Our latest efforts were concentrated on creating new
and exciting online material about gravitational waves.
This material is hosted at
http://www.gwoptics.org.
The following in particular are worth a visit:
- Ebook on gravitational wave detection: Simple explanations for how a gravitational wave detector works.
- Space Time Quest: A manager-style game in which you can design a gravitational wave detector.
- Black Hole Pong: A cosmic interpretation of the classic game, which will give you a good handle on gravity.
- Several little Java applets that illustrate a bit of the physics involved.
In September 2010 the British Science Festival came to Birmingham!
We put together an exhibition
entitled 'Looking
for Black Holes with Lasers'.
The exhibition lasted for three days and was centered around a set of
interactive computer games and hands-on demonstration models of
gravitational wave detector technology; three public talks
completed the program.
Over 250 visitors joined us to find out how we
use lasers to discover black holes by observing the gravitational
radiation that they emit. For photos and more information please
see the exhibition
page.