Speaker
Prof.
Alessandra Buonanno
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Description
Gravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the
basis of his theory of general relativity. In the next five years ground-based
interferometers, such as advanced LIGO, advanced Virgo and KAGRA, are likely
to provide the first direct detections of gravitational waves from binary systems composed
of black holes and/or neutron stars. In this talk, we review the progress done over the
last several years at developing accurate signal models for the searches, so that we
can take full advantage of the discovery potential of the detectors. We also discuss the
unique astrophysical and fundamental physics information that we will be able to
extract upon detection.
Primary author
Prof.
Alessandra Buonanno
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
