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Radio Astronomy
The MIT Kavli Institute is a partner in the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) project, a low frequency radio array under construction in Western Australia. The MWA is made up of 128 antenna “tiles,” 4X4...
View ArticlePrecision Measurement
Advanced quantum noise reduction squeezed light and filter cavities The quantum nature of light presents a limit to the precision of optical measurements. In the case of a gravitational wave detector,...
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Planetary Remote Sensing
Microwave MKI supplied the PI for the Magellan Venus radar mapping mission (1990-94) and was responsible for the analysis of altimetry and radiometry data. This resulted in what are currently the most...
View ArticlePencil & Paper
Researchers at MKI work on a broad range of topics in theoretical astrophysics. Ed Bertschinger group: formation of cosmic structure, the physics of dark matter, the physics of gravitation, and the...
View ArticleParticle Astrophysics
These particles can be studies directly with detectors in space, on the ground, or underground. They can also be studied by the products of their interactions, which can happen locally with the Earth...
View ArticleHigh Performance Computing
Scott Hughes Group Modeling of gravitational-wave sources and their measurement by gravitational-wave detectors. Modeling sources requires solving the equations of generic relativity to high accuracy,...
View ArticleHigh Energy Astrophysics
MKI has been and continues to be involved in instrumentation for a variety of space-based high-energy astrophysics missions including the Advanced CCD imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) and High-Energy...
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