General Relativity in the 21st Century (In Memory Of Nathan Rosen) |
| TYPE | Distinguished Lecture Series |
| Speaker: | Eanna Flanagan |
| Affiliation: | Cornell University, New York |
| Organizer: | Amos Ori |
| Dates: | 17.05 - 28.05.2005 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
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| Abstract: | Professor Eanna Flanagan is a young General-Relativist from Cornell University. He is an expert in gravitational-wave physics and in the physics of strong gravitational fields. In 2004 he got the prestigious Xanthopoulos International award for research in Gravitational Physics. His lectures included a colloquium on the new field of gravitational-wave astronomy, a seminar on the radiation-reaction force in General Relativity, and another seminar on gravitational wave phenomena in the early universe. |