Research Experiences for Undergraduates: An REU Site Program in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics

加州理工学院REU网站计划的重点是引力辐射及其在激光干涉仪引力波天文台（LIGO）的检测。 它主要包括在加州理工学院和路易斯安那州和华盛顿的两个LIGO站点进行的为期十周的夏季研究计划，涉及来自美国各地的十名本科生。研究项目涉及LIGO初始和高级探测器的物理和工程，数据分析技术和软件，以及天体物理引力波源的理论研究。 这些项目通常涵盖大量的物理和工程学科，包括天体物理学和引力物理学，实验研究涉及计量学，光学，激光，材料科学，机械系统，控制和电子学。

The Caltech REU Site program focuses on gravitational radiation and its detection at the Laser-Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). It consists mainly of a ten-week summer research program at Caltech and the two LIGO sites in Louisiana and Washington, involving ten undergraduate students from around the U.S. Research projects involve the physics and engineering of the LIGO initial and advanced detectors, data analysis techniques and software, and theoretical studies of astrophysical gravitational-wave sources. These projects typically cover a large number of physics and engineering disciplines, including astrophysics and gravitational physics, and the experimental research deals with metrology, optics, lasers, material science, mechanical systems, controls, and electronics.