Einstein@home
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Introduction
According to Albert Einstein, we live in a universe full of gravitational waves. He suggested that the movements of heavy objects, such as black holes and dense stars, create waves that change space and time. We have a chance to detect these waves, but we need your help to do it!

With Einstein@home, you can contribute your computer's idle time to a search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors. Einstein@home is a World Year of Physics 2005 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations.

Contents

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Videos

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Science

[The Science section might (or might not) be divided into two parts: {1} general discussion of the field, and then {2} a discussion of the project's specific endeavor. For instance, in LHC@home, we might have {1} "Science of the Large Hardon Collider" and then {2} "Science of LHC@home"

The above is desirable, because in most cases, the field of research is really fascinating, and presenting this in broad terms-- outlining the big questions-- can make it easier to understand the particulars of the project and why it is important.]

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Results

    2. First Report on the S3 Analysis: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/PartialS3Results
    4. Final Report on the S3 Analysis: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/FinalS3Results
    6. Paper on the S4 analysis: "Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data", by B. Abbott et al. (the LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 79, 022001 (2009)
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Links of Interest

[Why recreate the wheel; there are lots of great sources out there.; a good list of sources can be really useful to the reader.]

Wikipedia

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Einstein@home In the Classroom

[For each project, please add a "[Projectname] in the Classroom" section-- with a link to Volunteer Computing In the Classroom and an article named "[Projectname] in the Classroom". (Then please add "[Projectname] in the Classroom" to the list on the main Education page.)]

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