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“Driven Quantum Materials"
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Thursday, 10 Dec 2020 |
Video-Recording for any system with MP4-support
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15:15 – 16:20
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Abstract:
The past five years have witnessed the
beginning of a new era in astrophysics,
beginning with the 2015 discovery of
gravitational waves from the collision of
two black holes. Since then, the Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-wave
Observatory (LIGO) and its sister project
Virgo have observed many more
gravitational wave signals from collisions
of pairs of black holes.
The additional 2017 detection of
gravitational waves from the collision of two
neutron stars, in coincidence with a gamma
ray burst and a kilonova, elevated
multi-messenger astrophysics from concept
to tool for discovery and exploration.
Gravitational waves are a new, important
probe for understanding the universe,
with a rich science potential ranging from
astronomy to cosmology to nuclear
physics.
This talk will present the latest results
from LIGO and Virgo, with their newly
expanded gravitational wave catalog,
and the outlook for future generations
of
gravitational-wave detectors.
Speaker today: Laura Cadonati (Georgia Tech School of Physics)