Speaker
Prof.
Andrzej Krolak
(National Center for Nuclear Studies)
Description
Detection of gravitational waves from mergers of two black holes is one
of the greatest discoveries of this century. It will open a new window on the Universe.
I shall describe observations of these signals in the data of LIGO detectors
by consortium of LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration.
I shall present several aspects of this dicovery: gravitational wave detectors,
signal modeling and data analysis. I shall mention the follow-up observations of this
event by radio, optical, near-infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths
with ground- and space-based facilities.
I shall describe consequences of this result for physics of fundamental interactions.
Primary author
Prof.
Andrzej Krolak
(National Center for Nuclear Studies)
