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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
McNair Building (MIT Building 37)
70 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-253-1456 Fax: 617-253-3111
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