Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos

IGC is dedicated to fostering the highest quality education and research in cosmology, GR, GW astronomy, particle astrophysics, quantum gravity, string theory.

[LZ Dark Matter @lzdarkmatter]

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[Francis Villatoro @emulenews]

#arXiv Gravitational Waves in Full, Non-Linear General Relativity (based on a lecture series by Prof. Abhay Ashtekar) https://t.co/WOcUfGMLFk On the use of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) group to define radiative modes in linear as well as in non-linear GR. cc @GastonGiribet

[Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos @igcpsu]

We are delighted to announce Donghui Jeong as the next Director of the CTOC. Donghui is a highly regarded member of the international cosmology community, with a very successful and broad research program that extends to all three Centers of the IGC.

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Sarah Shandera appointed director of Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos!! See full article at https://t.co/PK5DQmBUip

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The IGC Internal Advisory Board has unanimously voted to appoint Miguel Mostapha as Director of CMA. During the Search process, Miguel gave a stimulating presentation, sharing his vision. We look forward to his leadership to propel CMA to new heights.

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Peter Meszaros has decided to step down from the Directorship of CMA. We are all grateful for his leadership over the years which made CMA a pioneer in the international community and look forward to his continued guidance through the IGC Executive Committee.

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Zoltan Fodor Sheds Light on Fermi Lab Results: The muon’s magnetic moment fits just fine
https://t.co/H7cOhq58IR
https://t.co/yKj6rixw1M

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Zoltan Fodor Sheds Light on Fermi Lab Results: The muon’s magnetic moment fits just fine
See Announcement & Seminar details at:
https://t.co/H7cOhq58IR

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Special Seminar: Friday, April 3rd at 11:15 am ET. Professor Zoltan Fodor will be talking about a much-awaited publication that appeared in "Nature" Thursday, April 8th, and it is related to a FermiLab announcement.
https://t.co/UUjTyCnyaj

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Please join us on Monday, October 12th at 2:00pm EDT for Special event- Celebration of Roger Penrose's Nobel Prize. Abhay Ashtekar will give the talk on "How Roger Penrose enriched Physics, Mathematics, and The Penn State Community". Please see the flyer for additional details!

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Cambridge University Press has released a paperback edition of "General Relativity and Gravitation: A Centennial Perspective"
(Edited by A.Ashtekar(Editor in Chief), Beverly Berger, James Isenberg and Malcolm MacCallum)

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IGC's Tyler Anderson, Philipp Eller, and Doug Cowen are members of @penn_state's IceCube group. Learn more about them and their work at https://t.co/I6k5d3xibK @PhysicsAtPSU

[Penn State Eberly College of Science @PSUScience]

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory @uw_icecube, the Antarctic detector that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, is getting a $37 million upgrade — and Eberly researchers are among its key contributors 🇦🇶 https://t.co/V0Ckz3qcmw

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Big thanks to everyone who traveled to and participated in the #IGC25 meeting, "IGC@25: The Multi-Messenger Universe." Safe travels & see you again in 5 (10? 25?) years' time... or sooner!

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Cowen: AMON + Swift currently preserving event-level data at times of GW public alerts, aim to extend this facility to subthreshold regime (~1 per day level) #IGC25

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Doug Cowen (PSU) will now discuss "Enabling GW+EM Science with AMON" #IGC25

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Cowen: Goal of real time analysis would be to generate 1 per month GW + gamma-ray alerts for follow up observers #IGC25

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Chornock: Observers: Expect variability. Theorists: Calculate opacities, 3D models. GW side: Coincident uptime is key. #IGC25

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Ryan Chornock (Ohio U.) will now discuss "Kilonovae: GW 170817 and the Future"

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Chornock: Afterglows of short GRBs already show that some kilonovae are fainter than GW 170817 - viewing angle makes a difference - there will be variability #IGC25