EuCAPT Virtual Colloquia

Gravitational waves and multi-messenger astrophysics

by Marica Branchesi (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy)

Europe/Zurich
On-line only (CERN)

On-line only

CERN

Description

Abstract: A new exploration of the Universe has recently started through gravitational-wave observations. On August 17, 2017, the first observation of gravitational waves from the inspiral and merger of a binary neutron-star system by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network, followed 1.7 s later by a weak short gamma-ray burst detected by the Fermi and INTEGRAL satellites initiated the most extensive world-wide observing campaign which led to the detection of multi-wavelength electromagnetic counterparts. Multi-messenger discoveries are revealing the enigmas of the most energetic transients in the sky, probing neutron-stars physics, relativistic astrophysics, nuclear physics, nucleosynthesis, and cosmology. The talk will give an overview of the astrophysical implications of the gravitational-wave and multi-messenger observations, and the prospects and challenges for the multi-messenger astrophysics with current and future gravitational-wave detectors.

The video of the presentation will be available shortly after the event. 

 
 
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Eucapt Colloquia
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63134744585
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Elena Gianolio
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Julie Dal Gobbo, Anne Green, Gianfranco Bertone
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44022111
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