Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

The Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) is a research center at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Its mission is to "develop excellence in research and education in areas related to gravitational wave astronomy". It was founded in 2002. [1]

Research at the CGWA includes the study of gravitational waves and the astrophysics of gravitational wave sources. The center has hosted several international conferences.

Computing facilities at the CGWA include a 41-node cluster "Funes" which was installed at the beginning of 2004, and an older cluster, "Lobizon", with 96 nodes. These computers are used mainly for source modeling and for numerical relativity simulations.

Faculty members currently include Richard H. Price, Matt Benacquista, and Joe Romano.

References

  1. ↑ "Building Bridges", the CGWA inaugural meeting

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