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The [http://gw.aei.mpg.de/ Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Research Group] is a team of scientists working at the [http://www.aei.mpg.de/hannover-en/66-contemporaryIssues/home/index.html Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics] ([http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/contemporaryIssues/home/index.html Albert Einstein Institute]) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover Hannover], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany], and trying to detect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave gravitational waves] directly, first [http://www.einstein-online.info/en/ predicted] by Albert Einstein.
They are working with the friends and coleagues within the [http://www.ligo.org/ LIGO] Scientific Community.

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Debian GNU/Linux clusters at Max Planck

The [http://gw.aei.mpg.de/ Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Research Group] is a team of scientists working at the [http://www.aei.mpg.de/hannover-en/66-contemporaryIssues/home/index.html Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics] ([http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/contemporaryIssues/home/index.html Albert Einstein Institute]) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover Hannover], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany], and trying to detect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave gravitational waves] directly, first [http://www.einstein-online.info/en/ predicted] by Albert Einstein. They are working with the friends and coleagues within the [http://www.ligo.org/ LIGO] Scientific Community.

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