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Science Sundays: "Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves" Laura Cadonati (Georgia Tech)

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January 22, 2017
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theatre

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Add to Calendar 2017-01-22 15:00:00 2017-01-22 16:00:00 Science Sundays: "Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves" Laura Cadonati (Georgia Tech) Einstein predicted gravitational waves as ripples in space-time produced by violent astrophysical events. One hundred years later, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) observed gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This groundbreaking discovery marks the beginning of a new astrophysics, providing new ways to probe the universe.Laura Cadonati researches gravitational waves and particle astrophysics. She is associate professor of physics and member of Georgia Tech’s Center for Relativistic Astrophysics. Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theatre Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) ccapp@osu.edu America/New_York public

Einstein predicted gravitational waves as ripples in space-time produced by violent astrophysical events. One hundred years later, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) observed gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This groundbreaking discovery marks the beginning of a new astrophysics, providing new ways to probe the universe.

Laura Cadonati researches gravitational waves and particle astrophysics. She is associate professor of physics and member of Georgia Tech’s Center for Relativistic Astrophysics.

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