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Brian Christy, Post-doc, Franklin and Marshall College
Posted on: May 26, 2013
After getting a Ph.D. in particle physics, I was thrilled at the prospect of returning to my first love in astronomy. Especially to work on a project so engaging to the imagination as the hunt for gravitational waves. There have been many posts already about how critical the GBT is to this collaboration. I will only add here that at F&M, a small undergraduate institution, we have 4 students working directly this summer with NANOGrav. I recently took 3 of them on a trip to the GBT for our conference. I wish there were words that could best describe the wonder this telescope produced. In the loud and very crucial demonstration of its scientific importance, please don't forget about its ability to inspire.
