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Dec
1
2016

Colliding Black Holes & Convulsions in Space-time: The First Observations of Gravitational Waves by LIGO

Dr. Olivier Guyon

When: Thursday, December 1, 2016
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT

Where: Technological Institute, L211, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: Free

Contact: CIERA Astrophysics   (847) 491-8646

Group: CIERA - Conferences/Collab Meetings

Category: Lectures & Meetings

Description:

CIERA Fall Interdisciplinary Colloquium 2016

David Reitze
LIGO Laboratory, Caltech
Executive Director of the LIGO Laboratory, Professor of Physics

Talk Abstract:
The first direct detections of gravitational waves in late 2015 were made possible by a forty year experimental campaign to design, build, and operate LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory.  In this colloquium, I’ll cover gravitational waves and what makes them so difficult to detect and at the same time such powerful and unique probes of the universe. I’ll also give a flavor of the somewhat complicated history of how LIGO was conceived and built.  Most of the presentation will focus on the interferometers, the LIGO detections and their astrophysical implications.  Time permitting, I’ll give a preview of where LIGO intends to go in the next decade and beyond.

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