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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Coordinates: 52°24′59″N 12°58′9″E / 52.41639°N 12.96917°E / 52.41639; 12.96917
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Albert Einstein Institute
AbbreviationAEI
Formation1995[1]
Typenon-profit research organization[1]
HeadquartersGolm and Hannover, Germany[1]
Directors
Bruce Allen and Hermann Nicolai
Main organ
Max Planck Society
Websitewww.aei.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein's theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy. The Institute was founded in 1995 and is located in Golm, Potsdam (theoretical branch) and in Hannover (experimental branch).

The institute is involved in a number of collaborations and projects: The experimental branch is a main partner in the gravitational wave detector GEO 600; institute scientists are involved in analyzing data for the detectors of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and in planning and preparing the space-based detector LISA. The institute is also a major player in the Einstein@Home and PyCBC projects.

Since 1998, the institute has published the open access review journal Living Reviews in Relativity.

Departments

  • Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity (Alessandra Buonanno) at AEI Potsdam with the following central research topics
    • Theoretical Gravitational Dynamics and Radiation
    • Source Modeling and Astrophysics
    • Observing and Interpreting Gravitational Waves
  • Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (Masaru Shibata) at AEI Potsdam
  • Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories (Hermann Nicolai) at AEI Potsdam with the following central research topics
    • Conformal Field Theory
    • Microscopic Quantum Structure and Dynamics of Spacetime
    • String Theory
    • Supergravity and Symmetries
    • Superstring Amplitudes
  • Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy (Karsten Danzmann) at AEI Hannover with the following central research topics
    • Interferometry in Space
    • Interferometry on the Ground
    • Quantum Control
  • Observational Relativity and Cosmology (Bruce Allen) at AEI Hannover with the following central research topics
    • Einstein@Home
    • Compact Binary Coalescence Searches
    • Gamma-ray pulsar searches
    • Gravitational-wave bursts searches

Independent Research Groups

Permanent independent research groups

  • Geometry and Gravitation (Lars Andersson) at AEI Potsdam
  • Searching for Continuous Gravitational Waves (Maria Alessandra Papa) at AEI Hannover

Independent research groups

  • Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity (Frank Ohme); Hannover
  • Gravitational Theory and Cosmology (Anna Ijjas); Hannover
  • Gravity, Quantum Fields and Information (Michal P. Heller); Potsdam
  • Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program (Alexander Blum); Potsdam
  • Theoretical Cosmology (Jean-Luc Lehners); Potsdam

Graduate Program

The institute participates in two International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS). Such research schools are graduate programs run by Max Planck Institutes in partnership with local universities, offering a Ph.D. degree.

Since 2004, there is the IMPRS for Geometric Analysis, Gravitation and String Theory in partnership with Berlin's Free University and Humboldt University as well as the University of Potsdam.

The IMPRS on Gravitational Wave Astronomy is run in cooperation with the University of Hannover and the Laser Centre Hannover.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c AEI at a glance at aei.mpg.de

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