This $346,639 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The funding supports a collaborative research project between Carnegie-Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study gravitational waves as messengers from the early universe.
The key products and services to be delivered include:
- Using gravitational waves as a tool to gain insights into high energy physics and cosmology, as well as conducting numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic processes in the early universe.
- A broad range of education and outreach activities, including training for graduate and undergraduate students, programs with local middle/high schools, an astronomy training unit for disabled American veterans, a summer teacher training program, and engagement with visual artists, astrophotographers, and other creatives.
- Evaluating the detection prospects of gravitational waves from turbulent sources around the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) energy scale, with a focus on modeling parity-violating (chiral) sources that could explain matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.
The project will run from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027.
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