exploring Dual and Binary AGN via Radio Emission" at the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska - May 17, 2012: Jim Cordes and Sam Finn will speak on pulsar timing for gravitational wave detection in a special session at the Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop, held at the Waikoloa Marriott Resort, Hawaii - May 14, 2012: Scott Ransom will speak on "Testing General Relativity with Pulsar Timing" at the "Testing General Relativity with Astrophysical Systems Conference", held at Harvard University - May 1, 2012: Scott Ransom will speak at the Ohio State University Physics Department Colloquium - April 11, 2012: Scott Ransom will speak at the Caltech Astronomy Department Colloquium - March 31, 2012: Andrea Lommen will speak on "Pulsar Timing Arrays: No Longer a Blunt Instrument for Gravitational Wave Detection" at the American Physical Society Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia - March 29, 2012: Andrea Lommen will speak on "Pulsar Timing Arrays: No Longer a Blunt Instrument for Gravitational Wave Detection" at the University of Florida (Gainesville) - March 29, 2012: Scott Ransom will speak on ""Nuclear Physics at Two Kiloparsecs with Millisecond Pulsars"" at the Penn State Physics Department Colloquium |
