Einstein@Home - Revision history

Al Piskun at 12:26, 29 May 2026

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	== How to Participate ==		== How to Participate ==
	[[File:BOINC logo.png\|~~thumb~~\|150x150px\|The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] platform logo. Einstein@Home runs on BOINC, originally developed at UC Berkeley.]]		[[File:BOINC logo.png\|right\|frameless\|150x150px\|The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] platform logo. Einstein@Home runs on BOINC, originally developed at UC Berkeley.]]

	Joining Einstein@Home is free and requires only a few steps:		Joining Einstein@Home is free and requires only a few steps:

Al Piskun at 12:24, 29 May 2026

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	\| license = GPL-2.0-or-later		\| license = GPL-2.0-or-later
	}}		}}

	~~[[File:{{#setmainimage:Ein.jpg}}\|alt=Einstein@Home\|center\|frameless]]~~

	[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.		[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.

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	== References ==		== References ==
	~~<references />~~		{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:Volunteer computing projects]]		[[Category:Volunteer computing projects]]

Al Piskun at 12:41, 20 May 2026

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	\| logo caption = Einstein@Home logo		\| logo caption = Einstein@Home logo
	\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif		\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif
	\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver		\| caption = Einstein@Home interactive screensaver

	\| ~~project~~ status = Active		\| status = Active
	\| category = Astrophysics		\| category = Astrophysics
	\| compute = CPU & GPU		\| compute = CPU & GPU

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	\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif		\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif
	\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver		\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver

			\| project status = Active
			\| category = Astrophysics
			\| compute = CPU & GPU
			\| dependencies = None

	\| developer = Bruce Allen		\| developer = Bruce Allen
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	\| programming language = C, C++		\| programming language = C, C++
	\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android		\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
	~~\| language = English~~
	\| size = ~50 MB		\| size = ~50 MB

	\| ~~project status~~ = ~~Active~~		\| stats as of = {{Start date and age\|2026\|05\|19}}
	\| ~~category = Astrophysics~~

	\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS		\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS
	\| active users = 14531		\| active users = 14531
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	\| active hosts = 24489		\| active hosts = 24489
	\| total hosts = 8237726		\| total hosts = 8237726
	~~\| stats updated = {{Start date and age\|2026\|05\|19}}~~

	\| rac = 18500000		\| rac = 18500000

Al Piskun at 11:30, 20 May 2026

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	\| repository = {{URL\|https://git.ligo.org/einsteinathome}}		\| repository = {{URL\|https://git.ligo.org/einsteinathome}}

	~~\| platform = BOINC~~
	\| programming language = C, C++		\| programming language = C, C++
	\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android		\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
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	\| project status = Active		\| project status = Active
	\| ~~type~~ = ~~Application~~		\| category = Astrophysics
	~~\| genre = Volunteer computing~~

	\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS		\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS

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	\| name = Einstein@Home		\| name = Einstein@Home
	\| logo = Ein.jpg		\| logo = Ein.jpg
			\| logo caption = Einstein@Home logo
	\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif		\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif
	\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver		\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver
	\| developer = Max Planck Society
			\| developer = Bruce Allen
			\| author = Bruce Allen
			\| sponsor = Max Planck Society
			\| maintainer = Einstein@Home team
	\| released = {{Start date and age\|2005\|02\|19}}		\| released = {{Start date and age\|2005\|02\|19}}
			\| completed = No
			\| discontinued =
			\| repository = {{URL\|https://git.ligo.org/einsteinathome}}

			\| platform = BOINC
			\| programming language = C, C++
	\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android		\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
	\| ~~platform~~ = ~~BOINC~~		\| language = English
			\| size = ~50 MB

			\| project status = Active
			\| type = Application
	\| genre = Volunteer computing		\| genre = Volunteer computing

	~~\| license = GPL-2.0-or-later~~
	~~\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}~~

	\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS		\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS
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	\| active hosts = 24489		\| active hosts = 24489
	\| total hosts = 8237726		\| total hosts = 8237726
			\| stats updated = {{Start date and age\|2026\|05\|19}}

	\| ~~stats updated~~ = {{~~Start date and age\|2026\|05~~\|19}}		\| rac = 18500000
			\| credit per day = 950000
			\| gpu performance = 15 PFLOPS
			\| cpu performance = 6 PFLOPS

			\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}
			\| license = GPL-2.0-or-later
	}}		}}

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	[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.		[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.
	[[File:Einstein@Home.gif\|alt=Einstein@Home Screensaver\|thumb\|<small>Einstein@Home interactive screensaver showing some known pulsars and the [[wikipedia:Supernova\|'''''Supernova''''']] that they came from</small>]]

	== Wikipedia page ==		== Wikipedia page ==
	[[wikipedia:Einstein@Home\|Einstein@Home]]		[[wikipedia:Einstein@Home\|Einstein@Home]]
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	Because the signals of radio pulsars are not sinusoidal but pulsed, the frequency analysis will show frequency components at the fundamental frequency (the intrinsic spin frequency) and at higher harmonics (integer multiples of the fundamental frequency). Summing these components is a well-known trick in pulsar searches and significantly increases the sensitivity of the search. This summation is the last step done on the users' computers. Finally a list of the most significant candidates is reported back to the Einstein@Home servers and analyzed by the project scientists.		Because the signals of radio pulsars are not sinusoidal but pulsed, the frequency analysis will show frequency components at the fundamental frequency (the intrinsic spin frequency) and at higher harmonics (integer multiples of the fundamental frequency). Summing these components is a well-known trick in pulsar searches and significantly increases the sensitivity of the search. This summation is the last step done on the users' computers. Finally a list of the most significant candidates is reported back to the Einstein@Home servers and analyzed by the project scientists.

