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The full article may be found in the July 2023 issue of In Focus, located here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

It was a celebration more than 15 years in the making \u2013 and the second time 51ÁÔÆæ has had a role in the breakthrough science of gravitational waves. 51ÁÔÆæ physics students and faculty gathered to watch a livestream on June 29 announcing the discovery that could tell us more than ever before about how the very early universe formed. <\/p>\n

A collaboration of scientists in the U.S. and Canada, called the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, or NANOGrav, has compiled compelling evidence that a signal has been found for low-frequency gravitational waves that collectively generate a \u201cbackground hum\u201d across the universe. 51ÁÔÆæ has been a member of NANOGrav<\/a> since its inception in 2007.<\/p>\n

More than 190 scientists comprise NANOGrav, a Physics Frontiers Center funded by the National Science Foundation. Vigeland and David Kaplan, 51ÁÔÆæ professor of physics, lead the current 51ÁÔÆæ group: postdoctoral researchers Joe Swiggum, Abhimanyu Susobhanan and Megan Jones; doctoral students Alex McEwen, Gabriel Freedman, Shashwat Sardesai and Gabriella Agazie; and Administrative Specialist Tonia Klein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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