Peering through the Gravitational-Wave Window in to the Universe
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Type: General Meetings
Keywords: Ligo Gravitational Waves
Held on: Nov 15, 2017 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Nov 15, 2017 (Wed) at 09:00 PM
Speaker: Krishna Venkateswara
Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A102, Seattle, Washington
Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel
Overview
Recent detections of gravitational-wave signals by LIGO and VIRGO detectors from astrophysical sources have opened a new window in to the universe. UW Assistant Professor Krishna Venkateswara will discuss the LIGO detectors and the advances which have made this possible, and describe the most recent detections of a binary black hole merger and a binary neutron star inspiral by the global network of three detectors.
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