2016 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2016

Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger

14 Jun 2016, 08:30

30m

Colonel By B012 (University of Ottawa)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) T1-8 General Relaivity (DTP) / Relativité générale (DPT)

Speaker

Prof. Harald Pfeiffer (CITA, University of Toronto)

Description

On September 14, 2015, the LIGO detectors observed gravitational waves from a merger of two black holes. This talk describes the LIGO instruments and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. It presents details of the observed gravitational wave event and discusses implications to astrophysics and tests of general relativity.