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Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicts that supermassive binary black holes will produce waves in space and time that are known as gravitational waves. With the observations carried out for this project we aim to carry out the most sensitive search yet undertaken for such waves. We expect that before the year 2017 we will either have evidence for such waves or placed such stringent constraints that our understanding of galaxy evolution and cosmology will need a significant change. For this project we will observe one pulsar, PSR J1909-3744, which is the most precisely observed pulsar. To date we can predict the arrival times of pulses from this pulsar to better than 100ns and we’re using this exquisite precision to search for the elusive waves.
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