Startseite Aktuelles Kolloquien colloquien_SS_2016 Kolloquien Archiv Sommersemester 2016 Vortragender: Dr. Peter K. Fritschel, MIT KAVli Institute for Astrophysics AND Space Research, Massachusetts, USA LIGO’s detection of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger (Dr. P. Fritschel) Datum: 07.07.2016 Uhrzeit: 15:30 - 16:30 Vortragende(r): Dr. Peter K. Fritschel, MIT KAVli Institute for Astrophysics AND Space Research, Massachusetts, USA Raum: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall Gastgeber: MPQ On September 14, 2015 the two LIGO gravitational wave detectors in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana registered a coincident signal conforming to the gravitational waveform expected from the merger of two massive, compact objects. [mehr]