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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Physics Colloquium: Fundamental Physics When Gravity Waves and Light Shines

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Department of Physics
Location: Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Virtual: Join online
Date: Jan 24, 2024 4:00 pm
Speaker: Nico Yunes (UIUC)
Contact: Kelly H Darr
E-Mail: khdarr@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-300-7821
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Originating Calendar: Physics - Colloquium; The recent gravitational wave observations of the collision of black holes and neutron stars have allowed us to pierce into the extreme gravity regime, where gravitational fields are unfathomably strong and wildly dynamical. Some of these observations can be combined with electromagnetic observations of the light emitted by isolated and by merging neutron stars. Such multi-messenger observations encode a trove of information that is prime for the taking, including potential revelations about the validity of Einstein's theory in strong gravity and the properties of matter at supranuclear densities. In this talk, I will describe how we can use multi-messenger observations to put Einstein's theory to the test and to learn about nuclear physics in the extreme gravity regime.

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