{"597443":{"#nid":"597443","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Gravitational Wave Astronomers Hit Mother Lode","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe first-ever\u0026nbsp;detection of gravitational waves \u003Cem\u003Eand\u003C\/em\u003E light from the collision of two\u0026nbsp;neutron stars\u0026nbsp;isn\u0026#39;t just setting the scientific community\u0026nbsp;ablaze.\u0026nbsp;It also ushers\u0026nbsp;in a new\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;multi-messenger\u0026quot; astronomy, with\u0026nbsp;scientists arround the world gathering and studying those waves, light, and subatomic particles at the same time.\u0026nbsp;So says \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cadonati.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the deputy spokesperson for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO\u003C\/a\u003E (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific\u0026nbsp;Collaboration, and she explains the significance of this new era. Cadonati is also a member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-10-16 15:56:40","changed_gmt":"2017-10-16 18:22:31","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"work family interactions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/gravitational-wave-astronomers-hit-mother-lode\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590680":{"id":"590680","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1492684302","gmt_created":"2017-04-20 10:31:42","changed":"1492684302","gmt_changed":"2017-04-20 10:31:42","alt":"Laura Cadonati","file":{"fid":"225038","name":"Laura Cadonati.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":776434,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg?itok=REFyqUX4"}}},"media_ids":["590680"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"91741","name":"Center for Relativistic Astrophysics"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"120161","name":"LIGO"},{"id":"99091","name":"Gravitational waves"},{"id":"175916","name":"Neutron Stars"},{"id":"175921","name":"multi-messenger astronomy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}