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{{Infobox software | |||
| name = Einstein@Home | |||
| logo = Ein.jpg | |||
| logo caption = Einstein@Home logo | |||
| screenshot = [email protected] | |||
| caption = Einstein@Home interactive screensaver | |||
| status = Active | |||
| | | category = Astrophysics | ||
| | | compute = CPU & GPU | ||
| | | dependencies = None | ||
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| | | developer = Bruce Allen | ||
| | | author = Bruce Allen | ||
| | | sponsor = Max Planck Society | ||
| | | maintainer = Einstein@Home team | ||
| | | released = {{Start date and age|2005|02|19}} | ||
| completed = No | |||
| discontinued = | |||
| repository = {{URL|https://git.ligo.org/einsteinathome}} | |||
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| active users | | programming language = C, C++ | ||
| total users | | operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS, Android | ||
| active hosts | | size = ~50 MB | ||
| total hosts | |||
| stats as of = {{Start date and age|2026|05|19}} | |||
| average performance = 21 PFLOPS | |||
| active users = 14531 | |||
| total users = 1061585 | |||
| active hosts = 24489 | |||
| total hosts = 8237726 | |||
| 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 | |||
}} | }} | ||
[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. | ||
== 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:[email protected]|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 == | ||
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== How to Participate == | == How to Participate == | ||
[[File:BOINC logo.png| | [[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: | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Volunteer computing projects]] | [[Category:Volunteer computing projects]] | ||