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2009-11-23 | Fourth round of the Mock LISA Data Challenges released
Almost four years after the inception of the program, Challenge 4 proposes a single "whole enchilada" dataset with > 60 million sources of five different types
2009-01-09 | LISA at the 213th American Astronomical Society meeting
The 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society featured many talks and posters about LISA science and technology—and the new LISA booth (including a full-scale model of a LISA spacecraft) was a highlight of the exhibit area.
2008-11-05 | Time to register for GWDAW 13 in Puerto Rico!
Deadlines for registration and submitting abstract for the 13th annual Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop, to be held in Puerto Rico, are coming up fast - don't miss them!
2008-11-02 | Call for nominations for the 2008 GWIC Thesis Prize
Last month, we passed on the announcement of the GWIC Thesis Prize 2008. Now, the official call for nominations has gone out.
2008-10-08 | GWIC 2008 Thesis Prize announced
The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC), a body that promotes worldwide collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of gravitational wave detectors, has announced its 2008 Thesis Prize for gravitational wave research.
2008-04-10 | Announcing the 3rd round of the Mock LISA Data Challenge!
Ready to have your LISA data analysis software measure up against the competition? Then don't miss the 3rd round of the Mock Lisa Data Challenge, which has just been announced by the Working Group on Data Analysis (LIST-WG1B) of the LISA International Science Team. Here's your chance to find massive black hole mergers, smaller black holes falling into larger ones, and even whip-lashing cosmic strings in the kinds of data set LISA is expected to yield.
2007-10-19 | New LISA Taskforce: Parameter Estimation
At the LIST meeting in September 2007, a new taskforce on LISA Parameter Estimation (LISA PE) was established, whose main goal is to foster the development of accurate, reliable and flexible tools and models for calculating how accurately LISA can measure astrophysical parameters for various sources. Interested scientists are invited to join.
2007-10-02 | January 2008 AAS meeting: Call for posters
The American Astronomical Society will have its annual winter meeting in Austin, Texas January 7 - 11, 2008; we encourage LISC members to submit contributions for a planned poster session dedicated to LISA science.
2007-07-03 | Gas helps massive black holes find each other
When two galaxies merge, a large fraction of the gas they contain is funnelled into the central regions of the merger. Recent simulations suggests that this gas leads to a much faster coalescence of the massive black hole pair compared to the situation where no gas is present. The gas might also force the spins of the black holes to align.
2007-05-31 | 2007 Workshop on Charging Issues in Experimental Gravity
Noise from electric charges is a major issue in experimental gravity - and LISA is no exception. This July 26-27 workshop at MIT brings together leading experts on the subject.