Schuster Colloquia: Probing relativistic gravity with radio astronomy
| Dates: | 3 November 2021 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Michael Kramer |
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Join us for the latest Schuster Colloquia with speaker Professor Michael Kramer.
We experience a golden era in testing and exploring relativistic gravity. Whether it is results from gravitational wave detectors, satellite or lab experiments, radio astronomy plays an important complementary role. Here one can mention the cosmic microwave background, black hole imaging and, obviously, binary pulsars. This talk will provide an overview how these methods relate to each other, and will in particular focus on new results from the study of binary pulsars, where we can test the behaviour of strongly self-gravitating bodies with unrivalled precision. The talk will also give an outlook of what we can expect from new experiments, such as MeerKAT or the SKA.
This event will take place in the Rutherford Lecture Theatre and will also be streamed via Zoom.
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98615609974
Passcode: Schuster
Speaker
Michael Kramer
Role: Professor of Astrophysics
Organisation: Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn
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Rutherford Lecture Theatre
Schuster Building
Manchester
