Poster Title
P-32 Interferometry-Based Gravitational Wave Detection
Abstract
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two detectors, one in Hanford, Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana. Gravitational waves are “ripples” in the fabric of spacetime. The most powerful gravitational waves are generated by the most cataclysmic events in the universe, such as the merger of two black holes, detected by LIGO in September of 2015. With the construction of more detectors in the future, such as the planned LIGO detector located in India, we will better be able to determine the sky locations of gravitational wave sources and distinguish gravitational wave signals from local noise sources.
Start Date
3-3-2017 2:30 PM
End Date
3-3-2017 4:00 PM
P-32 Interferometry-Based Gravitational Wave Detection
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two detectors, one in Hanford, Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana. Gravitational waves are “ripples” in the fabric of spacetime. The most powerful gravitational waves are generated by the most cataclysmic events in the universe, such as the merger of two black holes, detected by LIGO in September of 2015. With the construction of more detectors in the future, such as the planned LIGO detector located in India, we will better be able to determine the sky locations of gravitational wave sources and distinguish gravitational wave signals from local noise sources.
Acknowledgments
Dr. Tiffany Summerscales