LIGO: Detection of Gravitational Waves, their Implications and future Prospects

TYPEAstrophysics Seminar
Speaker:Barry Barish
Affiliation:Caltech, LIGO
Parent Event:Gravitational Waves: A New Frontier in Science
Date:23.11.2016
Time:14:30 - 15:30
Location:Lidow Asher Peres (502)
Abstract:The experimental techniques, technical challenges and future prospects for the LIGO interferometers will be described, as well as strategies for analyzing gravitational wave data, extracting signals and making parameter estimation.