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Education and public outreach on gravitational-wave astronomy

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In this paper we summarise the presentations given during the “Education and Public Outreach on Gravitational-Wave Astronomy” parallel session at the GR-20/Amaldi conference, held in Warsaw, July 2013. The talks presented demonstrate the wide range of education and public outreach activities being undertaken in the field of gravitational-wave astronomy—across science festivals, science education centers, junior schools and high schools, colleges and universities, via both face-to-face delivery and (increasingly) the internet and social media.

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Acknowledgments

The session convenors Martin Hendry and Carlo Bradaschia would like to thank all of the speakers and everyone who participated in the session for making it a success. The work of NC was supported by NSF grant PHY-1204371. This program is currently supported by grant PHY-1005036 from the NSF.

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  1. SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK

    M. Hendry

  2. INFN-Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo, 56127 , Pisa, Italy

    C. Bradaschia

  3. Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute, Callinstrasse 38, 30167 , Hannover, Germany

    H. Audley, S. Barke, K. Danzmann, O. Gerberding, B. Knispel & M. Lieser

  4. AIGRC, The University of Western Australia (M013), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    D. G. Blair

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA

    N. Christensen

  6. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    A. Freise & I. Mandel

  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA

    T. Moore

  8. LIGO Livingston, 19100 Ligo Rd, Livingston, LA, 70754, USA

    A. Stuver

  9. Department of Physics, University of Florida, 2001 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    B. Whiting

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Hendry, M., Bradaschia, C., Audley, H. et al. Education and public outreach on gravitational-wave astronomy. Gen Relativ Gravit 46, 1764 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-014-1764-5

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