Physics Colloquium: Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin), Title "Brave New World of Numerical Relativity"

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Department of Physics

Location

Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

Virtual

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Date

Oct 5, 2022   4:00 pm   5:00pm

Speaker

Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin)

Contact

Kelly Darr

E-Mail

khdarr@illinois.edu

Phone

12173007821

Views

192

Originating Calendar

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.