Presentation Title
Presenter Status
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics
Preferred Session
Poster Session
Start Date
26-10-2018 2:00 PM
End Date
26-10-2018 3:00 PM
Presentation Abstract
With the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015, the new era of gravitational wave astronomy began. Gravitational wave detections, along with observations made by optical telescopes, have given us new information about the universe. This includes new estimates of the numbers of black holes in the universe and their properties, as well as confirming theories about the sources of some gamma ray bursts and how those sources produce heavy elements.
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P-43 Doing Astronomy with Gravitational Waves
With the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015, the new era of gravitational wave astronomy began. Gravitational wave detections, along with observations made by optical telescopes, have given us new information about the universe. This includes new estimates of the numbers of black holes in the universe and their properties, as well as confirming theories about the sources of some gamma ray bursts and how those sources produce heavy elements.
Acknowledgments
The Andrews University Gravitational Wave Research Group is supported by a Faculty Research Grant from the Andrews University Office of Research and Creative Scholarship.
The work of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration is made possible by the NSF and other supporters as described here: https://www.ligo.org/funding.php