	As of December 2023, the radio pulsar search has discovered '''55 previously unknown radio pulsars'''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein@Home\|title=Einstein@Home\|accessdate=2025}}</ref>		As of December 2023, the radio pulsar search has discovered '''55 previously unknown radio pulsars'''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein@Home\|title=Einstein@Home\|accessdate=2025}}</ref>[[File:Einstein@Home.gif\|alt=Einstein@Home Screensaver\|thumb\|<small>Einstein@Home interactive screensaver showing some known pulsars and the [[wikipedia:Supernova\|'''''Supernova''''']] that they came from</small>]]

	== Data Sources ==		== Data Sources ==

Al Piskun at 02:45, 20 May 2026

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	{{Infobox software		{{Infobox software
	\| name = Einstein@Home		\| name = Einstein@Home
	\| logo = Ein.jpg		\| logo = Ein.jpg
	\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif		\| screenshot = Einstein@Home.gif
	\| caption = Einstein@Home ~~interactive~~ screensaver		\| caption = Einstein@Home screensaver
	\| developer = ~~[[wikipedia:Max Planck Society\|~~Max Planck Society~~]] (MPG) / [[wikipedia:University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee\|University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]]~~		\| developer = Max Planck Society
	\| ~~initial release~~ = {{Start date and age\|2005\|02\|19}}		\| released = {{Start date and age\|2005\|02\|19}}
	~~\| latest release version = Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU 2.01 13 Nov 2025, 17:26:20 UTC~~
	\| operating system = ~~Cross-platform. (~~Windows, macOS~~, Linux~~, Android		\| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
	\| platform = ~~[[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|~~BOINC]]		\| platform = BOINC
	\| genre = ~~[[wikipedia:~~Volunteer computing~~\|Volunteer computing]]~~		\| genre = Volunteer computing
	\| license = ~~[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License\|~~GPL-2.0-or-later]]
	\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}		\| license = GPL-2.0-or-later
	\| average performance = 21,009.2 [[wikipedia:Floating_point_operations_per_second\|TFLOPS]]<ref name=STATS>{{cite web \| title=Einstein@home: Computing Capacity \| url=https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.html \| access-date=2026-01-02 \| archive-date=2026-01-02 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102214327/https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.php \| url-status=live }}</ref>		\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}
	\| active users = ~~15,481~~
	\| total users = ~~1,059,091~~		\| average performance = 21 PFLOPS
	\| active hosts = ~~24,323~~		\| active users = 14531
	\| total hosts = ~~8,222,283~~		\| total users = 1061585
			\| active hosts = 24489
			\| total hosts = 8237726

			\| stats updated = {{Start date and age\|2026\|05\|19}}
	}}		}}

Al Piskun at 02:04, 20 May 2026

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	\| license = [[wikipedia:GNU General Public License\|GPL-2.0-or-later]]		\| license = [[wikipedia:GNU General Public License\|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
	\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://einsteinathome.org/}}
	\| average performance = 21,009.2 [[wikipedia:Floating_point_operations_per_second\|TFLOPS]]<ref name=STATS>{{cite web \| title=Einstein@home: Computing Capacity \| url=https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.html \| access-date=~~2023~~-12-08 \| archive-date=~~2023~~-12-08 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20231208134452~~/https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.php \| url-status=live }}</ref>		\| average performance = 21,009.2 [[wikipedia:Floating_point_operations_per_second\|TFLOPS]]<ref name=STATS>{{cite web \| title=Einstein@home: Computing Capacity \| url=https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.html \| access-date=2026-01-02 \| archive-date=2026-01-02 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102214327/https://einsteinathome.org/server_status.php \| url-status=live }}</ref>
	\| active users = 14,~~531~~		\| active users = 15,481
	\| total users = 1,~~061~~,~~585~~		\| total users = 1,059,091
	\| active hosts = 24,~~489~~		\| active hosts = 24,323
	\| total hosts = 8,~~237~~,~~726~~		\| total hosts = 8,222,283
	}}		}}

Al Piskun at 01:31, 20 May 2026

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	{{Infobox software		{{Infobox software
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	\| total hosts = 8,237,726		\| total hosts = 8,237,726
	}}		}}

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	[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.		[https://einsteinathome.org/ '''''Einstein@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to find Neutron Stars via their electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission.