Conveners
Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture | Conférence commémorative publique Herzberg (Nergis Mavalvala, MIT)
- Stephen Pistorius (CCMB, University of Manitoba)
Prof.
Nergis Mavalvala
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
11/06/2018, 19:30
Herzberg Public, Plenary, and Medal Talks / Conférenciers des sessions Herzberg, plénières et médaillés (CAP-ACP)
Plenary Speaker / Conférencier(ère) plénier(ère)
The recent announcements of the first ever detections of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and neutron stars have launched a new era of gravitational wave astrophysics. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein a hundred years earlier. I will describe the science, technology, and human story behind these discoveries that provide a completely new window into some of the most...
