Gravitational Wave Events

Gravitational Wave Events

By Peter Kramer

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2018-12-28
  • Current Version: 2.1.6
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 7.44 MB
  • Developer: Peter Kramer
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 11.0
Score: 4.76316
4.76316
From 76 Ratings

Description

Receive alerts of Gravitational Wave Events from the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Collaboration (LVK) on your iPhone. This is an app for both the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Community and the general public. It provides low latency alerts using the Open Public Alerts currently being deployed by the Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN) through GCN/LVK Notices (https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/userguide/). To receive alerts using the app just select the category of alerts you wish to receive - it's that simple! The O3 observing run ended in March 2020. O4 is expected to start in May 2023. The app will download all O4 events and counterparts as they are reported through a GCN Notice in addition to any related GCN Circulars. The app database is pre-populated with selected Notices and Circulars from all previous O1, O2 and O3 events. The app retains Notices for one Mock Event reported through GCN for testing purposes. (For information on LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Collaboration GCN Notices see: https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/lvc.html .) Includes an interactive sky map showing the location of each event. The app also has a public Message exchange bulletin board and some interesting Links. The Links provide information on Gravitational Waves and the LIGO and Virgo observatories.

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Reviews

  • The steady rumble of the universe

    5
    By jill1776
    Like distant continuous crackling thunder LIGO leves me in in stunned amazement of the immensity of the cosmos. Like any background radiation you keep thinking there could be a pattern and just get hypnotized by the static. As a kid in the 60s watching Trek, I never imagined that we would actually someday hear this. Still in Awe. ✨

  • Love it. Hope you add more features

    5
    By Mr rap123
    Would love to be able to playback the real sound and see the frequency wave

  • Excellent app

    5
    By idonotwanttohaveanickname
    This is an excellent app. It gives you access to up to the minute information about gravity waves. I hope the folks in charge of the NANOGRAV experiment will make a similar app.

  • SCIENCE!

    5
    By sheberosie
    Undergrad physics student here working in the field - It's amazing how much more sensitive LIGO has become compared to the already impressive handful of events per year in O2, and it's delightful to get these notifications multiple times a week. Very fun!

  • Moving forward

    5
    By Cooperwest1
    Great technology great data reports

  • Universe calling!

    5
    By xfdcghbytf
    That my iphone vibrates at the same time as astronomers around the world are being alerted is beyond cool. I use the app almost daily to check which detectors are on line. I also use the seismometers to monitor world wide earthquakes. LIGO has some of the best to know when the earth is quiet enough for gravity wave science. I think the communications on the app are mostly for professionals and simple questions will get referred to the excellent list of links. Sometimes a pro will answer questions not found in faqs, but it think it was not intended as a big public chat group. I thank the author for allowing the public a front row seat to the events and science going on.

  • For Professional and Amateur Astrophysicists

    4
    By god of the asphalt
    As an amateur astrophysicist this app has brought the science of gravitational wave detection to me. The real time alerts are exciting and with the links to more information, along with the ability to chat with others within the app, I have learned so much. This app makes the cutting edge science tangible and first person. LIGO’s entire Open Science commitment is incredible.

  • Love this app to tracking the latest GW

    5
    By Xioxygen
    I am not an astronomer but I use this app several times a day. This app is easy to use. Few more suggestions. 1. Should be okay to delete/hide event by swiping to the right. Like some email app. 2. Maybe mark different events by colors? 3. Add personalized filter to see a certain event like BNS only :) Update on 1.9.1 Thanks for updating. Here are few more suggestions: 1. Add delete function to each event. And there should be no update once related event been deleted. 2. Maybe link user event comments to each related event.

  • Armchair physicists unite!

    5
    By Anm8t
    What an amazing idea! Cannot wait to see what’s in store from LIGO and the depths of our universe! Let’s go!

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