Physics Colloquium: Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin), Title "Brave New World of Numerical Relativity"
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Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin) |
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Date: | 10/5/2022 |
Time: | 5:00pm |
Location: | Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom |
Event Contact: | Kelly Darr 12173007821 khdarr@illinois.edu |
Sponsor: | Department of Physics |
Event Type: | Lecture |
After decades of preparation, the era of gravitational wave astronomy has begun. The gravitational wave detectors, LIGO and Virgo, have published a catalog of 90 events of coalescing compact objects including black holes and neutron stars. I will present the role that numerical relativity played in the unveiling of the gravitational wave sky and anticipate how it might improve our understanding of gravity as the detectors improve. |