Presentation Title

P-34 The New Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Presenter Status

Professor, Physics

Preferred Session

Poster Session

Start Date

4-11-2016 2:00 PM

End Date

4-11-2016 3:00 PM

Presentation Abstract

On September 14, 2016 the LIGO detectors measured gravitational waves for the first time. With this and subsequent detections, the era of gravitational wave astronomy has begun. Gravitational wave detections have already given us new information about black holes.

Acknowledgments

LIGO research at Andrews is supported by a Faculty Research Grant from the Andrews University Office of Research and Creative Scholarship.

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P-34 The New Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

On September 14, 2016 the LIGO detectors measured gravitational waves for the first time. With this and subsequent detections, the era of gravitational wave astronomy has begun. Gravitational wave detections have already given us new information about black holes.