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Peter Fritschel

Senior Research Scientist, Principal Investigator

617-253-8153

pf@ligo.mit.edu

Research interests

    Strong gravity and Gravitational radiation Supernovae Gravitational wave detection Radio astronomy Neutron stars and Black holes Cosmology LIGO Quantum measurements

Affiliations

    Astrophysics

Affiliations

    Astrophysics

MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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