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Title: Einstein@Home project
Post by: Nemesis on February 19, 2005, 04:26:27 pm

Link to site (http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/)

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Einstein@home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors. Einstein@home is a World Year of Physics 2005 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations.

After several months of testing, we are now 'throwing open the doors' for general participation. If you would like to take part, please use the Create account link to create an account, and follow the instructions. Einstein@home is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X computers.

This first production run of Einstein@home carries out a search for pulsars over the entire sky, using the most sensitive 600 hours of data from LIGO's third science run, S3.

Bruce Allen, Professor of Physics, U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Einstein@home Leader for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration


Feb 19, 2005
Einstein@Home was officially launched this morning at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Washington, DC, USA.

Link to rules and policy (http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/info.php)

Uses BOINC (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php)

Title: Re: Einstein@Home project
Post by: Capt. Mike on February 20, 2005, 09:32:22 am

Giving it a shot..we'll see what happens

Mike