Clash of the Titans
| Dates: | 11 October 2017 |
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| Times: | 14:30 - 14:30 |
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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: | Adults |
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| Speaker: | Samaya Nissanke |
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From September 12 2015 to January 19 2016, the first observational run of the Advanced LIGO detectors saw the first detections of gravitational waves from binary black holes.
In this talk, I will first discuss how to infer and characterise the fundamental properties of the black hole systems. I will then present the tests of general relativity and the implications for astrophysics that are made possible from these measurements. With these gravitational wave detections in hand, I conclude with the unprecedented opportunities and challenges that are opening up in strong-field gravity astrophysics during the next decade.
Speaker
Samaya Nissanke
Organisation: Radboud University Nijmegen
Travel and Contact Information
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Rutherford Lecture Theatre
Schuster Building
Manchester
