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Cannon Lab
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The lab studies gravitational-wave astronomy, using data analysis to find faint gravitational-wave signals.
AboutAbout the lab
Searching for ripples in spacetime through computation.
The Cannon Lab studies the physics and astronomy of gravitational waves, as well as data analysis.
Gravitational waves are extremely small ripples in spacetime that travel through the universe, as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity.
The signals are very faint and buried in instrument noise, so extracting them requires advanced data analysis and large-scale computation.
As part of the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, the lab works on real-time gravitational-wave detection and multi-messenger astronomy.
Key terms
- Gravitational waves
- Distortions of spacetime that propagate as waves, produced when massive objects move violently
- Compact objects
- Astronomical objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, in which a large mass is packed into a small volume
- Multi-messenger astronomy
- Astronomy that studies the same object by combining multiple clues of different types, such as gravitational waves and light
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the physics and astronomy of gravitational waves, as well as data analysis. It develops algorithms and software to efficiently extract faint signals buried in noise, with the aim of maximizing the scientific information that can be drawn from gravitational waves.
*Illustrative imageData Analysis for Detecting Gravitational Waves
Gravitational-wave signals are extremely faint and buried deep within instrument noise. To extract them, the lab develops advanced algorithms, software, and large-scale analysis pipelines.
*Illustrative imageReal-Time Gravitational-Wave Detection
The lab focuses on low-latency analysis pipelines that detect gravitational waves as they are being observed. The aim is to maximize the scientific information that can be drawn from gravitational waves.
*Illustrative imageMulti-Messenger Astronomy
Gravitational waves provide new clues for studying compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars, and for understanding the evolution of the universe, the origin of heavy elements, and the nature of gravity. The lab works on data analysis for the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cannon Lab consist of faculty, researchers, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKipp Cannon
- Project Assistant ProfessorTakahiro S. Yamamoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorAlvin (Ka Yue) Li
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Maya-NR-Simulation-with-Waveform-frame788” Deborah Ferguson ほか、
Georgia Tech MAYA Collaboration / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Data Analysis for Detecting Gravitational Waves: “Pleiades two row” NASA Ames Research Center / Public domain (cropped)
- Real-Time Gravitational-Wave Detection: “Control Room of LIGO at Hanford, Washington (LIGO Pic 40-CC)” NOIRLab/LIGO/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Multi-Messenger Astronomy: “Eso1733s Artist's impression of merging neutron stars” University of Warwick / Mark Garlick / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Michimura Lab): “In-construction KAGRA gravitational-wave detector” Christopher Berry / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ando Lab): “NS binary merger simulation 323” NASA/AEI/ZIB/M. Koppitz and L. Rezzolla / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Liang Lab): “NuclideMap stitched 2” NuclideMap.PNG: The viewer derivative work: Neokortex (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Kusaka Lab): “Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)” ESA and the Planck Collaboration / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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