The images show the photometric measurements for this object taken with the Oskar Luehning Telescope. The dips occur when one object of the binary moves in front of the other component which happens on a regular binary period of 39 minutes. Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe
This source is also expected to be directly dected in gravitational waves by LISA - a future large ESA mission measuring gravitational waves from space.
Hamburg has a reputation for Schietwetter but that is not true. We have plenty of wonderful clear nights where we can observe gravitational wave sources. As these sources radiate gravitational waves they lose angular momentum which causes the orbit to shrink slowly.
Super excited about the adoption of LISA. Looking forward to the years ahead of us at @uni-hamburg.de
Die Entwicklung des Weltraum-Observatoriums „LISA“ hat begonnen. Ab Mitte der 2030er-Jahre sollen damit Gravitationswellen im bisher unerforschten Frequenzbereich erfasst werden. An dem Großprojekt sind auch drei Arbeitsgruppen der UHH beteiligt.
Excited for the science we are going to do with BlackGEM
Congratulations to my former Master Student Corey Bradshaw for his first 1st author paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2312.067...@uni-hamburg.de as PhD student.
