Physics Colloquium: Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin), Title "Brave New World of Numerical Relativity"
Oct 5, 2022 4:00 pm 5:00pm
Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Speaker
- Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin)
- Contact
- Kelly Darr
- khdarr@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 12173007821
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- Physics - Colloquium
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.