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The official twitter of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at LSU
Baton Rouge, LA
Joined February 2010
RT @LAOatLSU: Set your alarms: 1 AM, Sunday August 3rd — LSU’s Landolt Astronomical Observatory is hosting a special viewing of the Titan T….
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RT @jorgepullin: Inserting the last beams into the scaffolding that will protect the Allegro gravitational wave detector on its trip to its….
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RT @lsu_our: Join us this Friday, August 1st for the LSU Summer Undergraduate Research Forum! (SURF).9am-3pm, Patrick F. Taylor Hall.https:….
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RT @DrNgabonziza: Proud to share that our paper on Synchrotron-based ARPES of Sr₄Ru₃O₁₀ is featured as an 𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 https://t.c….
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The strontium ruthenate family has a perovskite-like structure that can assemble into different configurations, offering an ideal way to study how the physics change as the material goes from 3D to...
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“On behalf of #LSU-@MaryBirdPerkins Medical & Health Physics, I'm pleased for Hunter to receive the Charles M. Smith Superior Graduate Student Scholarship, which will support his efforts to complete his research-based PhD dissertation,” Prof. Kip Matthews.
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An observatory hidden in the woods in Louisiana recently detected a black hole merger. Listen to Prof. Joe Giaime talk about the largest collision of two black holes ever observed @LIGO with @npr station @wrkf.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how law enforcement officers that don’t comply with immigration authorities could face criminal charges. We also dive into the largest-observed black hole...
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RT @WRKF: An observatory, hidden deep in the woods of Louisiana, recently detected the largest black hole merger ever witnessed in human hi….
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Join @astrotapBR at this month's Astronomy on Tap event! 📷Date: July 30th, 2025 📷Time: Doors open at 6:30 PM, event begins at 7 PM #AstroOnTap#AOTBR
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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 3 years of science with dazzling 'toe beans' image of Cat's Paw Nebula
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Super-Resolution X-Ray Technique Reveals Atomic Insights with Unprecedented Detail-Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor of Physics @LSUResearch lead the theory team that developed the code. | Newswise
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Scientists developed a super-resolution X-ray technique, s-SXRS, enabling unprecedented exploration of electronic structures and promising transformative applications for observing electron transport...
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2 #LSU astrophysicists part of @NASAFermi LAT & GBM collaborations awarded prestigious Cocconi Prize for Advancing Gamma-Ray Astronomy by @EuroPhysSoc #EPSHEP read more about @lsuscience researchers Eric Burns & Michela Negro @LSUResearch
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Space breakthrough: Louisiana observatory detects biggest black hole merger ever observed. @LIGO Livingston Observatory Head Joseph Giaime said "it's surprising to see black holes have this much mass." via @theadvocatebr.
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It took less than a second for the space observatory hidden in Louisiana woods to detect a black hole that is that is approximately 225 times the mass of the sun.
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LSU physicists @lsuresearch work to improve astrophysical sensitivity of @LIGO detectors for advanced discoveries as LVK Collab announces detection of most colossal #BlackHoleMerger w/final product appears to be a gigantic black hole + 225 times mass of ☀️.
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RT @physorg_com: #Gravitational-wave detectors have observed the most massive black hole merger to date, forming a rapidly spinning black h….
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The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves using the LIGO observatories. The powerful merger produced a...
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RT @LIGO: Why are there two LIGO observatories?. LIGO has two detectors ~3000 km apart for three main reasons:.🎧 Noise discrimination.⏰ Sig….
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RT @LIGO: Science Magazine discusses the potential impact of proposed budget cuts on our operation. by @hadriancho….
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RT @jorgepullin: Research by Adrià Delhom when he was a postdoc at our group featured in @PhysicsMagazine @LSU @lsuphysastro @lsuresearch.h….
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A fluid made of light can simulate a black hole’s boundary, providing insights into the mysterious quantum phenomena that occur at such a boundary.
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