Gravitational-wave discovery -- past, present and future

Abstract:

At the time of the talk, the observational field of gravitational-wave astronomy will be eleven years and one week old. 
This exciting new field has seen new discoveries in black-hole physics and ultra-strong gravity, nuclear astrophysics and our understanding of the nuclear equation of state, gamma-ray bursts and jet-launching physics, as well as stellar evolution and extragalactic astrophysics, to name just a few. I will review (my biased view of) the most exciting of these discoveries, and forecast what comes next in this field in the coming years and decades.
 

Bio:

Paul is a Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow at Monash University. He is interested in everything related to gravitational physics and Einstein's theory of relativity, and is involved in a variety of research topics such as neutron star and black hole physics, gravitational waves, cosmology, gravitational lensing and alternative theories of gravity. As a member of both the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration, and the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array collaboration he is contributing to the global gravitational wave detection effort by modelling gravitational wave sources and developing data analysis search algorithms.

Learn More:

• Read Paul's faculty webpages: https://users.monash.edu/~plasky/index.html 
• See his bio on the OzGrav website: https://www.ozgrav.org/person/paul-lasky/ 
• Read this article about Paul in the Conversation Canada: https://theconversation.com/profiles/paul-lasky-9272 
• Read this article from Monash News, "Monash researchers usher in new era of astronomy with the first detection of colliding neutron stars": https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-researchers-usher-in-new-era-of-astronomy-with-the-first-detection-of-colliding-neutron-stars