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Dr. Ofek Birnholtz
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Email
ofek.birnholtz@biu.ac.il
Office
Building 202, room 508
Reception Hours
Wednesday 10-12
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Research
Research
PI of Bar-Ilan's LIGO Scientific Collaboration group, for studying Gravitational Waves, and through them Astrophysical systems of Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and phenomena in General Relativity and beyond.
![first gravitational wave measured, GW150914](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/andp.png)
Organizing the department's weekly Astrophysics seminar series: https://physics.biu.ac.il/node/4368
(recordings of previous talks are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCq9Go28tBlCFfRXw5WAmFYc7ORznISXj)
My own lecture to the department colloquium (opening of the 2020/2021 academic year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ehiOgm9nQ)
![group members at IPS meeting](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p1.jpg)
![Dr Ofek Birnholtz giving a talk at the Israel Space Agency's Black Holes Conference](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p6.jpg)
![Group meeting on Purim](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/purim.jpg)
![group members at the Israel Space Agency's Black Holes Conference](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p5.jpg)
![group member giving a talk on LIGO and VIRGO](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p3.jpg)
![group member presenting a poster on Event Horizon Telescope](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p4.jpg)
![group members hangout](/sites/physics/files/shared/staff/u151/p2.jpg)
Publications
Publications
Courses
Courses
Optics
Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Introduction to Modern Physics
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Activities
Last Updated Date : 26/06/2024