PIRSA:09110022  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Patrick Brady

Abstract: Gravitational waves provide a unique way to study the Universe. From 2005 to 2007, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) took data at design sensitivity. After describing gravitational waves and how LIGO works, I will discuss the status of searches for those waves and current astronomical constraints imposed by those searches. Data taking resumed in summer 2009 with enhanced LIGO detectors and the European Virgo detectors. I will discuss plans for combined electromagnetic and gravitational observing campaigns. Finally, I will highlight the prospects for gravitational-wave astronomy with Advanced LIGO over the next decade.

Date: 04/11/2009 - 2:00 pm

Series: Colloquium

URL: http://pirsa.org/09110022/  Share: