the Quest to Detect Gravitational Waves

Dr. Peter Shawhan
California Institute of Technology

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Dr. Peter Shawhan of the California Institute of Technology will describe the current effort to study distant, massive astrophysical objects by measuring incredibly tiny distortions of the geometry of space-time, using unique Earth-based detectors which make up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).