Major Research Areas

* CESSI and Physics personnel have been part of a global team that has finally detected astrophysical gravitational waves 100 years after their existence was predicted by Albert Einstein. Gravitational astrophysics (and the hunt for gravitational waves) is one of the research aims of CESSI and this detection opens up a new window for probing exotic objects and extreme phenomena in the Universe.

We proudly note the involvement of Dr. Rajesh Nayak and his PhD student Ms. Anuradha Samajdar in this global effort and congratulate them and the international LIGO team for this outstanding breakthrough

For farther details on local contribution: click here

For information on the detection of gravitational waves and the international LIGO collaboration: http://www.ligo.org/

For information on gravitational waves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave

For information on the LIGO-India initiative:
http://www.gw-indigo.org/

PHD Comics with their gig on Gravitational Waves: https://youtu.be/4GbWfNHtHRg

The research paper on gravitational wave detection: http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102







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Head, CESSI
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Mohanpur - 741246,
West Bengal, India
cessi at iiserkol dot ac dot in
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