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BOINC Project to Search for Gravitational Waves

Posted by simoniker on from the bouncing-around dept.

Buzz Skyline writes "Einstein@Home is a new, BOINC-based distributed computing project that will analyze data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO). The goal is to perform a whole-sky, gravitational wave survey of pulsars. Beta-test versions of the Einstein@Home screen saver should be available by the end of the summer, and final release is planned for early 2005."

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  1. Google Mirror by SiggyRadiation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See Google Mirror about Boinc.


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  2. Off topic SETI question by tabby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone have a source of information concerning the SETI project's search criteria or methodology?

    I was just wondering since it occurred to me that since we have no idea what a more advanced civilisation might be using to communicate we might be best trying to listen for signals in response to our own radio leakage. Therefore we shouldn't be looking any further than 25lightyears or so,50 years of high power radio = 25 years out & then signal return time of another 25. And expanding the search over time.

    I mean if they are just systimatically searching every system I would rather donate my CPU time to something else.

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