Gravitational Waves: A New Window to Explore the Universe

Date:

19. May

Time:

17:30

Venue:

ETH Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1

Prof. Dr. Philippe Jetzer, Professor of Gravitation and Astrophysics at UZH

The discovery in 2015 by the LIGO collaboration of the first gravitational wave signal from coalescing black holes, the detection of many more since than including also the coalescence of two neutron stars event, opened a new window to explore the Universe. I will discuss these exciting developments and also the future of the field, in particular the space-based mission LISA to detect gravitational waves from space. LISA shall be launched in 2035 and take data for about 10 years.

Article

https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07571

Recording

There will be a live stream and a recording.