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UNIVERSITY NEWS - MARCH 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Kevin Petrovsky
FAU Physics Department Hosts International Conference
BOCA RATON, FL (March 16, 2004)
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The Physics Department in Florida
Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science,
in conjunction with the Center for Gravitational Wave Physics
at Penn State University, will host a three-day conference
beginning Thursday, March 18 entitled, "EVO: Evolutions in
Numerical Relativity."
The international conference will
address key issues involved in the detection of
gravitational waves spawned from cataclysmic cosmic events
throughout the universe and will directly support the
National Science Foundation's LIGO Gravitational Wave
Observatory.
"These gravitational waves, which
were predicted by Einstein in 1915 and are still considered
the standard geometric theory of gravity, are on the verge
of being detected," said Dr. Warner Miller, chair of the
FAU Physics department. "They provide the deepest probe
into the hearts of the biggest energy-producing engines
known in our universe; the collision of black holes,
galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae and neutron star
dynamics."
Additional information on the
conference can be found on the College web site at
www.physics.fau.edu.
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